Im sure like most of you we download things from sister site. Some things come as individual vsts, au, etc.

Also some things come as multiple .pkg files. I "vibe coded" a universal installer that you can dump a bunch of these files into an area it will install them all into their proper directories codesign and do all the junk we have to do to make them work all within a few clicks.

Im calling on the community to help me make this better. Its mac only for now but PC might work well.

Right now you can dump any mac plugin file into it. (ill add AAX)

1. add plugin extension picker
2. directory import

But id love some feedback and some things you would want in this. Im going to make it open source and free. Here it is so far. Ill update the github with all installs soon.

 

Spoiler: Source - TwatGPT

WINDOWS PLEASE!!!!!!!

 

let me work out this mac one rn then ill do pc for sure! Ill do custom install locations for it i think this is one of the things PC users would like.

 

Does it really work? Let's say I want to install the entire Arturia collection (44 installers) avoiding the usual torture of going through each individual installation: is this possible with your app?

 

Can't wait to try this, awesome idea !!

 

awesome idea

 

I've been using installpkg longer than I can remember
https://github.com/henri/installpkg
It's about 10 years old, but if it ain't broke

A version with a GUI would probably make a lot of people happy!
Especially those who don't like diving into a CLI.
You could try leveraging it to help with getting this dialled in!

 

holy smokes!! i wish github had a better search engine. Thank you for sharing this! I will implement it to the codebase right now!

 

yes!! this is why im making this. I have formatted my computer many times or updated versions from sister site. Just time consuming and clunky. Doing the same 10 steps per install for a bunch of files. Codesign, batchmod, permissions reset.

Trying to streamline that process to a drag and drop and install.

 

Some updates this am:

- Plugin type selector Support for: .component, .vst, .vst3, .aax, .app, .pkg (aka presets and other junk)
- Custom install folders
- Cleaner UI/UX (dark mode soon)
- Added the repo that @nishyp suggested

Its still super buggy. Im gonna try to get those bugs ironed out before I post. Im also going to open source it because I "vibe coded" this and its def gonna have issues.

UPDATED UI SCREENSHOTS:

 

WINDOWS ???

 

Hoping there are other coders or vibe coders on this forum that can help me with this. Selfishly gonna tackle this mac one first. Also feel free to steal this idea and vibe code a windows one yourself you might know the pain points that I dont when it comes to what PC users need.

 

Sir, you're a genius! I've been waiting for a utility like this for years. This app should be pinned on page 1 of the AZ forum

 

Just started working on a windows version. So far so good. This was a great idea!

 

LFG!!!! Stoked!

 

once its working ill def post it on AZ. its super clunky rn. every pkg is different. Im considering going the pacifist route to treating the .pkg like a zip.