Allows you to run Dashboard widgets (OS X 10.4 - 10.14) on new macOS versions (12.0+).

macOS 12.0 or later*. Intel & Apple Silicon. Nightly build

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This is a side project made in my free time to learn Swift. Parts of the code are messy. Contributions always welcome.

1. Download the latest DMG from the button above or from the releases page
2. Open the DMG and move Widget Porting Toolkit to your Applications folder
3. Launch the app
4. Drag .wdgt bundles into the app

Building from source is only needed if you want to modify the app or contribute code.

git clone https://github.com/nikolan123/WidgetPortingToolkit.git
cd WidgetPortingToolkit
open WidgetPortingAPP.xcodeproj

1. Build and run in Xcode
2. Use the menu to install the Support Directory
3. Drag .wdgt bundles into the app

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