Documentation
Hardware requirements
Loupe is a Mac-native desktop application distributed as a notarized Developer ID DMG. Below are the system requirements and the signing details auditors typically verify before deployment.
Build & signing
Verifiable in the application bundle's code signature with codesign -dv --verbose=4 Loupe.app.
- Apple Developer Team
- 5UF3Q334K6
- Distribution
- Direct DMG, notarized
- Hardened Runtime
- Enabled
- Network entitlement
- None
Shy Guy Studio
Outside the Mac App Store
Library validation, no JIT
Sandbox prevents network calls
System requirements
- Operating system
- macOS 26 or later
- Architecture
- Apple silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4 / M5 series) or Intel x86_64
- Disk space
- 120 MB application + per-case storage (typically <500 MB per case)
- Memory
- 8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended
- Apple Intelligence narrator (optional)
- Apple Intelligence-capable Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 26+)The narrator is optional. Loupe runs without it.
- tshark / Wireshark (optional)
- For .pcap parsing — install via Homebrew or Wireshark.orgIf absent, .pcap ingestion is disabled.
- Network
- None — Loupe makes zero network calls from the applicationActivation, billing, and license updates happen on useloupe.tools (this site), not from inside the app.
Verifying the entitlements yourself
Don't take our word for it. From a terminal on the Mac that has Loupe installed:
$ codesign -d --entitlements - /Applications/Loupe.app $ codesign -dv --verbose=4 /Applications/Loupe.app $ spctl -a -t execute -vvv /Applications/Loupe.app
The first command lists every entitlement; you should NOT see com.apple.security.network.client. The second confirms team identity and notarization. The third confirms Gatekeeper acceptance.