OS X Build Guide

Author:

Christoph Schmidt-Hieber

Release:

dev

Date:

02 April, 2026

Current macOS source builds use the CMake-based app-bundle workflow from [build_macos_cmake.sh](build_macos_cmake.sh). This section focuses on macOS-specific prerequisites, current MacPorts-based dependencies, and the standalone [stfio](doc/sphinx/stfio/index.rst) module guidance.

Contents

• Building Stimfit
  • Building with MacPorts tools
  • MacPorts packages
  • Homebrew status note
• Building the stfio Python Module Only
  • Installing stfio with current MacPorts packages
  • Building the stfio module from source