mediahive/winmain.py

@@ -1076,7 +1076,9 @@ def _icon_path() -> str | None:
 
 
 def _webview_start_kwargs() -> dict[str, str]:
-    """Return platform-specific pywebview startup kwargs (none: default backend)."""
+    """Return platform-specific pywebview startup kwargs."""
+    if sys.platform == "darwin":
+        return {"gui": "qt"}
     return {}
 
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ parse-torrent-title = { git = "https://github.com/platelminto/parse-torrent-titl
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 gui = [
-    "pywebview[qt]>=6.2.1; platform_system == 'Linux'",
+    "pywebview[qt]>=6.2.1; platform_system != 'Windows'",
-    "pywebview>=6.2.1; platform_system != 'Linux'",
+    "pywebview>=6.2.1; platform_system == 'Windows'",
     "velopack>=1.2",
+    "qtpy>=2.4.1; platform_system == 'Darwin'",
+    # macOS Qt backend (bundled modern Chromium); PyQt6-WebEngine pulls PyQt6
+    "PyQt6-WebEngine>=6.7.0; platform_system == 'Darwin'",
     "pythonnet>=3.1.0rc0; platform_system == 'Windows' and python_version >= '3.14'",
     "pyinstaller>=6.0",
 ]

scripts/MediaHive.spec

@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ _hiddenimports = [
     "tomli_w",
 ]
 
+if sys.platform == "darwin":
+    _hiddenimports.extend(
+        [
+            # pywebview Qt backend selected dynamically via webview.start(gui="qt")
+            "webview.platforms.qt",
+            "qtpy",
+            "PyQt6",
+            "PyQt6.QtCore",
+            "PyQt6.QtGui",
+            "PyQt6.QtWidgets",
+            "PyQt6.QtWebEngineCore",
+            "PyQt6.QtWebEngineWidgets",
+        ]
+    )
+
 a = Analysis(
     [mediahive.winmain.__file__],
     pathex=[],