# MacEnhance/MacForge

📦 Plugin, App, and Theme store which includes plugin injection for macOS

Repository: https://github.com/MacEnhance/MacForge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/macforge
Homepage: https://www.macenhance.com/macforge
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mach-inject, simbl, simbl-plugin, mysimbl, macos, osx, hack, code-injection, mojave, cydia, substrate, objective-c, macforge
Last push: 2023-07-04T13:12:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2980, "days_push": 1156, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1188, forks 48 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:55.388584+00:00)

## What it is
MacForge is an open-source plugin manager for macOS that lets users discover, install, and manage plugins, apps, and themes, including code injection into running applications. It is the successor to mySIMBL and requires disabling System Integrity Protection and library validation for most plugins to load.

## Use cases
- install and manage macOS plugins from a browsable store
- inject plugins into macOS applications without manual file copying
- browse and search a repository of macOS tweaks, themes, and apps
- enable or disable installed plugins per application
- host and distribute my own macOS plugin repository
- keep installed bundles automatically updated

## When to choose
- you want a Cydia/SIMBL-style plugin ecosystem for macOS 10.14+
- you need to discover and auto-update community plugins and themes for macOS
- you want drag-and-drop installation of .bundle plugins with per-app blacklisting

## When to avoid
- you cannot or will not disable System Integrity Protection and library validation
- you are on an Apple Silicon (M1 or later) Mac, which is not supported
- you need a security-sensitive machine where code injection is unacceptable
- you need actively maintained software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: plugin-system, developer-tools, gui
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: code-injection, plugin-manager, macos-tweaks, simbl-successor, objective-c, theme-store, system-integrity-protection, customization, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- MacEnhance/MacForge (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.388584+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:23:22.711614+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MacEnhance/MacForge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.388584+00:00, sha 36184358a1a4)
  - homepage: https://www.macenhance.com/macforge (fetched 2026-08-29T12:30:32.209863+00:00, sha ada7bb7c7097)
  - site_page: https://www.macenhance.com/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:30:32.212362+00:00, sha 2cf3b5c83852)
  - site_page: https://www.macenhance.com/docs/general/sip.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:30:32.214245+00:00, sha 2dc8d1b80ad4)
  - site_page: https://www.macenhance.com/blog.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:30:32.216525+00:00, sha 73bc174d9a59)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.