install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mogenerator

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install mogenerator

MacPorts ports tree · devel/mogenerator/Portfile · source: api.github.com

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

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 11 platform targets.

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`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version1.32

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected1.32

https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mogenerator
Version	1.32
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mogenerator
Homepage	https://rentzsch.github.io/mogenerator/
Repository	https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator
Upstream docs	https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/rentzsch/mogenerator/archive/refs/tags/1.32.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mogenerator
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Requirements	macos xcode
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/mogenerator/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/mogenerator.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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