Release macOS ARM64 binaries #2162

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@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021):

@davidebeatrici I've been using this guide. Is that wrong?

@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021): @davidebeatrici I've been using [this](https://github.com/mumble-voip/mumble/blob/master/docs/dev/build-instructions/build_macos.md) guide. Is that wrong?

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@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021):

No, it's correct.

According to @cfstras (#4765) the client runs fine.

@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021): No, it's correct. According to @cfstras (#4765) the client runs fine.

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@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021):

Super interesting, thank you. I'll make sure to follow his guide.

@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021): Super interesting, thank you. I'll make sure to follow his guide.

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@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021):

No problem.

@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021): No problem.

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@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021):

Personally I'm just trying to get it to run with mumblelink, as long as it doesn't crash all the time I'm good to go :)
Thank you for your guide Claus!

@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021): Personally I'm just trying to get it to run with mumblelink, as long as it doesn't crash all the time I'm good to go :) Thank you for your guide Claus!

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@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021):

@cfstras I would recommend adding -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl to the options. For some reason OpenSSL isn't recognized by make

@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2021): @cfstras I would recommend adding ```-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl``` to the options. For some reason OpenSSL isn't recognized by ```make```

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@cfstras commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2021):

As mentioned in #4765, I symlinked my /opt/homebrew/opt to /usr/local/opt to fix all these path issues in one go. YMMV.
See here: https://gist.github.com/cfstras/f741087c77a899d5f77eb4664c5b4a70#file-mumble-build-m1-sh-L50-L54

@cfstras commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2021): As mentioned in #4765, I symlinked my /opt/homebrew/opt to /usr/local/opt to fix all these path issues in one go. YMMV. See here: https://gist.github.com/cfstras/f741087c77a899d5f77eb4664c5b4a70#file-mumble-build-m1-sh-L50-L54

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@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2021):

Got it! Thank you for your help.

@josefleventon commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2021): Got it! Thank you for your help.

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@iJaack commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2021):

As per the macOS build, I get this error when running cmake ..:

CMake Error at cmake/pkg-utils.cmake:87 (message):
Qt5 component not found: Core
Call Stack (most recent call first):
src/CMakeLists.txt:17 (find_pkg)

Anyone can help?

@iJaack commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2021): As per the macOS build, I get this error when running `cmake ..`: > CMake Error at cmake/pkg-utils.cmake:87 (message): > Qt5 component not found: Core > Call Stack (most recent call first): > src/CMakeLists.txt:17 (find_pkg) Anyone can help?

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@cfstras commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2021):

@iJaack please have a read through the "Caveats" section in #4765. You can use this build script to get you started: https://gist.github.com/cfstras/f741087c77a899d5f77eb4664c5b4a70 (Please do read through it before executing, it symlinks your /opt/homebrew to /usr/local, so it won't work if you have an existing x86 homebrew installed.

@cfstras commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2021): @iJaack please have a read through the "Caveats" section in #4765. You can use this build script to get you started: https://gist.github.com/cfstras/f741087c77a899d5f77eb4664c5b4a70 (Please do read through it before executing, it symlinks your /opt/homebrew to /usr/local, so it won't work if you have an existing x86 homebrew installed.

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@iJaack commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2021):

OK it works, thank you!

@iJaack commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2021): OK it works, thank you!

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@keybits commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2022):

Now that 1.4 is generally available, are the plans for an Apple Silicon (ARM64) / Universal version for macOS still active?

@keybits commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2022): Now that 1.4 is generally available, are the plans for an Apple Silicon (ARM64) / Universal version for macOS still active?

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2022):

To my knowledge they are not

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2022): To my knowledge they are not

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@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (May 15, 2022):

MacStadium kindly replaced our gen 3 Mac Mini with a gen 5 one for free, as part of their open-source program.

As a result, we can now build and test ARM64 binaries and may be able to deliver official releases for that architecture soon.

@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (May 15, 2022): MacStadium kindly replaced our gen 3 Mac Mini with a gen 5 one for free, as part of their open-source program. As a result, we can now build and test ARM64 binaries and may be able to deliver official releases for that architecture soon.

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@iakat commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2022):

Is there any plans for this?

@iakat commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2022): Is there any plans for this?

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@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2022):

If I recall correctly there was an issue with the Qt port in vcpkg, which could be fixed now.

@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2022): If I recall correctly there was an issue with the Qt port in vcpkg, which could be fixed now.

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2023):

updates?

@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2023): updates?

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2023):

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2023): No

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@iakat commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2023):

@iakat commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2023): ok

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@ForlornWongraven commented on GitHub (May 7, 2023):

Mumble is the only application that still requires Rosetta2 on my iMac. Any update?

@ForlornWongraven commented on GitHub (May 7, 2023): Mumble is the only application that still requires Rosetta2 on my iMac. Any update?

