diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 080e4bc..07fcbd1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -204,3 +204,46 @@ flatpak:
       - target_test/
   when: 'manual'
 
+
+macos installer stable:
+  stage: test
+  tags:
+    - gst-macos-11.1
+  before_script:
+    - pip3 install --upgrade pip
+    # Make sure meson is up to date
+    - pip3 install -U meson
+    # Need to install certificates for python
+    - pip3 install --upgrade certifi
+    # Another way to install certificates
+    - open /Applications/Python\ 3.8/Install\ Certificates.command
+    # Get ninja
+    - pip3 install -U ninja
+  script:
+    # rust toolchain
+    - curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y
+    - source $HOME/.cargo/env
+    # brew install
+    - /bin/bash -c "./installer/macos/brew_setup.sh"
+    - /bin/bash -c "./installer/macos/deploy_macos.sh"
+  artifacts:
+    name: "MacOS installer"
+    paths:
+      - installer/**/GstPipelineStudio*.dmg
+      - installer/**/GstPipelineStudio*.tar.gz
+    expire_in: 14 days
+  when: 'manual'
+
+macos installer release:
+  extends: 'macos installer stable'
+  stage: release
+  only:
+    - flatpak
+    - tags
+  artifacts:
+    name: "MacOS installer"
+    paths:
+      - installer/**/GstPipelineStudio*.dmg
+      - installer/**/GstPipelineStudio*.tar.gz
+  when: 'always'
+
diff --git a/data/icons/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.ico b/data/icons/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.ico
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diff --git a/data/icons/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.png b/data/icons/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.png
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diff --git a/installer/macos/brew_setup.sh b/installer/macos/brew_setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fdf0683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/macos/brew_setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1
+
+/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
+
+brew install gtk4 gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-good
+
+brew install npm
+
+npm install -g appdmg
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/installer/macos/deploy_macos.sh b/installer/macos/deploy_macos.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..000f7f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/macos/deploy_macos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+test_ok() {
+  $*
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  
+}
+
+# depenency library:
+# Make a .app file: https://gist.github.com/oubiwann/453744744da1141ccc542ff75b47e0cf
+# Make a .dmg file: https://github.com/LinusU/node-appdmg
+# Can't find library: https://www.jianshu.com/p/441a7553700f
+BUILD_DIR=builddir
+PROJECTDIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")/../" ; pwd -P )"
+TARGETDIR="${PROJECTDIR}/${BUILD_DIR}/INSTALL_GPS"
+VERSION="$(date +%y%m%d)"
+export VERSION
+echo "VERSION=$VERSION"
+
+# rebuild app release version
+rm -rf "${TARGETDIR}"
+test_ok meson --prefix=$TARGETDIR --buildtype=release ${BUILD_DIR}
+test_ok ninja -C "${PROJECTDIR}/${BUILD_DIR}" install
+
+
+# copy app data files to target dir
+echo -n "Copy app data files......"
+test_ok mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR}/etc/"
+mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR}/lib/gstreamer-1.0"
+mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR}/share/doc"
+mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR}/share/themes"
+mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR}/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
+mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR}/share/licenses/GstPipelineStudio"
+mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR}/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps"
+echo "[done]"
+
+function lib_dependency_copy
+{
+  local target=$1
+  local folder=$2
+
+  lib_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "$1" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+  libraries="$(otool -L $target | grep "/*.*dylib" -o | xargs)"
+  for lib in $libraries; do
+    if [[ '/usr/lib/' != ${lib:0:9} && '/System/Library/' != ${lib:0:16} ]]; then
+      if [[ '@' == ${lib:0:1} ]]; then
+        if [[ '@loader_path' == ${lib:0:12} ]]; then
+          cp -n "${lib/@loader_path/$lib_dir}" $folder
+        else
+          echo "Unsupport path: $lib"
+        fi
+      else
+        cp -n $lib $folder
+      fi
+    fi  
+  done
+}
+
+function lib_dependency_analyze
+{
+  # This function use otool to analyze library dependency.
+  # then copy the dependency libraries to destination path
+
+  local library_dir=$1
+  local targets_dir=$2
+
+  libraries="$(find $library_dir -name \*.dylib -o -name \*.so -type f)"
+  for lib in $libraries; do
+      lib_dependency_copy $lib $targets_dir
+      # otool -L $lib | grep "/usr/local/*.*dylib" -o | xargs -I{} cp -n "{}" "$targets_dir"
+  done
+}
+
+# copy app dependency library to target dir
+echo -n "Copy app dependency library......"
