Installing and Creating a Mac App for Zim Wiki

This guide walks you through installing Zim Wiki and then creating Zim.app so you can open Zim from Launchpad on Mac or keep it in your dock. Let's get started.

1. If you don't already have Homebrew on your mac, follow these instructions to install it.
   
   
2. In your terminal run the following to install Zim using Homebrew.
    

   brew install zim

   
   At this point you have Zim installed. The rest of the steps cover how to create Zim.app.
   
   
3. Platypus is an app that takes command-line scripts and converts them into Mac apps.
   Run the following to install Platypus.
   
   

   brew install --cask platypus
   

   
   
4. Open Platypus and use these suggested values.
    
   
1. Icon: Pick any icon you like or keep the default one.
2. App Name: Zim
3. Script Type: Bash
4. Script Path: choose New and put the following line inside (replacing existing sample content): 

   #!/bin/bash
   PYTHONPATH="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/zim/0.75.1/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/opt/homebrew/share:/opt/homebrew/Cellar/zim/0.75.1/libexec/share" exec "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/zim/0.75.1/libexec/bin/zim"  "$@"
   

5. Interface: none
6. Identifier: Edit as you see fit
7. Author: Edit as you see fit
8. Version: Edit as you see fit
9. Uncheck all checkboxes
10. Files to be bundled into the application's Resources folder: leave blank.
    
    
5. Click "Create App"
   
   
6. Save zim.app to the Applications folder

Run and Enjoy!