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  • v0.0.3 3fbec5799b

    macOS Support and Rearchitect with Global Keybind Support! Stable

    me released this 2026-09-09 19:23:16 +00:00 | 100 commits to main since this release

    This update was a huge pain and required me to buy a Mac just to get here. But! In exchange, you get a Mac port.

    If you like this enough, feel free to throw cash my way on Kofi? Absolutely no pressure though - I do this for the love of the game.

    macOS Port

    WOOF - this was a rough one. I ran into so many challenges along the way:

    • Didn't have a Mac to do builds on
      • Especially not one with a new enough processor for QT6. My newest one is a 2014 MBP
      • Shout out to the guy on FB Marketplace selling an M1 Mini exactly when I needed it.
    • rbw build was drastically slow on macOS - had to compile my own build from a combination of two different changes (see rbw/README.md). JUST for macOS -- Linux works amazingly. On Linux, searching/loading the list took ~0.02s. On macOS the same operation was taking 3-5 seconds. Now it's just about instant -- or at least, liveably fast.
    • Had to fully re-do the build scripts and install scripts for both Linux and macOS to support/ignore the various macOS-specific flags and steps
    • Global keybind implementation was necessary to get this to work -- Linux loves allowing you to do your own keybinds, but macOS (and Windows, when I get to it) absolutely do not.
    • Several places where I had to guard against imports that don't exist on non-mac systems
    • SO many weird specific Mac-specific things for making sure the window worked and behaved as expected. Mildly cursed code, honestly.

    Added

    • Global Hotkey Support
      • Linux:
        • The Linux approach uses an approach based on Waybind.
        • It should be compatible with X11, Wayland, and WM/DE.
        • I use Wayland and Niri and these new changes worked very well.
        • Triggered with super + shift + \|
      • macOS:
      • For now, the hotkey is still hard-coded but the next update will add in configurability for this and many other UI and behavioral components!

    Changed

    • Moved to a single, persistent background application which is reveal
    • Rewrote Linux install to use systemctl --user if available, spins up in the background and warns you if not
    • Rewrote all build scripts to use cd -a to avoid broken symlinks
    • Likewise, build scripts now use tar.gz files for artifacts to maintain symlinks.
    • Rewrote install scripts to use cd -a and include macOS build flows
      • The macOS build flow automatically grabs pinentry-mac from homebrew if it's not installed
      • automatically configures it as pinentry for rbw
      • adds rbw-quick-access to your login item if you permit it
      • starts rbw-quick-access in the background

    Fixed

    • Sometimes inputs like the up or down arrows to get into/out of the results/input field wouldn't work, or would work inconsistently
    • Fixed a bug where opening up quick-access wouldn't start with the text input field active and text fully highlighted by default.
    • Fixed a platform-specific conflict with the key handlers fighting between the main window and its children. In short, pressing esc, up or down wasn't working on macOS while working fine on Linux.
    • Install scripts not removing old installations
    • Install scripts not stopping the old, potentially active installation before removing it
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