I was a Linux user and one of my favourite tool on linux is ZIM. This is life saver for me since I store all my notes on ZIM wiki and it gives me an option to format and document in a technical friendly way.

After moving to MAC recently I was researching a way to install ZIM and running it as a desktop application.

1. Install homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

2. Install Packages required for zim via homebrew

brew install gtk-mac-integration gtkspell3 wget

brew install pkg-config gtk+ python pygtk pygobject pygtksourceview graphviz`

3. Install ZIM

cd ~/bin
wget http://zim-wiki.org/downloads/zim-0.67.tar.gz
tar xvfz zim-0.67.tar.gz
rm -fr zim-0.67.tar.gz

4. Create an MAC Application

• Open Script Editor
• Open new script editor File->New
• Add the below applescript code

tell application "Terminal"
    do script with command "zim"
end tell

• Export as Application with below options and save to Application directory

File->Export

File Format: Application

5. Change the Application icon with Zim icon

• Right-click the application for which you want to swap the icon, and select ‘Get Info’
• In the top left corner of the Info panel, you’ll see the app’s icon. From here, drag the new icon file over the original. Drop it when you see the green + bubble on your cursor.