App Detective

App Detective is a macOS application that analyzes and identifies the UI tech stacks used by macOS applications. It helps developers and users understand the frameworks and technologies behind their installed applications.

Installation

Homebrew

brew tap hewigovens/tap
brew install --cask app-detective

Release Workflow

• just archive <version> builds a Release archive via Xcode.
• just export <version> pulls AppDetective.app from the archive into build/export.
• just zip <version> creates a zip in build/dist.
• just release <version> runs the full pipeline in sequence.

Supported Technology Stacks

App Detective can detect the following technology stacks:

Native Apple Frameworks

• SwiftUI
• AppKit
• Catalyst

Cross-Platform Frameworks

• Electron
• Chromium Embedded Framework
• Python
• Qt
• Java
• Xamarin/MAUI
• Flutter
• React Native
• Tauri / GPUI / Iced
• GTK
• wxWidgets

How It Works

The core detection logic is in the DetectService.swift file.

License

MIT