+
+
+lib_dependency_copy ${TARGETDIR}/bin/gst_pipeline_studio "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+lib_dependency_copy ${TARGETDIR}/lib/libgobject-2.0.0.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+lib_dependency_copy ${TARGETDIR}/lib/libsoup-2.4.1.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+
+# lib_dependency_copy ${TARGETDIR}/bin/libunistring.2.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# lib_dependency_copy /usr/local/lib/libcairo-script-interpreter.2.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# lib_dependency_copy /usr/local/lib/libgettextsrc-0.20.1.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# lib_dependency_copy /usr/local/lib/libharfbuzz-icu.0.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+
+
+for file in ${TARGETDIR}/lib/gstreamer-1.0/*.dylib
+do
+    echo "${file}"
+    lib_dependency_copy ${file} "${TARGETDIR}/lib/gstreamer-1.0"
+done
+
+test_ok cp -f "${PROJECTDIR}/macos/mac_launcher.sh" "${TARGETDIR}/bin/launcher.sh"
+# cp -f /usr/local/lib/libgtk-gtk4.1.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# cp -f /usr/local/lib/libgirepository-1.0.1.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# cp -f /usr/local/lib/librsvg-2.2.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# cp -f /usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.0.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# echo "[done]"
+
+# copy GStreamer dependencies
+# cp -f /usr/local/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgtk-gtk4.1.dylib "${TARGETDIR}/lib/gstreamer-1.0"
+
+# copy GDBus/Helper and dependencies files
+# echo -n "Copy GDBus/Helper and dependencies......"
+# cp -f /usr/local/bin/gdbus "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# cp -f /usr/local/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# lib_dependency_copy ${TARGETDIR}/bin/gdbus "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# lib_dependency_copy ${TARGETDIR}/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+# echo "[done]"
+
+
+
+# copy GTK runtime dependencies resource
+# echo -n "Copy GTK runtime resource......"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/lib/gio "${TARGETDIR}/lib/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/lib/gtk-3.0 "${TARGETDIR}/lib/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 "${TARGETDIR}/lib/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/lib/girepository-1.0 "${TARGETDIR}/lib/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/lib/libgda-5.0 "${TARGETDIR}/lib/"
+# # Avoid override the latest locale file
+# cp -r /usr/local/share/locale "${TARGETDIR}/share/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/share/icons "${TARGETDIR}/share/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/share/fontconfig "${TARGETDIR}/share/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/share/themes/Mac "${TARGETDIR}/share/themes/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/share/themes/Default "${TARGETDIR}/share/themes/"
+# cp -rf /usr/local/share/gtksourceview-4 "${TARGETDIR}/share/"
+# glib-compile-schemas /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+# cp -f /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschema* "${TARGETDIR}/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
+# # find "${TARGETDIR}/bin" -type f -path '*.dll.a' -exec rm '{}' \;
+# lib_dependency_analyze ${TARGETDIR}/lib ${TARGETDIR}/bin
+# lib_dependency_analyze ${TARGETDIR}/bin ${TARGETDIR}/bin
+# echo "[done]"
+
+# copy app icons and license files to target dir
+echo -n "Copy app icon(svg) files......"
+cp -f "${PROJECTDIR}/../data/icons/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.ico" "${TARGETDIR}/bin"
+cp -f "${PROJECTDIR}/../data/icons/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.svg" "${TARGETDIR}/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps"
+echo "[done]"
+
+
+# download license file: LGPL-3.0
+echo -n "Downloading the remote license file......"
+cp -f "${PROJECTDIR}/../LICENSE" "${TARGETDIR}/share/licenses/GstPipelineStudio"
+if [ ! -f "${TARGETDIR}/share/licenses/GstPipelineStudio/gpl-3.0.txt" ]; then
+  curl "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt" -o "${TARGETDIR}/share/licenses/GstPipelineStudio/gpl-3.0.txt"
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "[done]"
+  else
+    echo "[failed]"
+  fi
+else
+  echo "[done]"
+fi
+
+echo "make macos executable file(.app)......"
