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They also develop an app for that I have used for years to open Burp Suite on Mac called Platypus — https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus

Platypus allows you to create a Mac [dot]app wrapper around any type of scripts.

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Love Platypus, but can I ask how and why do you use burp suite through it instead of installing burp suite on macos normally?

Burp Suite does not create a [dot]app folder, so every time I want to start it I have to open the Terminal and run "java -jar /path/to/burpsuite.jar", which is not a big problem but I very much prefer to press Cmd+Space, quickly type "burp" and then press the Return key to start the Platypus wrapper.

This can also be done using Automator. Application -> Run shellscript

Community edition must be different then? It seems I have a .app folder and I don't remember having to do anything special for that to happen.

I have both community and professional editions installed (trial expired), and would always open via spotlight or the dock shortcut... not sure what's going on with the parent comment's application.

Reminds me of the awesome Gnome2 widgets that were so simple and elegant.

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