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Lingon
Lingon
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Lingon free download for Mac

Lingon

Version 3.1.6

GUI for creating/controlling launchd config files.

3.9
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Lingon overview

Lingon lets you run things automatically on your Mac.

Features:
  • Lingon can start an app, a script or run a command automatically when you want
  • You can schedule it at a specific time, regularly or when something happens
  • You can make sure that an app automatically restarts if it crashes
  • Lingon can do all this for you and much more

What’s new in version 3.1.6

Updated on Mar 31 2021

Version 3.1.6:
  • Fixed a bug when using Dark as the system appearance

Information

License

Commercial

Size

1 MB

Downloads

45937

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Apple Silicon
  • OS X 10.9 or later
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Macmedix
Macmedix
Jul 9 2013
3.1.3
0.0
Jul 9 2013
0.0
Version: 3.1.3
Lingon X is now available from the developer, and it includes all that good stuff you guys are asking for. $10 or $7 upgrade from any Mac App Store version. Hooray! http://www.peterborgapps.com/lingon/
Fishscale
Fishscale
Nov 27 2012
3.1.3
0.0
Nov 27 2012
0.0
Version: 3.1.3
Great developer, excellent communication and support. Unfortunately, as mentioned below, the developer has decided to sell through the Mac App Store exclusively. Selling through MAS brings the developer benefits such as more sales and less work maintaining a registration scheme but really hurts the product and in turn end users. The original Lingon was much more powerful but has been abandoned and removed from MAS. Lingon 3 is a nice app but due to MAS limitations of letting the app access the entire file system users are restricted to creating/editing LaunchAgents in their own ~/Library/LaunchAgents folder instead of being able to visually see and edit items in more critical areas such as their root launchagents and launchdaemons besides all the system agents and daemons. Fortunately, if you were lucky enough to purchase Lingon before it was removed from MAS it still works great on Mountain Lion but the fact that we have to use "dumbed" down software or software that is half as powerful simply because it is only available through MAS doesn't make sense to me. Developers can't offer extremely powerful software, thanks to Apple, simply because indie developers need/want more sales and the publicity that MAS offers. However, I don't see the point in not offering a version available through MAS and a version available straight from the developer that is not crippled to meet submission guidelines. Developers, you still get MAS publicity but your customers that need more out of your software are not left out. I love Peter Borg's software and his customer service but, unfortunately, I can't advise anyone to buy this software. Give your users full software, I don't care if you charge more because you have to deal with an online merchant and licensing company, we understand those costs and will gladly pay them. Final thought on rant, customers, don't support devs who only sell on MAS and deny you all the features you could have in an app but rather show them that offering a non-mas version of their app pays by supporting the developers that make powerful apps with demos that are sold directly by the developer. Just don't buy MAS apps and let this nonsense be the way of the future. I think it comes down to us, end users banding together. The only way we can influence, I hesitate to say force, developers to make non-mas versions of their software is if we show solidarity and no longer support/buy their apps if they are only available through MAS. Nothing drives the message home like a hit to the wallet so don't buy this app, your better off compiling an old open source version of the original Lingon. The GUI may not be as pretty but it's more user friendly and powerful. I will find a copy of the last open source lingon version and post a link here so you all can compile it. I'll post a link in a bit to a compiled version and the actual source.
Akjim
Akjim
Apr 13 2012
3.1
5.0
Apr 13 2012
5.0
Version: 3.1