+cd "${PROJECTDIR}/${BUILD_DIR}"
+cp "${PROJECTDIR}/macos/installers/Info.plist" "${PROJECTDIR}/${BUILD_DIR}"
+cp "${PROJECTDIR}/macos/installers/mac.icns" "${PROJECTDIR}/${BUILD_DIR}/GstPipelineStudio.icns"
+../macos/mac_app_pack.sh --path "${TARGETDIR}" --name "GstPipelineStudio" --info "Info.plist" --icons "GstPipelineStudio.icns"
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "[done]"
+  else
+  echo "[failed]"
+fi
+
+# make installer package
+echo "make macos installer(.dmg)......"
+cp "${PROJECTDIR}/macos/installers/dmg.json" gps_dmg.json
+cp "${PROJECTDIR}/macos/installers/background.png" "${PROJECTDIR}/${BUILD_DIR}/gps_dmg_background.png"
+rm -f ${PROJECTDIR}/GstPipelineStudio-${VERSION}-macos.dmg
+appdmg gps_dmg.json "${PROJECTDIR}/GstPipelineStudio-${VERSION}-macos.dmg"
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "[done]"
+  else
+  echo "[failed]"
+fi
+
+# make portable package
+echo -n "make macos portable......"
+tar czf "${PROJECTDIR}/GstPipelineStudio-${VERSION}-macos.tar.gz" -C "${PROJECTDIR}" ${BUILD_DIR}/GstPipelineStudio.app
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "[done]"
+  else
+  echo "[failed]"
+fi
diff --git a/installer/macos/installers/Info.plist b/installer/macos/installers/Info.plist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de6666f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/macos/installers/Info.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+    <!-- Reference: https://github.com/geany/geany-osx/blob/master/Info.plist -->
+    <dict>
+        <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+        <string>1.36</string>
+        <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+        <string>1.36</string>
+        <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
+        <string>Copyright (C)2022 Stephane Cerveau</string>
+        <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
+        <string>Copyright (C)2022 Stephane Cerveau</string>
+        <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
+        <string>English</string>
+        <key>CFBundleName</key>
+        <string>GstPipelineStudio</string>
+        <key>GtkOSXLaunchScriptFile</key>
+        <string>launcher.sh</string>
+        <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+        <string>gst_pipeline_studio</string>
+        <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+        <string>GstPipelineStudio.icns</string>
+        <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+        <string>org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio</string>
+        <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+        <string>6.0</string>
+        <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+        <string>APPL</string>
+        <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
+        <string>????</string>
+        <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
+        <string>10.9</string>
+        <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
+        <string>public.app-category.developer-tools</string>
+        <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
+        <true/>
+        <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+        <string>1</string>
+        <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
+        <string>NSApplication</string>  
+    </dict>
+</plist>
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diff --git a/installer/macos/installers/background.xcf b/installer/macos/installers/background.xcf
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diff --git a/installer/macos/installers/dmg.json b/installer/macos/installers/dmg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425f7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/macos/installers/dmg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "title": "GstPipelineStudio installer",
+    "icon": "GstPipelineStudio.icns",
+    "background": "gps_dmg_background.png",
+    "contents": [
+      { "x": 948, "y": 270, "type": "link", "path": "/Applications" },
+      { "x": 692, "y": 270, "type": "file", "path": "GstPipelineStudio.app" }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/installer/macos/installers/mac.icns b/installer/macos/installers/mac.icns
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index 0000000..8c24521
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diff --git a/installer/macos/mac_app_pack.sh b/installer/macos/mac_app_pack.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1c6a85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/macos/mac_app_pack.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION=4.0.1
+SCRIPT=`basename "$0"`
+APP_NAME="GstPipelineStudio"
+APP_ICONS="/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/GenericApplicationIcon.icns"
+OSX_VERSION=`sw_vers -productVersion`
+PWD=`pwd`
+
+function usage {
+	cat <<EOF
+$SCRIPT v${VERSION} for for Mac OS X
+Usage:
+  $SCRIPT [options]
+Options:
+  -h, --help 		Prints this help message, then exits
+  -p, --path    Name of the path to 'appify' (required)
+  -n, --name 		Name of the application (default "$APP_NAME")
+  -o, --info    Name of the Info.plist
+  -i, --icons		Name of the icons file to use when creating the app
+                        (defaults to $APP_ICONS)
+  -v, --version		Prints the version of this script, then exits
+Description:
+  Creates the GTK Mac app from a GTK install path.
