Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01

[nicfab]

Hi,

After running brew info syntax-highlight, I see the following

==> syntax-highlight: 2.1.27 (auto_updates)
https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
Installed
/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/syntax-highlight/2.1.27 (44.6MB)
  Installed using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2025-08-28 at 13:28:40
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/s/syntax-highlight.rb
==> Name
Syntax Highlight
==> Description
Quicklook extension for source files
==> Artifacts
Syntax Highlight.app (App)
/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/syntax_highlight_cli (Binary)
==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask/syntax-highlight.json
==> Analytics
install: 657 (30 days), 1,679 (90 days), 6,529 (365 days)

Is there anything you can do to avoid the deprecated message?

[sbarex]

Homebrew has decided to deprecate apps that aren't signed with the Apple Developer Certificate. I hope to release a signed version sooner or later. But then I'll have to revise a series of tricks I'd implemented precisely to work around the lack of certification...

[seivan]

The reasoning is that unsigned casks shouldn't be part of the official taps.
Anyway I added a fix #331
This also takes care of the quarantine issue on a post-install.

[sbarex]

don't worry, as soon as I have some free time I will release a digitally signed version

[seivan]

@sbarex Should I close the PR then?

[sbarex]

Let's keep it open as a reminder for when I get around to working on it. Thanks!

[spiritualgeek]

Does the same to me. Have you ever considered reaching out to the dev of Peek to take it over? I'd happily pay for a new release.

[sbarex]

I’ve put a lot of time into this app and I’ve grown really attached to it. It started partly as a fun project and partly out of necessity, back before all the AI tools we have today. As soon as I have time to add some meaningful improvements, I’ll release a signed version.