BetterLogin

Add features to loginwindow on macOS

Screenshots

<details> <summary>Settings Previews</summary> <img width="634" alt="wallpaper" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/36e9552e-f67d-46d2-8310-95b7d29486c7" /> <img width="634" alt="clock" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/09239025-0d20-4ae6-8970-aa910af53c0c" /> <img width="634" alt="date" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e87a5c8c-7704-470a-807b-9ffbf4003905" /> <img width="634" alt="password" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e1438f99-1e96-44bf-bc20-6781081d0970" /> <img width="634" alt="other" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2e554655-13aa-4f08-8bc3-3533ed46097d" /> </details>

Installation

macOS Sonoma 14.0 or greater is required

1. Move BetterLogin.bundle to /Library/Application Support/MacEnhance/Plugins, or double click to automatically open in MacForge

2. Move BetterLogin.app to /Applications (not required, app will work in any location)

Some versions of macOS and MacForge do not automatically inject newly installed bundles. To manually inject BetterLogin follow these steps in terminal. This may be required after every login

lldb -p $(pgrep -x loginwindow) 

expr (void) [[NSBundle bundleWithPath:@"/Library/Application Support/MacEnhance/Plugins/BetterLogin.bundle"] load]

expr (void) [BetterLogin load]

c

Close terminal window and lock screen

Building from source

Open project in Xcode and build BetterLogin scheme to build MacForge plugin, build BetterLoginApp scheme for settings application

To build via terminal run

xcodebuild -scheme BetterLogin CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED="NO" CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED="NO" CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=""

xcodebuild -scheme BetterLoginApp CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED="NO" CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED="NO" CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=""