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LocalAI/docs/content/installation/macos.md
Ettore Di Giacinto 762dad91c0 feat(macos): sign and notarize the DMG, app, and server binary
Produce a Gatekeeper-clean macOS distribution with no user workaround:

- Launcher DMG + the LocalAI.app inside it are built via fyne, codesigned
  with the Developer ID under the hardened runtime, then the DMG is signed,
  notarized (notarytool) and stapled. Replaces macos-dmg-creator (which had
  no signing hook) with fyne package + hdiutil so we control the .app before
  packaging.
- The bare local-ai darwin server binary is signed + notarized via
  GoReleaser's native notarize block (quill backend, runs on Linux).
- All signing is gated on secrets being present, so forks/PRs/local builds
  stay unsigned and green (contrib/macos/sign-and-notarize.sh no-ops).
- Add hardened-runtime entitlements and FyneApp.toml for deterministic
  packaging; update macOS install docs to drop the quarantine workaround.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
2026-06-25 14:25:05 +00:00

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---
title: "macOS Installation"
description: "Install LocalAI on macOS using the DMG application"
weight: 1
---
The easiest way to install LocalAI on macOS is using the DMG application.
## Download
Download the latest DMG from GitHub releases:
<a href="https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/releases/latest/download/LocalAI.dmg">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Download-macOS-blue?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple&logoColor=white" alt="Download LocalAI for macOS"/>
</a>
## Installation Steps
1. Download the `LocalAI.dmg` file from the link above
2. Open the downloaded DMG file
3. Drag the LocalAI application to your Applications folder
4. Launch LocalAI from your Applications folder
## Verification
The `LocalAI.dmg` (and the app inside it) and the `local-ai` server binary are
signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so they launch with no
quarantine prompt or workaround. To inspect the signature yourself:
```bash
spctl --assess --type open --context context:primary-signature -v /Applications/LocalAI.app
codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=2 /Applications/LocalAI.app
```
## Next Steps
After installing LocalAI, you can:
- Access the WebUI at `http://localhost:8080`
- [Try it out with examples](/basics/try/)
- [Learn about available models](/models/)
- [Customize your configuration](/advanced/model-configuration/)