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Tink · workshop keeperKeep the job small, make the result real, and leave a thread back to the work. Share your iPhone app from GitHub. Try a specific version on your own device.

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No model call or tracking. This makes a clean prompt for the AI you already trust.

Your GitHub app. On their iPhone. Menlo turns a public iOS repository into an app link. Share it, review the exact source, and use your own Mac to build and sign it for your intended iPhone.

Start where you are

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Share an app you’ve builtRun menloapp deploy in your public GitHub project and share the version link.
Try someone’s appReview the selected source, then build and install with your Mac and Apple identity.
Start with an ideaSet up Menlo on your iPhone. Send an intent; your Mac makes the app.

Share in two commands

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From your committed, pushed public GitHub app folder:

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npm i -g menloapp
menloapp deploy

Deploy returns your app link and an exact-version link for sharing. It creates missing listing metadata and can record a Simulator preview. Customize your app page.

Section titled “One app link. Specific versions.”

The ordinary link follows your repository’s default branch. An exact-version link keeps the commit and repository identity you shared, even after another push. Recipients choose when to update; a newer commit does not silently replace the selected version or the installed app.

Learn about source reviews: a signed-in GitHub user can recommend one commit and build recipe. Reviews never carry over to new source and never replace your own build consent.

What happens on your Mac

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The website is the listing and review surface. Your Mac retrieves the selected source, runs Xcode, and uses your Apple signing identity. Your intended iPhone receives the result after Trust, Developer Mode, and installation checks. Trying a linked app does not require installing Menlo on the iPhone first.

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