Mac

ChangeLog

• Previously:
  • Below info about Wekan on Mac x64
  • Wekan PWA on iOS Safari
  • Many mobile web fixes
• 2021-05-14 Wekan maintainer xet7 got donated hardware OpenSource MacStadium remote access to Mac Mini M1 that has 16 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD.
• 2021-05-15 xet7 bought Apple Developer access for 99 euro/year. Trying to figure out how to sign some test app for iPhone, did not get it working yet.
• 2021-05-16 Instructions added below by xet7 about how to run Wekan Server Node.js/MongoDB for development on M1.
• 2021-06-21 xet7 got iPhone 12 mini for testing prototypes locally. Some testing of coding tools on M1.
• 2022-02-12 Enable drag handles on iPad landscape mode automatically.
• TODO:
  • Trying to find out some way how to make macOS App Store and iOS iPhone/iPad App Store versions of Wekan.

Docker: Easiest for install and use

1. Install Docker Desktop for Mac and start it. Then:

git clone https://github.com/wekan/wekan

cd wekan

2. Look what is your Mac IP address:

ifconfig | grep broadcast | grep 'inet ' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $2}' | cut -d '/' -f 1

3. Edit docker-compose.yml-arm64

nano docker-compose.yml-arm64

4. Change ROOT_URL to be your IP address, like http://192.168.0.100 :

https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/main/docker-compose.yml-arm64#L185

5. Save and exit: Cmd-o Enter Cmd-x.

6. Start WeKan:

docker-compose up -d -f docker-compose.yml-arm64

7. At same local network, use any webbrowser at any computer/smartphone/TV to browse to your WeKan IP address, like http://192.168.0.100

Mac M1 Wekan development

Meteor includes Node.js and MongoDB version, when developing. But if not developing, those can be installed like below in Bundle section.

1. Install rosetta:

softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

Install Homebrew from https://brew.sh, and Homebrew GUI that is very useful:

brew install --cask applite
open -a Applite

2. Clone Wekan:

git clone https://github.com/wekan/wekan
cd wekan

3. Install Meteor etc

curl https://install.meteor.com/ | arch -x86_64 sh
arch -x86_64 meteor npm install --save @babel/runtime

3a) Run Meteor on localhost port 4000:

WRITABLE_PATH=.. WITH_API=true RICHER_CARD_COMMENT_EDITOR=false arch -x86_64 meteor --port 4000

3b) Run Meteor on computer IP address on local network port 4000:

WRITABLE_PATH=.. ROOT_URL=http://192.168.0.100:4000 PORT=4000 WITH_API=true RICHER_CARD_COMMENT_EDITOR=false arch -x86_64 meteor --port 4000

Bundle for non-devepment use with start-wekan.sh

1. Download Node.js from https://github.com/wekan/node-v14-esm/releases/tag/v14.21.4 , and MongoDB 6.x from https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community
2. Download wekan-VERSIONNUMBER.zip from https://releases.wekan.team
3. Unzip file you downloaded at step 2. There will be directory called bundle.
4. Download start-wekan.sh script to directory bundle and set it as executeable with chmod +x start-wekan.sh
5. Install Node.js version mentioned at https://wekan.fi Download section
6. Install MongoDB version mentioned at https://wekan.fi Download section with Mac install info
7. Edit start-wekan.sh so that it has for example:

export WRITABLE_PATH=..
export ROOT_URL=http://localhost:2000
export PORT=2000
export MONGO_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/wekan

More info about ROOT_URL

8. Edit start-wekan.sh so that it starts in bundle directory command node main.js

Build bundle from source and develop Wekan

1. Install XCode
2. With steps 3-6 fork and clone your fork of Wekan

Docker

Note: With Docker, please don't use latest tag. Only use release tags. See https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3874

• Repair Docker
• Docker
• Docker Dev Environment

If you don't need to build Wekan, use prebuilt container with docker-compose.yml from https://github.com/wekan/wekan like this:

docker-compose up -d

If you like to build from source, clone Wekan repo:

git clone https://github.com/wekan/wekan

Then edit docker-compose.yml with these lines uncommented this way:

   #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # ==== BUILD wekan-app DOCKER CONTAINER FROM SOURCE, if you uncomment these ====
    # ==== and use commands: docker-compose up -d --build
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
      args:
        - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION}
        - METEOR_RELEASE=${METEOR_RELEASE}
        - NPM_VERSION=${NPM_VERSION}
        - ARCHITECTURE=${ARCHITECTURE}
        - SRC_PATH=${SRC_PATH}
        - METEOR_EDGE=${METEOR_EDGE}
        - USE_EDGE=${USE_EDGE}
    #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then you can build Wekan with

docker-compose up -d --build

macOS Finder: Show hidden files

Q: Is there file manager, that shows all files and directories that are at directory? Or should I use mc at zsh? For example, if there is directory /Users/username/repos, it is not visible in Finder, until I move it to /Users/username/Downloads/repos

A: I just add my home directory to the list of favorites. You can also just go to any directory you want with CMD+Shift+G . CMD+Shift+Period toggles hidden files on and off