+  Appify has one required parameter, the path to appify:
+    $SCRIPT --path gtk-app-install-path
+  Note that you cannot rename appified apps. If you want to give your app
+  a custom name, use the '--name' option
+    $SCRIPT --path gtk-app-install-path --name "Sweet"
+Copyright:
+  Copyright (c) Thomas Aylott <http://subtlegradient.com/>
+  Modified by Mathias Bynens <http://mathiasbynens.be/>
+  Modified by Andrew Dvorak <http://OhReally.net/>
+  Rewritten by Duncan McGreggor <http://github.com/oubiwann/>
+  Modified by Zuhong Tao <https://github.com/taozuhong>
+EOF
+	exit 1
+}
+
+function version {
+	echo "v${VERSION}"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+function error {
+	echo
+	echo "ERROR: $1"
+	echo
+	usage
+}
+
+while :; do
+  case $1 in
+    -h | --help )    usage;;
+    -p | --path )    APP_BUILD="$2"; shift ;;
+    -n | --name )    APP_NAME="$2"; shift ;;
+    -o | --info )    APP_INFO="$2"; shift ;;
+    -i | --icons )   APP_ICONS="$2"; shift ;;
+    -v | --version ) version;;
+    -- )             shift; break ;;
+    * )              break ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+if [ -z ${APP_BUILD+nil} ]; then
+	error "The GTK app path to appify must be provided!"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$APP_BUILD" ]; then
+	error "Can't find the target path '$APP_BUILD'"
+fi
+
+if [ -a "$APP_NAME.app" ]; then
+	rm -rf "$APP_NAME.app"
+fi
+
+SCRIPT_PATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
+APP_OUT_DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$APP_BUILD")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
+
+APP_TOP_DIR=$APP_OUT_DIR/$APP_NAME.app
+APP_CON_DIR=$APP_TOP_DIR/Contents
+APP_RES_DIR=$APP_CON_DIR/Resources
+APP_EXE_DIR=$APP_CON_DIR/MacOS
+APP_ETC_DIR=$APP_RES_DIR/etc
+APP_LIB_DIR=$APP_RES_DIR/lib
+
+# Copy GstPipelineStudio.app resource
+mkdir -vp "$APP_CON_DIR"/{MacOS,Resources}
+cp -f "$APP_INFO" "$APP_CON_DIR/Info.plist"
+cp -f "$APP_ICONS" "$APP_RES_DIR/$APP_NAME.icns"
+cp -rf "$APP_BUILD/etc" "$APP_RES_DIR"
+cp -rf "$APP_BUILD/lib" "$APP_RES_DIR"
+cp -rf "$APP_BUILD/share" "$APP_RES_DIR"
+cp -rf "$APP_BUILD/libexec" "$APP_RES_DIR"
+cp $APP_BUILD/bin/gst_pipeline_studio $APP_EXE_DIR/gst_pipeline_studio-real
+cp $APP_BUILD/bin/launcher.sh $APP_EXE_DIR/gst_pipeline_studio
+chmod 766 "$APP_EXE_DIR/gst_pipeline_studio"
+chmod 766 "$APP_EXE_DIR/gst_pipeline_studio-real"
+chmod -R 766 "$APP_RES_DIR"/libexec/gstreamer-1.0
+
+
+# Copy dependency libraries and update their search path
+source $SCRIPT_PATH/mac_app_path.sh
+if ls $APP_BUILD/bin/*.so 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  for sofile in $APP_BUILD/bin/*.so; do
+    cp $sofile $APP_LIB_DIR
+  done
+fi
+cp $APP_BUILD/bin/*.dylib $APP_LIB_DIR
+chmod -R 766 $APP_LIB_DIR
+
+lib_change_paths \
+  @executable_path/../Resources/lib \
+  $APP_LIB_DIR \
+  $APP_EXE_DIR/gst_pipeline_studio-real
+
+# lib_change_paths \
+#   @executable_path/../Resources/lib \
+#   $APP_LIB_DIR \
+#   $APP_EXE_DIR/gdbus
+
+# lib_change_paths \
+#   @executable_path/../Resources/lib \
+#   $APP_LIB_DIR \
+#   $APP_EXE_DIR/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders
+
+lib_change_siblings $APP_LIB_DIR @loader_path
+
+# Gio modules
+# gio_modules="$(find $APP_LIB_DIR/gio/modules/ -name \*.dylib -o -name \*.so -type f)"
