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Opt in the macOS App Sandbox

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, objective-c
Domain
desktop, security

Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by reading Apple's App Sandbox documentation linked in the request and reviewing the macOS application bundle configuration. Identify the entitlements needed by Syncthing and verify the application still builds and performs file synchronization under sandboxing. Done means the App Sandbox is enabled without breaking the app's core behavior.

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Description

enhancement

I would like to request enabling the App Sandbox for Syncthing. This feature provides additional security and aligns with macOS best practices.

Dominant language
Objective-C
Stars
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Forks
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Avg merge
3d 14h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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