✨ Aseprite Build Script for Apple Silicon

This script builds Aseprite for the latest Apple Silicon Macs. A minimum of macOS 11 (Big Sur) is required to run the script.

Table of Contents

• Why
• Requirements
• Build Instructions
• Caveats
• License

Why

Aseprite is a powerful tool for creating pixel art and animations, and as a hobby, I've been doing pixel art for quite a while. However, building it on my MacBook was a challenging process. Thus, I've made this script which aims to simplify the build process by automating all of the steps, requiring little to no manual input.

Requirements

Note

The script has been successfully tested with macOS Tahoe 26.

• Xcode
• CMake
• Ninja
• libyaml
• Git

If you want to install the dependencies, use this Homebrew command:

brew install libyaml cmake ninja git

Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

# Clone using git.
git clone https://github.com/hitblast/aseprite-build-apple.git

2. Run the script:

# Change directory to the script.
cd aseprite-build-apple

# Make the script executable.
chmod +x build.sh

# Run the script.
./build.sh

Caveats

• The script removes sccache from the CC and CXX environment variables if the user's environment is using it as the primary linker for C/C++ compilations, since Aseprite's source code does not behave well with it.

License

This repo is under Apache License (Version 2.0).