+# for gio_module in $gio_modules; do
+#   lib_change_paths \
+#     @executable_path/../Resources/lib \
+#     $APP_LIB_DIR \
+#     $gio_module
+# done
+
+# # Gdk-pixbuf plugins
+# pixbuf_plugins="$(find $APP_LIB_DIR/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/ -name \*.dylib -o -name \*.so -type f)"
+# for pixbuf_plugin in $pixbuf_plugins; do
+#   lib_change_paths \
+#     @executable_path/../Resources/lib \
+#     $APP_LIB_DIR \
+#     $pixbuf_plugin
+# done
+
+
+echo "Mac app bundled at '$APP_TOP_DIR'"
diff --git a/installer/macos/mac_app_path.sh b/installer/macos/mac_app_path.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..64405a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/macos/mac_app_path.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/blob/master/packaging/macos/bash_d/lib_.sh
+# examples:
+# lib_change_path \
+#  @executable_path/../Resources/lib/lib2geom.1.0.0.dylib \
+#  $APP_LIB_DIR/inkscape/libinkscape_base.dylib \
+#  $APP_EXE_DIR/inkscape
+#
+#lib_change_paths \
+#  @executable_path/../lib \
+#  $APP_LIB_DIR \
+#  $APP_BIN_DIR/gs
+#
+# lib_change_siblings $APP_LIB_DIR dylib
+# lib_change_siblings $APP_LIB_DIR so
+
+# include_guard
+
+### includes ###################################################################
+
+# Nothing here.
+
+### variables ##################################################################
+
+# Nothing here.
+
+### functions ##################################################################
+
+function lib_change_path
+{
+  # This is a simple wrapper around install_name_tool to reduce the
+  # number of arguments (like $source does not have to be provided
+  # here as it can be deducted from $target).
+  # Also, the requested change can be applied to multipe binaries
+  # at once since 2-n arguments can be supplied.
+
+  local target=$1         # new path to dynamically linked library
+  local binaries=${*:2}   # binaries to modify
+
+  local source_lib=${target##*/}   # get library filename from target location
+
+  for binary in $binaries; do   # won't work with spaces in paths
+    if [[ $binary == *.so ]] || [[ $binary == *.dylib ]]; then
+      lib_reset_id $binary
+    fi
+    local source=$(otool -L $binary | grep $source_lib | awk '{ print $1 }')
+    install_name_tool -change $source $target $binary
+  done
+}
+
+function lib_change_paths
+{
+  # This is a slightly more advanced wrapper around install_name_tool.
+  # Given a directory $lib_dir that contains the libraries, all libraries
+  # linked in $binary can be changed at once to a specified $target path.
+
+  local target=$1         # new path to dynamically linked library
+  local lib_dir=$2
+  local binaries=${*:3}
+
+  for binary in $binaries; do
+    if [[ $binary == *.so ]] || [[ $binary == *.dylib ]]; then
+      lib_reset_id $binary
+    fi
+    for linked_lib in $(otool -L $binary | tail -n +2 | awk '{ print $1 }'); do
+      if [ "$(basename $binary)" != "$(basename $linked_lib)" ] &&
+         [ -f $lib_dir/$(basename $linked_lib) ]; then
+        lib_change_path $target/$(basename $linked_lib) $binary
+      fi
+    done
+  done
+}
+
+function lib_change_siblings
+{
+  # This is a slightly more advanced wrapper around install_name_tool.
+  # All libraries inside a given $dir that are linked to libraries present
+  # in that $dir can be automatically adjusted.
