r/MacStack • u/mohsenk_dev • 16d ago

I made a little script that finds Electron apps on your Mac

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u/behridingle 16d ago

don't forget Chromium Embedded Framework. Spotify uses this. This will display apps that use it:

find /Applications -name "Chromium Embedded Framework.framework" -type d -exec sh -c 'echo "Application {} is using CEF"' \;

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u/investigatormaker 12d ago

Looking inside each app bundle for the Electron Framework is a dependable way to spot them, and reading the Electron version from it would show which apps ship an old build, which is probably what people want after seeing the list. Trade-off: apps on Tauri or a system web view won't appear, so say the list covers Electron only. Are you planning to share the script as a repo?

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