Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go

Re:Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TU... by hk1337 on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:40AM (#46733795)

> Apple could not verify “whosthere” is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy.

Couldn't run it on macOS Tahoe. I believe this requires me lowering the security to allow it, which is something I would rather not doing.

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Re:Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TU... by rawgreaze on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:49AM (#46733902)

This is basically how every custom app works on Mac. You have to go to Settings -> Security & Privacy and click "Allow whosthere"

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Re:Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TU... by rvermeulen98 on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:56AM (#46733980)

Would it help to get it on the "official" homebrew, instead of a custom tap/cask? Might try to do an application for that somewhere in the upcoming weeks.

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Re:Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TU... by phubbard on Friday January 23, 2026 @11:37AM (#46734541)

this can be fixed by

xattr -c `which whosthere`

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Re:Show HN: Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TU... by wtetzner on Saturday January 24, 2026 @01:16AM (#46741498)

It just means the app isn't signed.

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