+
+  local dir=$1
+  local target=$2
+
+  for lib in $dir/*.dylib; do
+    lib_reset_id $lib
+    for linked_lib in $(otool -L $lib | tail -n +2 | awk '{ print $1 }'); do
+      if [ "$(basename $lib)" != "$(basename $linked_lib)" ] &&
+         [ -f $dir/$(basename $linked_lib) ]; then
+        lib_change_path $target/$(basename $linked_lib) $lib
+      fi
+    done
+  done
+
+  if ls $dir/*.so 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    for lib in $dir/*.so; do
+      lib_reset_id $lib
+      for linked_lib in $(otool -L $lib | tail -n +2 | awk '{ print $1 }'); do
+        if [ "$(basename $lib)" != "$(basename $linked_lib)" ] &&
+          [ -f $dir/$(basename $linked_lib) ]; then
+          lib_change_path $target/$(basename $linked_lib) $lib
+        fi
+      done
+    done  
+  fi
+}
+
+function lib_reset_id
+{
+  local lib=$1
+
+  install_name_tool -id $(basename $lib) $lib
+}
+
+### aliases ####################################################################
+
+# Nothing here.
+
+### main #######################################################################
+
+# Nothing here.
diff --git a/installer/macos/mac_launcher.sh b/installer/macos/mac_launcher.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..489cc4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/macos/mac_launcher.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if test "x$GTK_DEBUG_LAUNCHER" != x; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+if test "x$GTK_DEBUG_GDB" != x; then
+    EXEC="gdb --args"
+else
+    EXEC=exec
+fi
+
+name=`basename "$0"`
+bundle_app="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )/../.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+bundle_contents="$bundle_app"/Contents
+bundle_res="$bundle_contents"/Resources
+bundle_lib="$bundle_res"/lib
+bundle_libexec="$bundle_res"/libexec
+bundle_bin="$bundle_res"/bin
+bundle_data="$bundle_res"/share
+bundle_etc="$bundle_res"/etc
+
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$bundle_lib"
+export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="$bundle_etc"/xdg
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$bundle_data"
+export GTK_DATA_PREFIX="$bundle_res"
+export GTK_EXE_PREFIX="$bundle_res"
+export GTK_PATH="$bundle_res"
+export GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER="$bundle_libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner"
+export GIO_EXTRA_MODULES="$bundle_lib/gio/modules"
+
+# GIO modules
+export GIO_MODULE_DIR="$bundle_lib/gio/modules"
+
+
+#GStreamer plugins
+export GST_PLUGIN_PATH="$bundle_lib/gstreamer-1.0"
+
+APP=$name
+I18NDIR="$bundle_data/locale"
+# Set the locale-related variables appropriately:
+unset LANG LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_COLLATE
+
+# Has a language ordering been set?
+# If so, set LC_MESSAGES and LANG accordingly; otherwise skip it.
+# First step uses sed to clean off the quotes and commas, to change - to _, and change the names for the chinese scripts from "Hans" to CN and "Hant" to TW.
+APPLELANGUAGES=`defaults read .GlobalPreferences AppleLanguages | sed -En   -e 's/\-/_/' -e 's/Hant/TW/' -e 's/Hans/CN/' -e 's/[[:space:]]*\"?([[:alnum:]_]+)\"?,?/\1/p' `
+if test "$APPLELANGUAGES"; then
+    # A language ordering exists.
+    # Test, item per item, to see whether there is an corresponding locale.
+    for L in $APPLELANGUAGES; do
+	#test for exact matches:
+       if test -f "$I18NDIR/${L}/LC_MESSAGES/$APP.mo"; then
+	    export LANG=$L
+            break
+        fi
+	#This is a special case, because often the original strings are in US
+	#English and there is no translation file.
+	if test "x$L" == "xen_US"; then
+	    export LANG=$L
+	    break
+	fi
+	#OK, now test for just the first two letters:
+        if test -f "$I18NDIR/${L:0:2}/LC_MESSAGES/$APP.mo"; then
+	    export LANG=${L:0:2}
+	    break
+	fi
+	#Same thing, but checking for any english variant.
+	if test "x${L:0:2}" == "xen"; then
+	    export LANG=$L
+	    break
+	fi;
+    done
+fi
+unset APPLELANGUAGES L
+
+# If we didn't get a language from the language list, try the Collation preference, in case it's the only setting that exists.
+APPLECOLLATION=`defaults read .GlobalPreferences AppleCollationOrder`
+if test -z ${LANG} -a -n $APPLECOLLATION; then
+    if test -f "$I18NDIR/${APPLECOLLATION:0:2}/LC_MESSAGES/$APP.mo"; then
+	export LANG=${APPLECOLLATION:0:2}
+    fi
+fi
+if test ! -z $APPLECOLLATION; then
+    export LC_COLLATE=$APPLECOLLATION
+fi
+unset APPLECOLLATION
+
+# Continue by attempting to find the Locale preference.
