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A Mac app template for shipping a paid app, not just an app. You get licensing, Creem or Polar payments, receipt emails, notarized DMG releases, Sparkle auto-updates, and a Next.js site that sells it, all wired together and tested. Built for AI agents: Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex follow 13 built-in recipes.
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Dmytro.
I've shipped three paid Mac apps, and every time, the app itself was the fun part… and the small part. The rest was plumbing: license keys, checkout, receipt emails, code signing, notarization, DMGs, auto-updates, and a website to actually sell the thing. Weeks of it, every single time.
After app #3, I pulled all of it into one template: Build Mac App.
What's inside:
🖥 A Swift 6 + SwiftUI Mac app with a license window, Settings, a real menu, and Sparkle updates
🌐 A Next.js site with pricing, blog, changelog, legal pages, and proper SEO
💳 Creem or Polar payments, with license keys and device limits
✉️ Receipts, lost-key recovery, and refund emails through Resend
🚀 One command to build, sign, notarize, and ship, or let GitHub Actions do it
🤖 13 recipes so Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex can add features without breaking stuff
The part I'm proudest of: licensing needs no database. The provider holds the keys and the app keeps a copy in the Keychain. If your server goes down, the app keeps working for 14 days. Only a real "no" locks it.
You build the part that makes your app yours. The template does the rest.
I'd love your feedback, especially if you've shipped a Mac app and hit the same walls. What was the most painful part for you? I'll be here all day answering questions 🙌
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About Build Mac App on Product Hunt
“Creating a macOS app has never been so easy”
Build Mac App was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #59 on the daily leaderboard. A Mac app template for shipping a paid app, not just an app. You get licensing, Creem or Polar payments, receipt emails, notarized DMG releases, Sparkle auto-updates, and a Next.js site that sells it, all wired together and tested. Built for AI agents: Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex follow 13 built-in recipes.
Build Mac App was featured in Developer Tools (520.4k followers), Menu Bar Apps (12.3k followers) and Touch Bar Apps (44.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 89.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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