Installation

macSCP ships as a pre-built desktop app. You do not need any development tools to run it.

Downloading macSCP

All releases are published to GitHub Releases. Download the latest DMG from the Assets section of the latest release.

macOS

1. Open the .dmg — a Finder window appears showing the app.
2. Drag macSCP into Applications.
3. Eject the disk image.

The app is signed and notarized, so macOS opens it without a Gatekeeper warning on first launch.

Caution

Move macSCP to your Applications folder before using the command-line tool. An app opened straight from the disk image runs from a temporary copy that macOS discards when you quit, so a shortcut created there would stop working immediately. macSCP says so instead of installing one — see Command line.

System requirements

• macOS 15 or newer.

Verifying the install

You can verify a signed release build yourself:

spctl -a -vvv -t install /Applications/macSCP.app

The command should report acceptance on a signed and notarized build.

Building from source

If you prefer to build macSCP yourself, see Build from source.