From c0425d74448d06019f0d4bfc0a27cedeeb2f5a84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin <vidplace7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:33:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Actions: Build MacOS binary (#10319)

Preliminary CI for the MacOS builds

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/build_macos_bin.yml | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/main_matrix.yml     | 15 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/build_macos_bin.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_macos_bin.yml b/.github/workflows/build_macos_bin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cde2dd816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_macos_bin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Build MacOS Binary
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      macos_ver:
+        required: false
+        default: "26" # ARM64
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build-MacOS:
+    runs-on: macos-${{ inputs.macos_ver }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          brew update
+          brew install platformio yaml-cpp libuv openssl@3 libusb argp-standalone pkg-config
+
+      - name: Get release version string
+        run: |
+          echo "long=$(./bin/buildinfo.py long)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: version
+
+      - name: Build for MacOS
+        run: |
+          platformio run -e native-macos
+        env:
+          PKG_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.long }}
+        # Errors in this step should not fail the entire workflow while MacOS support is in development.
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: List output files
+        run: ls -lah .pio/build/native-macos/
+
+      - name: Store binaries as an artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: firmware-macos-${{ inputs.macos_ver }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.long }}
+          overwrite: true
+          path: |
+            .pio/build/native-macos/meshtasticd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/main_matrix.yml
index 88395600a..3505d950e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main_matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_matrix.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@ jobs:
       build_location: local
     secrets: inherit
 
+  MacOS:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        macos_ver:
+          - "26" # ARM64
+          # - '26-intel' # x86_64
+          - "15" # ARM64
+          # - '15-intel' # x86_64
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build_macos_bin.yml
+    with:
+      macos_ver: ${{ matrix.macos_ver }}
+    # secrets: inherit
+
   package-pio-deps-native-tft:
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'meshtastic/firmware' && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/package_pio_deps.yml
@@ -286,6 +300,7 @@ jobs:
       - gather-artifacts
       - build-debian-src
       - package-pio-deps-native-tft
+      # - MacOS
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6