Apple Pass Designer(developer.apple.com)
542 points by soheilpro 11 days ago | 325 comments
tl;dr: Apple has released Pass Designer, a macOS tool for creating and previewing Apple Wallet passes with real-time rendering that matches iOS and watchOS output. It supports templates, color/layout customization, standard field editing, validation, and semantic tags (for boarding passes and tickets) that enable Siri Suggestions, Calendar, and Maps integration, with automatic backward-compatible pass generation. The beta requires macOS 27 or later and an Apple Developer account.
HN Discussion:
  • ~Alternative web-based pass designer tools already exist and offer similar functionality
  • ~The tool is trivial to build now with LLMs, nothing technically interesting
  • ↑Welcome and overdue addition that expands Apple Wallet accessibility
  • ↓Criticism of Apple-only approach instead of cross-platform standard with Google
  • •Questions about missing features like dynamic barcodes and semantic barcode areas