Skyrim Special Edition / Anniversary Edition on Apple Silicon Macs — one-click setup and a native mod manager.

Launcher

• One-click setup: Wine, Steam and Skyrim in a self-contained folder
• Direct3D 11 → Metal (DXMT), SKSE launch, no Bethesda launcher
• Graphics presets, frame-rate cap, controllers, smooth mouse
• Pin older Skyrim versions; built-in updater

Mod manager

• Archive and FOMOD installs, choice of Nexus files, empty mods
• Nexus Mods: browse, Mod Manager Download, updates, endorse, track
• Nexus Collections and Wabbajack modlists; Mod Organizer 2 import
• Essentials (SKSE, Address Library, Engine Fixes, SkyUI…) in one click
• Conflicts, priorities, categories, colour tags, notes
• Data folder view with per-file origin and conflicts
• LOOT sorting, load-after rules, plugin locks, ESL flagging, xEdit cleaning
• Profiles with history, own INIs and saves; instant profile switching
• Snapshots before every risky change; one-click restore
• Health checks: missing masters, requirements, duplicates
• Crash log analysis with automatic suspect testing
• Save inspector, save guard and backups
• Per-mod performance measurement
• Native LOOT, Pandora and BodySlide; xEdit, DynDOLOD and other tools in Wine
• Reorderable sidebar, keyboard shortcuts, undo

Setup — everything installed in one click	Mods — start from a collection, a Wabbajack list or your own
Browse — search and install from Nexus Mods	Wabbajack — modlists installed natively
Essentials — the standard base in one click	Plugins — load order and LOOT
Data — every file and the mod it comes from	Profiles — separate setups, instant switching
Tools — LOOT, Pandora, BodySlide, Windows tools

• Apple Silicon, macOS 13 or newer
• Skyrim Special Edition on Steam
• ~25 GB free disk space
• Nexus Mods account (Premium for fully automatic downloads)

1. Download SkyrimMT-app.zip from Releases and move SkyrimMT to Applications.
2. First launch: right-click → Open (the app is not notarized).
3. Setup tab → Set up everything, sign in to Steam, confirm the Skyrim install.
4. Mod Manager → Essentials → add your Nexus API key → Install all.

MIT licence (LICENSE). No Bethesda, Valve or Nexus Mods content is included or redistributed. Not affiliated with Bethesda, Valve or Nexus Mods. Third-party components: THIRD_PARTY.md.

• Build: app/build.sh (Xcode Command Line Tools, Rust, mingw-w64). --no-install builds without installing.
• Tests: tests/modkit/run.sh (all, profiles, slots, bench, …).
• Layout: app/ SwiftUI app · app/ModKit/ mod manager core · scripts/ Wine/Steam/game shell scripts · helpers/loot/ LOOT helper (Rust) · tools/ patches and build scripts · config/ defaults and release.conf.
• Native tools: tools/{pandora,bodyslide,wabbajack}/build.sh build from pinned upstream source + macos.patch. Release archives and their checksums go in config/release.conf; attach the patched sources to the release.
• Release: tag vX.Y.Z, run app/build.sh, attach build/app/SkyrimMT-app.zip and the tool archives. The built-in updater reads the latest GitHub release.