Show HN: BuildBy – find out how many Electron apps are on your Mac or Windows
BuildBy is a tool that helps users identify the technologies used to build desktop applications on macOS and Windows. It provides insights into whether apps are built with native technologies or cross-platform frameworks like Electron and Flutter. The tool also offers detailed information about app signatures and notarization statuses.
- ▪BuildBy inspects desktop applications and categorizes them by their underlying technology.
- ▪It allows users to perform single-app inspections or scan all installed applications at once.
- ▪The tool is available as a command-line interface and can be installed via npm.
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buildby Detect what desktop apps are built with. 简体中文 · Install · Usage · Tech Stacks buildby inspects desktop applications on macOS and Windows, then tells you whether each app is built with native technologies (Swift, Objective-C, Win32) or a cross-platform framework such as Electron, Flutter, Tauri, Qt, JVM, CEF, NW.js, React Native, wxWidgets, Unity, or .NET. It also surfaces signature and notarization details for single-app inspection, including developer name, Team ID, signature status, Apple notarization on macOS, Authenticode status on Windows, and Hardened Runtime status. Highlights Fast file-system based detection with no admin privileges required. Single-app inspection, full installed-app scan, and per-stack filters.
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