WhatA CLI tool and managed service that handles Apple notarization, code signing, stapling, and distribution in a single command, abstracting away all of Apple's developer bureaucracy.
SignalIndependent Mac developers find the entire signing, notarization, and distribution pipeline so painful and error-prone that it actively discourages them from shipping on macOS, with the process changing unpredictably across OS updates.
Why NowApple has progressively tightened Gatekeeper restrictions through Sequoia and beyond, making unsigned distribution effectively impossible for non-technical users, while the indie Mac developer ecosystem is growing thanks to Apple Silicon.
MarketTens of thousands of indie Mac developers and small studios; $20-50/mo SaaS; competes with manual Apple tooling and partial solutions like fastlane, but no one owns the full 'zero-to-distributed' flow for non-App-Store Mac apps.
MoatDeep integration knowledge of Apple's constantly shifting signing infrastructure creates ongoing maintenance moat; developer trust and workflow lock-in once embedded in CI/CD pipelines.
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