Selling this ONLY through the app store is another example of short sighted authorship. Consumers BUYING through only the app store are foolish as well. Single source supply through only Apple? What a slippery slope you tread! We need distributed sourcing and we need robust fully functional applications. If you won't provide me these things I'll do without. I hope more people will see the dangers of Apple's app store and opt instead to use Macupdate as their preferred source, and purchase directly from the author. Vote with your money! Excellent program, I will not purchase any upgrades to this or other applications through the apple app store. This is end of life for this application at my location. Revival only possible through a change of policy by the developer.
ylluminate
ylluminate
Feb 2 2012
3.0.2
0.0
Feb 2 2012
0.0
Version: 3.0.2
I realize the author's need to sell this on the App Store, however we really need a "System Lingon" as we had before that will allow management of system launch agents as well.
Shk747
Shk747
Jan 9 2012
3.0.1
0.0
Jan 9 2012
0.0
Version: 3.0.1
today 09.jan. still no update via appstore!?
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Jan 6 2012
3.0.1
2.5
Jan 6 2012
2.5
Version: 3.0.1
Lingon is a visual editor for creating and modifying specific PLists called Launch Agents and Launch Daemons. Lingon 2 allows you to modify system Launch Agents and Launch Daemons in addition to creating and modifying your own. It shows the system PLists in addition to your own. It allows you to use the administrator password to modify the system PLists. Lingon2 also has an expert mode which shows the full text of the Plists. This allows you to modify settings which aren't shown in the visual portion of the editor. Lingon 3 only allows you to create and modify your own user Launch Agent and Launch Daemon Plists. It does not allow you to modify the system Plists nor create them. This is a HUGE LOST IN FUNCTIONALITY. Lingon 3's interface has also been dumbed down so much it is laughable. The loss of functionality is very very sad. Lingon 2 is far superior to Lingon 3. Lingon 2 is available for now in the Mac App store for $5 and it worth the price. Unfortunately it won't be upgraded for Lion. But it works for Lion. However, you should check the settings on the expert side to make sure you aren't missing anything and that the visual interface doesn't wipe out some setting. You can use other PList editors and even text editors to modify Plists in general. Lingon 2 and Lingon 3 make the process easier by visually presenting the settings to you.
anonymous-mackerel-6638
anonymous-mackerel-6638
Oct 20 2011
3.0.1
4.0
Oct 20 2011
4.0
Version: 3.0.1
Lingon 3 is a great way to schedule things on the Mac for me. I have used Task Till Dawn and wanted to both move away from it (as I wasn't sure it was going to be supported anymore (I have seen that since buying Lingon 3 that TTD has been updated for Lion)) to an application and functionality that was supported by and actively used by Apple. So I bought Lingon, tried it and had issues with the execution of a couple of jobs; Peter Borg was happy and quick in helping me determine the cause of the execution issue (turned out that it was (as far as I could find) not documented in the application (or online) how to call AppleScript files, though I tired every way I knew of); it was that in order to use Applescripts you have to add "/usr/bin/osascript " to your What part of the job; this corrected all my issues and I have stayed with Lingon. I use Lingon to run a daily updater for my iTunes, RSS reader, mail and other such tools as well as a login Applescript that controls the order of my menubar items and also a web browser (and various cache (Flash, etc)) cleaner (for Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Camino) at scheduled times of the date. Could it be better, yes; I have suggested the ability to include in the When section a day of the week function (like in many Cron apps). If it comes, great; if not, I'm fine with that. It isn't a hard app to learn; but it's not for everyone and not for every situation; but I find it useful.
Pedro-Fardilha
Pedro-Fardilha
Sep 4 2011
3.0
0.0
Sep 4 2011
0.0
Version: 3.0
Strange. I bought it some time ago thru MAS mainly as a way to thank the dev for making this great and useful tool. Lingon 3 is not showing as an update but rather as a different app. So aparently there's no way to go from version 2 to version 3 without fully buying it again.
Donmontalvo
Donmontalvo
Sep 4 2011
3.0
5.0
Sep 4 2011
5.0
Version: 3.0
Unexpected surprise, seems to work fine. I'm glad this is being maintained. Don
ronaldpr
ronaldpr
Jul 24 2011
2.2.1
4.0
Jul 24 2011
4.0
Version: 2.2.1
