diff --git a/.cmake/AddDarwinSystemLibs.cmake b/.cmake/AddDarwinSystemLibs.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8efbdab0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cmake/AddDarwinSystemLibs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+if (APPLE)
+  find_library(CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY CoreFoundation)
+  find_library(SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_LIBRARY SystemConfiguration)
+  list(
+    APPEND
+    DEFAULT_OS_SYSTEM_LIBS
+    ${CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY}
+    ${SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_LIBRARY})
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.cmake/CheckDependencies.cmake b/.cmake/CheckDependencies.cmake
index 73bd65fd5..e34a8da9c 100644
--- a/.cmake/CheckDependencies.cmake
+++ b/.cmake/CheckDependencies.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function(ensure_library_exists libname)
         find_library(
             __TEMP_ENSURE_LIBRARY
             NAMES ${libname}
-            PATHS ${CURRENT_LINK_DIR})
+            PATHS ${CURRENT_LINK_DIR} ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
         if(NOT __TEMP_ENSURE_LIBRARY)
             #message(STATUS "[check-dependencies] ${libname} not found")
         else()
diff --git a/.cmake/ConfigureBsdPaths.cmake b/.cmake/ConfigureBsdPaths.cmake
index 82f44d28d..d536530ad 100644
--- a/.cmake/ConfigureBsdPaths.cmake
+++ b/.cmake/ConfigureBsdPaths.cmake
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR
       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE BSD_PATH_PREFIX)
   endif()
-  message(STATUS "resolved BSD_PATH_PREFIX to: '${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}'")
-  link_directories ("${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/lib")
-  link_directories ("${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/opt/openssl/lib")
-  link_directories ("${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/opt/ncurses/lib")
+  message(STATUS "[configure-bsd-paths] resolved BSD_PATH_PREFIX to: '${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}'")
+  list(
+    APPEND
+    VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES
+    "${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/lib"
+    "${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/opt/openssl/lib"
+    "${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/opt/ncurses/lib")
   include_directories("${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/include")
   include_directories("${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/opt/openssl/include")
   include_directories("${BSD_PATH_PREFIX}/opt/ncurses/include")
diff --git a/.cmake/ConfigureStaticLinking.cmake b/.cmake/ConfigureStaticLinking.cmake
index 0e79233a9..050affa7a 100644
--- a/.cmake/ConfigureStaticLinking.cmake
+++ b/.cmake/ConfigureStaticLinking.cmake
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ if (${LINK_STATICALLY} MATCHES "true")
   set(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/boost-bin/include")
   set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/boost-bin/lib")
   set(Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS ON)
-  #set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
   set(Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE ON)
+  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
 
   include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/ffmpeg-bin/include")
   link_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib")
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ if (${LINK_STATICALLY} MATCHES "true")
 
   include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/curl-bin/include")
   link_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/curl-bin/lib")
+
+  list(
+    APPEND
+    VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/lame-bin/lib"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/libmicrohttpd-bin/lib"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/zlib-bin/lib"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/curl-bin/lib")
+
 else()
     message(STATUS "[static linking] static linking NOT enabled!")
 endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 445a92642..29cf38e6a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.cmake)
 include(CMakeToolsHelpers OPTIONAL)
 include(CheckDependencies)
 include(CheckAtomic)
-include(ConfigureCurses)
 include(ConfigureRpath)
-include(ConfigureTaglib)
+include(AddDarwinSystemLibs)
 include(ConfigureBsdPaths)
+include(ConfigureCurses)
+include(ConfigureTaglib)
 include(ConfigureCompilerFlags)
 include(ConfigureStaticLinking)
 
+message(STATUS "[vendor-link-directories] ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES}")
+
 # our include directories
 include_directories(
   "${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
@@ -35,27 +38,26 @@ include_directories(
 # our library directories
 link_directories("${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/plugins")
 
