About PortAuthority
Provides a graphical user interface for the MacPorts package management system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful command-line tool for installing and updating a variety of Unix-based applications for the Mac. Its power, though, comes at the cost of some complexity; in the past the only way to utilize MacPorts was to type in various commands into the Mac’s Terminal application, which can be intimidating for those users without a Unix background.

PortAuthority aims to bring the power of MacPorts to the traditional Mac user by providing a user-friendly graphical interface to MacPorts. Using a familiar combination of windows, icons, and menus, PortAuthority users can search, install, update, and remove MacPorts programs and the MacPorts infrastructure itself.

What’s New in this Version
- Numerous improvements and bug fixes for compatability with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5):
- Visual integration: New large icons.
- Stability: No longer crashes when saving file or accessing help menu.
- Additional UI enhancements: Native notebook tabs; toolbar now toggles visibility via window toolbutton.
- Dock icon now bounces when long-running tasks completed.
- Updated to most recent Tcl/Tk libraries (8.5).