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (May 8, 2023):

No - nobody has had the time to work on this yet

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (May 8, 2023): No - nobody has had the time to work on this yet

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@thegcat commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2024):

As a datapoint and maybe as an inspiration for those that don't need the game-related functionality of Mumble: I've been compiling and using Mumble fine with -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Doverlay=off -Dice=off. I need to recompile every so often because the libs from homebrew get updated, but apart from that it's been smooth so far.

@thegcat commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2024): As a datapoint and maybe as an inspiration for those that don't need the game-related functionality of Mumble: I've been compiling and using Mumble fine with `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Doverlay=off -Dice=off`. I need to recompile every so often because the libs from homebrew get updated, but apart from that it's been smooth so far.

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@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2024):

That's good news, as it means there should be no issues in our codebase.

@Krzmbrzl We should probably revisit the ARM64 vcpkg build.

@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2024): That's good news, as it means there should be no issues in our codebase. @Krzmbrzl We should probably revisit the ARM64 vcpkg build.

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024):

There were some recent vcpkg PRs that we need to be merged as they fixed some issues for the ARM build. However, they have been merged by now. We'll have to update the macOS target to at least 11 as one of the nibs requires at least that version. This will involve rewriting (or disabling) the overlay to use Metal instead of OpenGL.

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024): There were some recent vcpkg PRs that we need to be merged as they fixed some issues for the ARM build. However, they have been merged by now. We'll have to update the macOS target to at least 11 as one of the nibs requires at least that version. This will involve rewriting (or disabling) the overlay to use Metal instead of OpenGL.

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@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024):

As far as I know there are no games that make use of Metal directly and for good reason: Vulkan exists.

I'm pretty sure most engines make use of MoltenVK, which is a translation layer that enables the use of Vulkan on top of Metal.

@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024): As far as I know there are no games that make use of Metal directly and for good reason: Vulkan exists. I'm pretty sure most engines make use of MoltenVK, which is a translation layer that enables the use of Vulkan on top of Metal.

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024):

Well, in that case we need a Vulkan overlay - the main point being that the OpenGL API is deprecated after 10.15

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024): Well, in that case we need a Vulkan overlay - the main point being that the OpenGL API is deprecated after 10.15

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@Avi-D-coder commented on GitHub (May 19, 2024):

This builds the client on macos arm aarch64-darwin https://github.com/Avi-D-coder/mumble-nix-flake-macos. Just run nix build then open result/Mumble.app
The client is very buggy especially when changing settings, but it does work.

@Avi-D-coder commented on GitHub (May 19, 2024): This builds the client on macos arm `aarch64-darwin` https://github.com/Avi-D-coder/mumble-nix-flake-macos. Just run `nix build` then `open result/Mumble.app` The client is very buggy especially when changing settings, but it does work.

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@SteanlyCZ commented on GitHub (Jun 26, 2025):

please does anyone have a compiled binary version for Mac ARM64?

@SteanlyCZ commented on GitHub (Jun 26, 2025): please does anyone have a compiled binary version for Mac ARM64?

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@Avi-D-coder commented on GitHub (Jun 26, 2025):

That nix used to work about a year ago, but even then mumble was useable but buggy

@Avi-D-coder commented on GitHub (Jun 26, 2025): That nix used to work about a year ago, but even then mumble was useable but buggy

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@ForlornWongraven commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2025):

This is the last software that is still Intel on my Apple Silicon devices. Is there any update, please?

@ForlornWongraven commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2025): This is the last software that is still Intel on my Apple Silicon devices. Is there any update, please?

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@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2025):

@Krzmbrzl commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2025): No

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@ikir83 commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2026):

Any news on a native Apple Silicon version?

@ikir83 commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2026): Any news on a native Apple Silicon version?

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@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2026):

Please write the proper architecture name instead of "Intel" and/or "Apple Silicon", don't endorse (terrible) marketing behavior.

With that being said, we have to verify the current situation with vcpkg and maybe cross-compilation as well. Azure Pipelines is still only offering ARM64 agents in preview, with potential availability limitations. GitHub Actions allegedly offers them normally just like x86 ones.

Considering we already have a macOS build job on GitHub Actions, we could simply add an ARM64 variant that relies on a fully native vcpkg environment. Which is always better compared to cross-compilation, especially in terms of resources.

@davidebeatrici commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2026): Please write the proper architecture name instead of "Intel" and/or "Apple Silicon", don't endorse (terrible) marketing behavior. With that being said, we have to verify the current situation with vcpkg and maybe cross-compilation as well. Azure Pipelines is still only offering ARM64 agents in preview, with potential availability limitations. GitHub Actions allegedly offers them normally just like x86 ones. Considering we already have a macOS build job on GitHub Actions, we could simply add an ARM64 variant that relies on a fully native vcpkg environment. Which is always better compared to cross-compilation, especially in terms of resources.

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