Platform Support — Linux, Windows & macOS (Shipped)

Status: production · Priority: — (shipped)

Note: This page is a shipped record, not a proposal. Windows and macOS targets build and release from CI; what remains is tracked in the linked pages.

Morph ships on Linux (X11, optionally Wayland), Windows (x64, MSVC), and macOS (arm64, clang). The release pipeline cross-compiles all three (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, aarch64-apple-darwin, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc) with per-platform packaging, and morph doctor maps dependencies per package manager (apt/dnf/pacman/zypper/apk/brew/winget/choco).

What shipped

Layer	Linux	macOS	Windows
Windowing	GLFW (X11/Wayland)	GLFW (Cocoa)	GLFW (Win32)
OpenGL	3.3 core	3.3 core (deprecated but works)	3.3 core
Text	FreeType + HarfBuzz (system)	FreeType/HarfBuzz (brew)	Bundled
Compiler	g++ 11+	clang++ 13+	MSVC
CI release builds	✅	✅	✅ (+ packaging step)

What remains (elsewhere)

• Modern graphics backends — Metal (macOS) and DirectX (Windows) still go through Graphics APIs. OpenGL works on both today; it's deprecated on macOS, not dead.
• OS-level modules — tray icons, native dialogs, and notifications need APIs beyond GLFW — see Native Modules.
• Signing & stores — built on top of these targets in Security & Commercial Release.

History

Shipped step by step: Linux first, then the CI matrix grew aarch64-apple-darwin (macOS-arm64) and x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (windows-x64) release jobs with a Windows packaging step. The old "never compiled there" checklist (per-platform dev runtime, toolchain maps, context/HiDPI verification) closed out as the release workflow landed.