electron/docs/development/build-instructions-macos.md

# Build Instructions (macOS)

Follow the guidelines below for building **Electron itself** on macOS, for the purposes of creating custom Electron binaries. For bundling and distributing your app code with the prebuilt Electron binaries, see the [application distribution][application-distribution] guide.

[application-distribution]: ../tutorial/application-distribution.md

## Prerequisites

* macOS >= 11.6.0
* [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/). The exact version
  needed depends on what branch you are building, but the latest version of
  Xcode is generally a good bet for building `main`.
* [node.js](https://nodejs.org) (external)
* Python >= 3.7

## Building Electron

See [Build Instructions: GN](build-instructions-gn.md).
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docs(build-instructions): clarify that these are for building Electron itself (#28674) 2021-04-19 15:50:00 +00:00			`Follow the guidelines below for building Electron itself on macOS, for the purposes of creating custom Electron binaries. For bundling and distributing your app code with the prebuilt Electron binaries, see the [application distribution][application-distribution] guide.`

			`[application-distribution]: ../tutorial/application-distribution.md`
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build: use python3 to lint (#33627) 2022-04-11 23:05:21 +00:00			`* macOS >= 11.6.0`
			`* [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/). The exact version`
			`needed depends on what branch you are building, but the latest version of`
			Xcode is generally a good bet for building `main`.
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build: remove gyp build files (#14097) * build: remove gyp build files * docs: update build instructions * build: temporary restore electron.gyp * build: do not update Electron version in the electron.gyp * chore: remove unused submodules * ci: remove obsolete CI scripts and configs * chore: remove obsolete scripts * chore: remove obsolete functions from lib/util.py * ci: send Slack notification for nightly build results 2018-09-09 01:15:32 +00:00			`## Building Electron`
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build: remove gyp build files (#14097) * build: remove gyp build files * docs: update build instructions * build: temporary restore electron.gyp * build: do not update Electron version in the electron.gyp * chore: remove unused submodules * ci: remove obsolete CI scripts and configs * chore: remove obsolete scripts * chore: remove obsolete functions from lib/util.py * ci: send Slack notification for nightly build results 2018-09-09 01:15:32 +00:00			`See [Build Instructions: GN](build-instructions-gn.md).`