macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mogeneratorlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mogeneratorMacPorts ports tree · devel/mogenerator/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 2253
Install mogenerator with Homebrew, MacPorts
Generate Objective-C & Swift classes from your Core Data model. Version 1.32 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install mogenerator.
install
Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Generate Objective-C & Swift classes from your Core Data model
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mogenerator
history
Project history and usage
mogenerator is Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch's Core Data code generator, with project source copyright notices dating the codebase to 2006-2019. Its core idea is the two-class pattern for each Core Data entity: a generated machine-owned class such as _MyEntity that can be overwritten to match the model, and a human-owned subclass such as MyEntity where app-specific logic lives. That split made it attractive to Objective-C Mac and iOS developers who wanted generated accessors and constants without losing hand-written business logic every time the model changed.
Project history
The project became a notable tool in the Cocoa/Core Data ecosystem. Its README describes the command-line workflow around .xcdatamodel files, and a 2012 Edge Cases episode presented it as a popular open source Core Data code generation tool. In practice, developers ran mogenerator manually, from scripts, or from Xcode build phases to keep generated Objective-C classes synchronized with a Core Data model.
Adoption history
Major milestones tracked in the project's version history include the 2014 v1.28 release adding a --v2 argument for modern defaults and experimental Swift code generation, v1.29 adding a built-in model compiler instead of relying on Xcode's momc, v1.30 making modern Objective-C and Swift defaults while adding bundled Swift 2 templates, and v1.31 adding Swift 3 support. Later releases added support for newer Core Data property types, nullability annotations, Swift fetchRequest generation, and more template metadata.
How it is used
Its package-manager niche is narrow but durable: a macOS developer CLI for legacy and long-lived Core Data projects, adjacent to Xcode's own model tooling but more opinionated about generated code ownership.
Sources
- https://edgecasesshow.com/027-where-mogenerator-really-picks-it-up.html
- https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator
- https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator/blob/master/Version-History.md
- https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator/blob/master/mogenerator.m
- https://www.tumblr.com/rentzsch/97193911940/mogenerator-1-28
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mogenerator | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.32
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mogenerator |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.32 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://rentzsch.github.io/mogenerator/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
MacPorts95%
mogenerator
sudo port install mogenerator- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mogenerator
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation