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. The prebuilt app needs no Xcode or GitHub account. Source builds require a development toolchain.
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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.
The installer downloads a prebuilt app and clears its quarantine. Review the script first if desired. The manual DMG route below keeps macOS’s normal first-launch approval flow.
If macOS warns about an unidentified developer
Section titled “If macOS warns about an unidentified developer”Public builds are ad-hoc signed and not Apple-notarized unless the release says otherwise. Verify the source and checksum, then follow Apple’s first-launch guidance if macOS blocks opening it.
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 cask is stored in this repository; the explicit brew tap URL above is required on a fresh setup. It uses version :latest and sha256 :no_check. The published manifest hashes the DMG, not the ZIP used by this cask; use the manual DMG route below when you want to check a published checksum. The one-line installer also creates the Desktop 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.
If macOS blocks first launch, first confirm the download came from the official release and matches its checksum. For an unverified-developer alert, Apple documents the per-app approval flow. A damaged or malware alert needs investigation; do not assume it is just quarantine.
The Terminal installer and Homebrew cask clear download quarantine. This changes the first-launch check; it does not establish notarization or guarantee a dialog-free installation. The ZIP remains available for these paths.
You can verify a download against its published checksum:
shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Orifold.dmgCompare the result to the checksum in the release’s manifest.json.
What you should see
Section titled “What you should see”The Terminal installer places Orifold.app in ~/Applications and creates Desktop helpers. The DMG and Homebrew paths usually place the app in /Applications and do not create those helpers.