Install Orifold
You’re setting up Orifold on a Mac for the first time, or reinstalling after uninstalling it.
Requirements
Section titled “Requirements”macOS 14 Sonoma or newer, on Apple Silicon or Intel — Orifold ships as a universal build, so one download works for both. That’s the whole list — no Xcode, no GitHub account, no compile step.
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Open Applications → Utilities → Terminal.
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Paste this and press Return:
Terminal window curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/udhawan97/Orifold/main/install.sh | zsh -
The installer downloads the prebuilt app to
~/Applications/Orifold.appand adds two helpers to your Desktop: Orifold.command (launch + auto-update) and Uninstall Orifold.command.
Never used Terminal before? Paste the line above exactly as written, then press Return. You’re now a power user.
If macOS warns about an unidentified developer
Section titled “If macOS warns about an unidentified developer”Release builds are ad-hoc signed but not notarized. Right-click the app in Finder and choose Open from the security prompt — this only needs to happen once.
Prefer Homebrew?
Section titled “Prefer Homebrew?”brew tap udhawan97/orifold https://github.com/udhawan97/Orifoldbrew install --cask udhawan97/orifold/orifoldThis installs the same prebuilt app and clears the download quarantine automatically. The one-line installer is still the friendliest path — it also creates the Desktop launch/update and uninstall helpers.
Prefer a direct download (DMG)?
Section titled “Prefer a direct download (DMG)?”Download the disk image — Orifold.dmg (universal: Apple Silicon + Intel):
- Open the downloaded
Orifold.dmg. - Drag Orifold into the Applications folder.
- Open Orifold from Applications.
Because release builds aren’t notarized by Apple yet, the first launch takes one step:
- macOS 14: right-click Orifold → Open → Open.
- macOS 15: open Orifold once (it’s blocked), then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
Want zero dialogs? The one-line installer and Homebrew cask clear the download quarantine for you. The plain Orifold.zip is still published for those paths.
You can verify a download against its published checksum:
shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Orifold-*-macOS-universal.dmgCompare the result to the checksum in the release’s manifest.json.
What you should see
Section titled “What you should see”Orifold.app in ~/Applications, plus Orifold.command and Uninstall Orifold.command on your Desktop. Double-clicking Orifold.command launches the app.