+APPLELOCALE=`defaults read .GlobalPreferences AppleLocale`
+
+if test -f "$I18NDIR/${APPLELOCALE:0:5}/LC_MESSAGES/$APP.mo"; then
+    if test -z $LANG; then
+        export LANG="${APPLELOCALE:0:5}"
+    fi
+
+elif test -z $LANG -a -f "$I18NDIR/${APPLELOCALE:0:2}/LC_MESSAGES/$APP.mo"; then
+    export LANG="${APPLELOCALE:0:2}"
+fi
+
+#Next we need to set LC_MESSAGES. If at all possible, we want a full
+#5-character locale to avoid the "Locale not supported by C library"
+#warning from Gtk -- even though Gtk will translate with a
+#two-character code.
+if test -n $LANG; then
+#If the language code matches the applelocale, then that's the message
+#locale; otherwise, if it's longer than two characters, then it's
+#probably a good message locale and we'll go with it.
+    if test $LANG == ${APPLELOCALE:0:5} -o $LANG != ${LANG:0:2}; then
+	export LC_MESSAGES=$LANG
+#Next try if the Applelocale is longer than 2 chars and the language
+#bit matches $LANG
+    elif test $LANG == ${APPLELOCALE:0:2} -a $APPLELOCALE > ${APPLELOCALE:0:2}; then
+	export LC_MESSAGES=${APPLELOCALE:0:5}
+#Fail. Get a list of the locales in $PREFIX/share/locale that match
+#our two letter language code and pick the first one, special casing
+#english to set en_US
+    elif test $LANG == "en"; then
+	export LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
+    else
+	LOC=`find $PREFIX/share/locale -name $LANG???`
+	for L in $LOC; do
+	    export LC_MESSAGES=$L
+	done
+    fi
+else
+#All efforts have failed, so default to US english
+    export LANG="en_US"
+    export LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
+fi
+CURRENCY=`echo $APPLELOCALE |  sed -En 's/.*currency=([[:alpha:]]+).*/\1/p'`
+if test "x$CURRENCY" != "x"; then
+#The user has set a special currency. Gtk doesn't install LC_MONETARY files, but Apple does in /usr/share/locale, so we're going to look there for a locale to set LC_CURRENCY to.
+    if test -f /usr/local/share/$LC_MESSAGES/LC_MONETARY; then
+	if test -a `cat /usr/local/share/$LC_MESSAGES/LC_MONETARY` == $CURRENCY; then
+	    export LC_MONETARY=$LC_MESSAGES
+	fi
+    fi
+    if test -z "$LC_MONETARY"; then
+	FILES=`find /usr/share/locale -name LC_MONETARY -exec grep -H $CURRENCY {} \;`
+	if test -n "$FILES"; then
+	    export LC_MONETARY=`echo $FILES | sed -En 's%/usr/share/locale/([[:alpha:]_]+)/LC_MONETARY.*%\1%p'`
+	fi
+    fi
+fi
+#No currency value means that the AppleLocale governs:
+if test -z "$LC_MONETARY"; then
+    LC_MONETARY=${APPLELOCALE:0:5}
+fi
+#For Gtk, which only looks at LC_ALL:
+export LC_ALL=$LC_MESSAGES
+
+unset APPLELOCALE FILES LOC
+
+if test -f "$bundle_lib/charset.alias"; then
+    export CHARSETALIASDIR="$bundle_lib"
+fi
+
+# Extra arguments can be added in environment.sh.
+EXTRA_ARGS=
+if test -f "$bundle_res/environment.sh"; then
+  source "$bundle_res/environment.sh"
+fi
+
+# Strip out the argument added by the OS.
+if /bin/expr "x$1" : '^x-psn_' > /dev/null; then
+    shift 1
+fi
+
+$EXEC "$bundle_contents/MacOS/gst_pipeline_studio-real" "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 379aa77..6f2aa45 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ project('gst_pipeline_studio',
                    ],
           license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
 )
+
+host_system = host_machine.system()
+
 python_mod = import('python')
 python3 = python_mod.find_installation()
 current_date = run_command(python3, '-c', 'import datetime; print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), end ="")').stdout()