diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 688ffb36..934b59c3 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,38 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
 import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, Menu, MenuItemConstructorOptions, nativeTheme, shell } from "electron";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import { createWriteStream } from "fs";
 import * as http from "http";
 import * as https from "https";
 import * as path from "path";
+
+// Fix PATH for macOS: GUI-launched Electron apps (Finder/Dock) don't inherit the user's shell PATH.
+// This reads the actual PATH from a login shell so tools like npm/pnpm can be found.
+// Uses unique delimiters to extract PATH cleanly, ignoring any shell startup noise (banners, motd, etc.).
+if (process.platform === "darwin") {
+    const defaultPath = process.env.PATH;
+    try {
+        const userShell = process.env.SHELL || "/bin/zsh";
+        const output = execFileSync(userShell, ["-ilc", 'printf "__PPTB_PATH_START__"; printenv PATH; printf "__PPTB_PATH_END__"'], {
+            encoding: "utf8",
+            timeout: 3000,
+            maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024,
+        });
+        const startDelimiter = "__PPTB_PATH_START__";
+        const endDelimiter = "__PPTB_PATH_END__";
+        const startIndex = output.indexOf(startDelimiter);
+        const endIndex = output.indexOf(endDelimiter, startIndex + startDelimiter.length);
+        if (startIndex !== -1 && endIndex !== -1) {
+            const extractedPath = output.slice(startIndex + startDelimiter.length, endIndex).trim();
+            if (extractedPath) {
+                process.env.PATH = extractedPath;
+            }
+        }
+    } catch {
+        // Restore default PATH on failure (timeout, shell error, etc.)
+        process.env.PATH = defaultPath;
+    }
+}
 import {
     CONNECTION_CHANNELS,
     DATAVERSE_CHANNELS,