Apple Silicon Native Version (M1 & M2)

[BramEsposito]

I have looked into bringing Gas Mask to Apple Silicon.

This is what needs to be done:

• refactor from Garbage Collection to ARC
• remove all x86 specific target config
• update Sparkle pod
• update ShortcutRecorder pod
• refactor MainHostsController Singleton to another solution
• create Dark Mode visuals
• remove Growl dependency
• remove BGHUDAppKit framework dependency
• implement an alternative for the HUD display (popover?)
• fix Predicate Controller layout
• increase minimum required version for macOS 10.11
• create a new production build

I'm working on https://github.com/BramEsposito/gasmask/tree/apple-silicon and will create a pull request when I'm done.

If anyone can create a production build afterwards, I don't have a Developer account at the moment.

[2ndalpha]

Thank you for looking into it. It would be great if you can create separate PR-s for all those to make review process smoother.

[BramEsposito]

Ok, I'll keep that in mind!

[2ndalpha]

master branch now at least works again on the latest Xcode.
I'm working on getting it to run on arm

[2ndalpha]

@BramEsposito I took the liberty to update your post and mark checked the tasks that are done

[ylluminate]

As per #216 it seems we should have an ARM build around somewhere... Is this true and, if so, where can we find it?

[9mm]

How do I download a dmg which is up to date with master? The only ones I see in releases are from 2020

[2ndalpha]

The master is broken and not usable at the moment

[mailinglists35]

hi @2ndalpha
any updates on an useable m1 build?
thanks

[argentini]

Apple announced that it is deprecating Rosetta. So now would be a good time to get this conversion finished ;)

[valtlfelipe]

I have started working on Hedit: https://github.com/valtlfelipe/hedit. It's not fully native since it uses Tauri, but it's fast and has ARM builds.

Still a work in progress!

[MrSaneApps]

For anyone still looking for a native Apple Silicon hosts file manager — I built SaneHosts, a native Swift/SwiftUI app for macOS 14+.

It does what Gas Mask does plus a catalog of 200+ curated blocklists you can toggle with one click (organized by protection level). Profiles, auto DNS flush, menu bar access. It's also open source if you want to peek under the hood.

Genuinely loved Gas Mask for years, hope this helps folks who need something that runs on M-series chips.

[ylluminate]

For anyone still looking for a native Apple Silicon hosts file manager — I built SaneHosts, a native Swift/SwiftUI app for macOS 14+.

Rather see an open source option that's free - thanks, but sorry.

[exekutive]

For anyone still looking for a native Apple Silicon hosts file manager — I built SaneHosts, a native Swift/SwiftUI app for macOS 14+.

This is an ad, and has nothing to do with porting Gas Mask. So is hedit. Shame they need to use an issue tracker to sell it.

[kzbt]

I've just released an open-source SwiftUI based hosts file manager for Apple Silicon - Hazmat

[exekutive]

I've just released an open-source SwiftUI based hosts file manager for Apple Silicon - Hazmat

This codebase was built entirely by pairing with an AI agent — no code was handwritten by a human.

It's not coming near my computer.