AppleBlox

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AppleBlox is a Roblox launcher for MacOS, inspired by Bloxstrap. It includes features such as DiscordRPC and Fast-flags, with ongoing development for additional functionality.

The latest version is available on the Releases page. For more recent builds, see the nightly releases.

Versions:

• arm64 (Apple's own chips: M1, M2, M3, etc)
• x64 (Intel Architecture)
• universal (Universal Version)

For the development version (more unstable but has the latest features and more) see the development releases

Features

• Server Notifications: Displays the hosting region of the game server.
• Discord Rich Presence: Integrates with Discord to show gaming activity.
• FFlags Presets: Provides pre-configured Fast flags settings.
• Custom Flags: Allows creation of custom FastFlags profiles, including game-specific configurations.
• Multi-instance (Experimental): Enables running multiple Roblox windows simultaneously.
• Mods: Supports UI customization through community-created mods.
• Bloxstrap SDK: In-house implementation of Bloxstrap SDK for game developers.

App Related Features

• Customizable Appearance: Allows for a different design for the app using community-made themes.
• Delegate Launching to Appleblox: Let AppleBlox configure settings before launching Roblox.
• Disable Roblox Desktop App: Automatically close Roblox when leaving games.

Development

Setting up the AppleBlox development environment:

1. Clone the repository
2. Execute bun install
3. Install additional dependencies: brew install create-dmg

Development commands:

• bun run --bun dev: Start the development environment
• bun run --bun package: Package the application (excluding DMG creation)
• bun run --bun release: Package and create a DMG

AppleBlox is built using Svelte for the frontend and NeutralinoJS for the backend. NeutralinoJS is a lightweight C++ alternative to Electron or NW.JS, suitable for single-platform applications. More information is available at neutralino.js.org/docs.

Pre-compiled Binaries

The build script utilizes pre-compiled binaries for alerter and discord-rpc-cli to simplify the build process:

• alerter: Sourced from vjeantet/alerter releases
• discord-rpc-cli: Built from AppleBlox/Discord-RPC-cli

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please feel free to submit issues, pull requests, or discuss ideas. For further discussion, contact [email protected] or reach out on Discord @Origaming.

Gallery

Credits

• Logo: @typeofnull
• Inspiration: @pizzaboxer's Bloxstrap
• Icons: lucide-svelte & icons8
• Objective-C sidecar: Generated with assistance from ClaudeAI and ChatGPT. Contributors are sought to replace this code.