Very clean and easy to use interface in Basic Mode and unlimited possibilities in Expert Mode. Uses system's native launchd services only and only in the way Apple designed it to be used (unless you do something very stupid in Expert Mode). It is certainly worth $5. I would have given it 5 stars if it would not have been available only through App Store (which I hate).
SickTeddyBear
SickTeddyBear
May 13 2011
2.2.1
0.0
May 13 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2.1
Wow. This listing is completely screwed up. Let's hope the admins correct this. There is no demo version. That's an old open source version, and it isn't even the latest one. The related link that says it is for version 1.2.1 actually points to Smultron. This is the correct address for the developer's web site: http://www.peterborgapps.com/lingon/ Version 2.1.1 is the last free version, and the last one for 10.4, 10.5, and PowerPC: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lingon/files/Lingon/2.1.1/LingonSource-2.1.1.zip/download
Pacman
Pacman
May 4 2011
2.2.1
0.0
May 4 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2.1
When downloading 'Version 1.2.1 for Mac OS X 10.4.2 or later', I get a copy of Smultron instead (?!??).
w-craig
w-craig
Mar 15 2011
2.2.1
0.0
Mar 15 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2.1
I just purchased Lingon hoping that I could figure out a way to automount an afs or a cifs on boot. (I need a persistent file mount). I am hoping that someone might have a suggestion about how to go about this? Mac 10.6.6 -------------
Mu5ti
Mu5ti
Feb 17 2011
2.2.1
0.0
Feb 17 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2.1
Macupdate link for previous version should be: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lingon/files/Lingon/1.2/Lingon-1.2.dmg/download
Big-Mac-XXL
Big-Mac-XXL
Jan 8 2011
2.2
0.0
Jan 8 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2
Developers are now cashing in once free and open source software. Lingon and Fraise (former Smultron) now went commercial. MacUpdate: change the label Freeware, it is misguiding. Freeware and open source utilities for Mac are dead in a forseeable future. The App Store destroyed them.
Big77
Big77
Jan 8 2011
2.2
4.0
Jan 8 2011
4.0
Version: 2.2
I'm very pleased to see this being developed again. Launchd entries are not easy to work with -- Lingon almost makes it doable for the rest of us! The developer has outlined his future plans here: http://www.peterborgapps.com/category/news/
Johnny-Rocket
Johnny-Rocket
Jan 8 2011
2.2
0.0
Jan 8 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2
this is listed as a free app on Macupdate, but it actually costs $4.99 per the App Store
Awado
Awado
Jan 7 2011
2.2
0.0
Jan 7 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2
Well, i'd love to see the developer getting ALL the money instead of sharing it with Apple. :-(
Rob-h
Rob-h
Jan 7 2011
2.2
4.5
Jan 7 2011
4.5
Version: 2.2
I can't find anywhere what the differences are between the free v1.2 you could (still can?) download from sourceforge and the £2.99 v2.2 in the Mac App Store?
Georg-74
Georg-74
Jan 7 2011
2.2
0.0
Jan 7 2011
0.0
Version: 2.2
Why is it free here and € 3,99 in the Mac App Store?
mesianic_fart
mesianic_fart
Jun 1 2018
4.5
Jun 1 2018
4.5
Version: null
Akjim
Akjim
Apr 13 2012
5.0
Apr 13 2012
5.0
Version: null
bahama-mama
bahama-mama
Mar 6 2012
5.0
Mar 6 2012
5.0
Version: null
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Jan 6 2012
2.5
Jan 6 2012
2.5
Version: null
anonymous-mackerel-6638
Oct 20 2011
4.0
Version: null
Donmontalvo
Donmontalvo
Sep 4 2011
5.0
Sep 4 2011
5.0
Version: null
Ricksmolan
Ricksmolan
Aug 18 2011
2.5
Aug 18 2011
2.5
Version: null
ronaldpr
ronaldpr
Jul 24 2011
4.0
Jul 24 2011
4.0
Version: null
anonymous-wren-4904
anonymous-wren-4904
Feb 16 2011
4.5
Feb 16 2011
4.5
Version: null
Pewy
Pewy
Jan 13 2011
2.5
Jan 13 2011
2.5
Version: null
Big77
Big77
Jan 8 2011
4.0
Jan 8 2011
4.0
Version: null
Rob-h
Rob-h
Dec 9 2010
4.5
Dec 9 2010
4.5
Version: null
Ryansebiz
Ryansebiz
Feb 3 2010
1.0
Feb 3 2010
1.0
Version: null
Maruko-Drinking-Team
Jul 6 2009
1.0
Version: null
Cbx322
Cbx322
Mar 12 2007
4.0
Mar 12 2007
4.0
Version: null
Matteth
Matteth
Mar 8 2007
5.0
Mar 8 2007
5.0
Version: null
Fredb
Fredb
Oct 21 2006
4.5
Oct 21 2006
4.5
Version: null
Inik
Inik
Apr 19 2006
5.0
Apr 19 2006
5.0
Version: null
Simen
Simen
Mar 26 2006
5.0
Mar 26 2006
5.0
Version: null
schmelding
schmelding
Dec 5 2005
4.0
Dec 5 2005
4.0
Version: null
Klktrk
Klktrk
Dec 1 2005
4.3
Dec 1 2005
4.3
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Nov 17 2005
4.8
Nov 17 2005
4.8
Version: null
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