diff --git a/bundle.sh b/bundle.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+err_ok=0
+err_bad_arg=1
+err_bad_run=2
+
+rm_if_dir() {
+   [[ -d $1 ]] && rm -rf "$1" && echo "removed $1"
+   return 0
+}
+perish() {
+   rm_if_dir "${tmpdir}"
+   exit "$1"
+}
+err() {
+   echo "error, dropping build"
+   rm_if_dir "${appdir}"
+   perish $1
+}
+:() {
+   echo "$@"
+   echo
+   eval "$@" || err ${err_bad_run}
+}
+
+declare -A icon_names=(
+   [Tycho]="resources/color/pfhor-hand.png"
+)
+
+name=$1
+exe=$2
+
+if [[ ! $name ]]
+then
+   echo "program name needed (available: Tycho)"
+   err ${err_bad_arg}
+fi
+
+if [[ ! $exe ]]
+then
+   echo "full path to executable required (ex. '$0 $name ~/bin/maraiah-tycho')"
+   err ${err_bad_arg}
+fi
+
+app=${name}.app
+
+srcdir=${PWD}/${name,,}
+exedir=$(dirname "${exe}")
+appdir=${exedir}/${app}
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+icondir=${tmpdir}/${name}.iconset
+icon=${srcdir}/${icon_names[${name}]}
+
+: rm_if_dir "${appdir}"
+
+: mkdir -p "${appdir}/Contents/"{Frameworks,MacOS,Resources} "${icondir}"
+
+: cp "${exe}" "${appdir}/Contents/MacOS"
+: cp "${srcdir}/resources/Info.plist" "${appdir}/Contents"
+
+: sips -z 16   16   "${icon}" --out "${icondir}/icon_16x16.png"
+: sips -z 32   32   "${icon}" --out "${icondir}/icon_32x32.png"
+: sips -z 64   64   "${icon}" --out "${icondir}/icon_64x64.png"
+: sips -z 128  128  "${icon}" --out "${icondir}/icon_128x128.png"
+: sips -z 256  256  "${icon}" --out "${icondir}/icon_256x256.png"
+: sips -z 512  512  "${icon}" --out "${icondir}/icon_512x512.png"
+: sips -z 1024 1024 "${icon}" --out "${icondir}/icon_512x512@2x.png"
+
+: cp "${icondir}/icon_32x32.png"   "${icondir}/icon_16x16@2x.png"
+: cp "${icondir}/icon_64x64.png"   "${icondir}/icon_32x32@2x.png"
+: cp "${icondir}/icon_256x256.png" "${icondir}/icon_128x128@2x.png"
+: cp "${icondir}/icon_512x512.png" "${icondir}/icon_256x256@2x.png"
+
+: iconutil -c icns -o "${appdir}/Contents/Resources/${name}.icns" "${icondir}"
+
+while IFS= read -r lnk
+do
+   lnk=$(dirname "${lnk}")
+   : cp -r "${lnk}" "${appdir}/Contents/Frameworks"
+done < "${exedir}"/build/maraiah-tycho-*/out/etc/link.txt
+
+echo "success: bundle written to ${appdir}"
+perish ${err_ok}
+
+## EOF
diff --git a/tycho/resources/Info.plist b/tycho/resources/Info.plist
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+++ b/tycho/resources/Info.plist
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+  <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
+  <string>English</string>
+  <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
+  <string>Tycho</string>
+  <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+  <string>maraiah-tycho</string>
+  <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+  <string>Tycho.icns</string>
+  <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+  <string>net.greyserv.maraiah.tycho</string>
+  <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+  <string>6.0</string>
+  <key>CFBundleName</key>
+  <string>Tycho</string>
+  <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+  <string>APPL</string>
+  <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+  <string>0.0.0</string>
+  <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+  <string>20190704.093221</string>
+  <key>CSResourcesFileMapped</key>
+  <true/>
+  <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
+  <string>public.app-category.developer-tools</string>
+  <key>LSRequiresCarbon</key>
+  <true/>
+  <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
+  <true/>
+  <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
+  <string>Public domain software.</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>