swiftDialog

swiftDialog is a simple app that displays a dialog with specified content passed in from the command line. Its purpose is to act as a way to show an informative message to an end user, called via script, and relay back the users actions.

swiftDialog's interface is fully customisable allowing you to display images from file, URL or can even read the icon from an Application path. More details on how swiftDialog can be made to show the detail you want can be found in the wiki

New in v2.3 -> swiftDialog requires macOS 12 or newer. (macOS 11 is no longer supported)

We hope you find this utility useful. Please file any issues or feature requests via Github

Features

Every aspect of swiftDialog's appearance can be modified.

At the most simple level you need only give swiftDialog a Title and a Message to display but there is more utility in modifying other aspects of the appearance:

• Pass in an image resource to display as the swiftDialog icon, or use an app path or system preference bundle path and swiftDialog will extract the icon for display.
• Add extra buttons. Change the text to say what you want. Wait for user input or automatically time out.
• Use markdown in the message to add bold or italics or include URL links
• Change the colour, size or even the font used in the Title and Message areas
• Change the size of the swiftDialog window
• Display Videos or Images either locally or pass in a URL
• Support for jamfHelper commands
• Text entry, dropdown lists and checkboxes for gathering user input.
• Displayed content is dynamically updatable

and lots more...

swiftDialog's interface is fully customised from a set of comprehensive command line options. For details on all the available options, please read the Command Line Options page on the wiki. 

Installer .pkg is signed and notarised. Dialog app bundle is signed with deployment certificate so no re-packaging required.

For full details on what features are available, please visit the releases page and wiki on github