# How are non programmers to use Julia Apps

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> [@TinWallop](#):
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> I might want to package for Mac (dmg) and installers for windows.

Julia can be packaged into installers; see AppBundler.jl project and [JuliaCon 2024 talk on it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wICPVpDa7aw&t=654s). It has a list of post-processing steps that one can follow to obtain nice-looking `.dmg` or `.msix` installers.

Thanks to the [NLNET grant](https://nlnet.nl/project/Julia-AppBundler/), I am now returning to the next stage of AppBundler.jl, where the post-processing steps will be integrated into the `bundle` function using open-source alternatives. That would make it easy to write CI integration pipelines, so, for instance, tagging a release on a GitHub would automatically (pre)compile the application on each corresponding platform and bundle it to its native installer. I expect this will be done within the next three months.

Then, there will be work on flatpack support, PackageCompiler integration, Julia distribution creation and some work on resolving sandboxing issues.

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