Add macOS (Apple silicon) support

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ jobs:
             -C artifacts/bouwer-ubuntu-latest bouwer \
             -C ${{ github.workspace }} LICENSE
 
+          chmod +x artifacts/bouwer-macos-latest/bouwer
+          tar -czf dist/bouwer-${{ github.ref_name }}-macos-aarch64.tar.gz \
+            -C artifacts/bouwer-macos-latest bouwer \
+            -C ${{ github.workspace }} LICENSE
+
           zip -j dist/bouwer-${{ github.ref_name }}-windows-x86_64.zip \
             artifacts/bouwer-windows-latest/bouwer.exe \
             LICENSE

.github/workflows/reusable-build.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

Cargo.toml

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = [
 ] }
 ureq = { version = "3", features = ["json"] }
 
-# Native Linux or Windows
-[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
+# Native Linux, macOS, or Windows
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
 slint = { version = "1.17", default-features = false, features = ["backend-winit", "compat-1-2", "renderer-skia"] }
 
 # Cross-compile Windows from Linux

README.md

@@ -39,17 +39,24 @@ A working internet connection.
 A working installation of [Podman](https://podman.io/docs/installation) or
 [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/). Bouwer uses these
 container engines to run OpenWrt image builder containers. On Linux use your
-package manager, on Windows - the official websites to install either of them.
+package manager, on macOS - e.g. Homebrew (`brew install podman`), on Windows -
+the official websites to install either of them.
 Additionally, on Linux, Docker must be accessible _without_ super user
 privileges, by e.g. adding your user to the `docker` group.
 
+On macOS, the default Podman machine socket is detected automatically. For a
+custom machine name, or for Docker, either make the default Docker API socket
+available (e.g. via `sudo podman-mac-helper install` or Docker Desktop) or
+point `DOCKER_HOST` at the right socket before starting Bouwer.
+
 1 to 3 gigabytes of free disk space for each target and free disk space for the
-firmware images. On Windows, image builder images are stored as part of Podman
-or Docker VMs, so you need to account for that when allocating space for them.
+firmware images. On Windows and macOS, image builder images are stored as part
+of Podman or Docker VMs, so you need to account for that when allocating space
+for them.
 
-Currently, modern Linux and Windows running on x86/64 are supported. macOS on
-aarch64 is doable, but there's no practical way for me to test this at the
-moment, although the basic macOS-specific hooks are there.
+Currently, modern Linux and Windows running on x86/64, and macOS running on
+Apple silicon (aarch64) are supported. macOS support was tested on macOS 26
+with Podman.
 
 ## Installation
 

build.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
 use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use winresource::WindowsResource;
 
@@ -16,4 +18,39 @@ fn main() {
         res.set_icon("./assets/logo.ico");
         res.compile().expect("Failed to compile Windows resources");
     }
+
+    if env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").is_ok_and(|os| os == "macos") {
+        embed_macos_info_plist();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Embeds an Info.plist into the binary so macOS can show the app name,
+/// version and copyright in the About panel without an .app bundle.
+fn embed_macos_info_plist() {
+    let version = env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").unwrap();
+    let plist = format!(
+        r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+    <string>in.sapk.bouwer</string>
+    <key>CFBundleName</key>
+    <string>Bouwer</string>
+    <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+    <string>{version}</string>
+    <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
+    <string>Copyright © 2026 George Sapkin
+https://github.com/GeorgeSapkin/bouwer</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
+"#
+    );
+
+    let path = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap()).join("Info.plist");
+    fs::write(&path, plist).expect("Failed to write Info.plist");
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-link-arg=-Wl,-sectcreate,__TEXT,__info_plist,{}",
+        path.display()
+    );
 }

src/containers.rs

@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ impl Containers {
             Docker::connect_with_host(&host)?
         } else {
             cfg_select! {
+                target_os = "macos" => {
+                    // Check for the default Podman machine API socket
+                    let socket = env::temp_dir().join("podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock");
+
+                    if socket.exists() {
+                        Docker::connect_with_socket(&socket.to_string_lossy(), 120, bollard::API_DEFAULT_VERSION)?
+                    } else {
+                        // Fallback to defaults
+                        Docker::connect_with_local_defaults()?
+                    }
+                }
                 unix => {
                     // Check for rootless Podman socket
                     let socket = env::var("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR").map_or_else(