# Rubyscript2exe on OS X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 14, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787 "2007-06-14T03:41:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787/1 "2007-06-14T03:41:11Z")

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Anyone using rubsyscript2exe on Mac OS X to generate standard Mac  
application bundles, or at the very least a standalone archive that can  
be deployed in an application bundle?

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**Author:** ![inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787/2 "2007-06-14T10:43:50Z")

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Kevin W. wrote:

> Anyone using rubsyscript2exe on Mac OS X to generate standard Mac  
> application bundles, or at the very least a standalone archive that can  
> be deployed in an application bundle?

try use platypus [Platypus - Create Mac apps from command line scripts |](http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus)

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**Author:** ![inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787/3 "2007-06-14T17:25:59Z")

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Arie Kusuma A. wrote:

> Kevin W. wrote:
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> > Anyone using rubsyscript2exe on Mac OS X to generate standard Mac  
> > application bundles, or at the very least a standalone archive that  
> > can be deployed in an application bundle?
> 
> try use platypus [Platypus - Create Mac apps from command line scripts |](http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus)

Any examples of Ruby-Tk applications that are deployed in this fashion?

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**Author:** ![inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787/4 "2007-06-14T23:15:11Z")

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> > try use platypus [Platypus - Create Mac apps from command line scripts |](http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus)
> 
> Any examples of Ruby-Tk applications that are deployed in this fashion?

From what I’ve heard, you may get better results with RubyCocoa:

[http://www.rubycocoa.com/](http://www.rubycocoa.com/)

–  
Giles B.

Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)  
Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org)

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**Author:** ![inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787/5 "2007-06-15T00:05:27Z")

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On Jun 14, 2007, at 4:14 PM, Giles B. wrote:

> > > try use platypus [Platypus - Create Mac apps from command line scripts |](http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus)
> > 
> > Any examples of Ruby-Tk applications that are deployed in this  
> > fashion?
> 
> From what I’ve heard, you may get better results with RubyCocoa:

Depends what you want to do.  
Platypus is for pretty much just skinning a script with a GUI, but  
RubyCocoa is an actual bridge that allows you to write code that  
accesses the Cocoa framework directly using Ruby rather than  
Objective-C.  
RubyCocoa will require a lot more knowledge of Cocoa and even  
Objective-C than would Platypus.

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**Author:** ![inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe-on-os-x/106787/6 "2007-06-15T03:16:09Z")

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> RubyCocoa will require a lot more knowledge of Cocoa and even  
> Objective-C than would Platypus.

My bad. Platypus looks cool.

–  
Giles B.

Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)  
Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org)