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Makeself vs Postgres.app

A side-by-side look at Makeself and Postgres.app. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Makeself

Makeself

Os & Utilities

Makeself is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable tarball for Unix. It packages software into a single executable file for easy distribution and installation.

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Postgres.app

Postgres.app

Development

Postgres.app is a free and open source PostgreSQL server that is packaged as a macOS application. It aims to make it easy to set up a PostgreSQL server on Mac with a GUI tool rather than using the command line and manual configuration.

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