+With its eclectic mix of AppKit, Catalyst, iOS, SwiftUI, and web apps, macOS should consider rebranding to “Five GUIs”
— Joe Groff (@jckarter) September 28, 2020
GUI is an abbreviation for [Graphical User Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface). -### How it works: +### How it works 5 GUIs grabs some information from the app bundle. It then uses LLVM's objdump to check what libraries the app links, @@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ e.g. Electron or UIKit, to figure out what technology is being used. ### Idea and Implementation -I had the idea for this kind of app for quite some time, but when @jckarter -tweeted the proper name for this ★ "5 GUIs" ★, it finally had to be done. +The idea for this kind of app exists for quite some time, but when +[@jckarter](https://twitter.com/jckarter) +tweeted the proper name for this, "5 GUIs", it finally had to be done. -This is a quick hack, scrambled together in about 2 days. +This is a quick hack, put together in about 2 days. The source is not "nice" at all, don't use it as a proper example 🙈 PRs with cleanups are warmly welcome. diff --git a/Sources/5GUIs/README.md b/Sources/5GUIs/README.md index e86680b..b3dced0 100644 --- a/Sources/5GUIs/README.md +++ b/Sources/5GUIs/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@With its eclectic mix of AppKit, Catalyst, iOS, SwiftUI, and web apps, macOS should consider rebranding to “Five GUIs”
— Joe Groff (@jckarter) September 28, 2020