-find_package(Boost 1.55.0 REQUIRED filesystem thread)
+find_package(Boost 1.55.0 REQUIRED system filesystem thread)
 include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 message(STATUS "[boost] libs: " ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 message(STATUS "[boost] includes: " ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
-ensure_library_exists(curl)
-ensure_library_exists(pthread)
-ensure_library_exists(ssl)
-ensure_library_exists(crypto)
-ensure_library_exists(z)
-find_library(LIBCURL NAMES libcurl.a)
-find_library(LIBPTHREAD NAMES libpthread.a)
-find_library(LIBSSL NAMES libssl.a)
-find_library(LIBCRYPTO NAMES libcrypto.a)
-find_library(LIBZ NAMES libz.a)
+find_library(LIBCURL NAMES libcurl.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+find_library(LIBSSL NAMES libssl.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+find_library(LIBCRYPTO NAMES libcrypto.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+find_library(LIBZ NAMES libz.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
 
-set(COMMON_LINK_LIBS ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCURL} ${LIBPTHREAD} ${LIBSSL} ${LIBCRYPTO} ${LIBZ})
+set(musikcube_LINK_LIBS ${DEFAULT_OS_SYSTEM_LIBS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCURL} ${LIBSSL} ${LIBCRYPTO} ${LIBZ})
 
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
   find_library(LIBDL NAMES dl)
-  set (musikcube_LINK_LIBS ${COMMON_LINK_LIBS} ${LIBDL})
+  set (musikcube_LINK_LIBS ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} ${LIBDL})
+endif()
+
+if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
+  find_library(LIBPTHREAD NAMES libpthread.a)
+  set (musikcube_LINK_LIBS ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} ${LIBPTHREAD})
 endif()
 
 if(NOT HAVE_CXX_ATOMICS_WITHOUT_LIB)
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ if(NOT HAVE_CXX_ATOMICS_WITHOUT_LIB)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-message(STATUS "[build] musikcube_LINK_LIBS: ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS}")
+message(STATUS "[build] musikcube_LINK_LIBS: " ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS})
 
 add_subdirectory(src/musikcore)
 #add_subdirectory(src/core_c_demo)
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ add_subdirectory(src/musikcube)
 add_subdirectory(src/musikcubed)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/taglib_plugin)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/nullout)
-add_subdirectory(src/plugins/server)
+#add_subdirectory(src/plugins/server)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/httpdatastream)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/stockencoders)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/supereqdsp)
diff --git a/script/bootstrap-static-vendors.sh b/script/bootstrap-static-vendors.sh
index 1b6fa774e..5518919a1 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap-static-vendors.sh
+++ b/script/bootstrap-static-vendors.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ rm -rf vendor
 mkdir vendor
 cd vendor
 
+PLATFORM=$(uname)
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig/"
+fi
+
 export CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 export CXXFLAGS="-fPIC"
 
@@ -11,11 +16,12 @@ export CXXFLAGS="-fPIC"
 # boost
 #
 
-wget https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.78.0/source/boost_1_78_0.tar.bz2
-tar xvfj boost_1_78_0.tar.bz2
-cd boost_1_78_0/
+wget https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.78.0/source/boost_1_76_0.tar.bz2
+tar xvfj boost_1_76_0.tar.bz2
+cd boost_1_76_0/
 ./bootstrap.sh
-./b2 -d+2 cxxflags="-fPIC" --prefix=../boost-bin/ install
+./b2 headers
+./b2 -d -j8 -sNO_LZMA=1 -sNO_ZSTD=1 threading=multi link=shared,static cxxflags="-fPIC -std=c++14 -stdlib=libc++" --prefix=../boost-bin/ install || exit $?
 cd ..
 
 #
@@ -190,7 +196,7 @@ cd ffmpeg-5.0
     --enable-encoder=wmav2 \
     --disable-pthreads \
     --build-suffix=-musikcube || exit $?
-make || exit $?
+make -j8 || exit $?
 make install
 cd ..
 
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ wget https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.100/lame-3.100.ta
 tar xvfz lame-3.100.tar.gz
 cd lame-3.100/
 ./configure --enable-shared --enable-static --prefix=`pwd`/output
-make
+make -j8 || exit $?
 make install
 mv output ../lame-bin
 cd ..
@@ -215,7 +221,7 @@ wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-0.9.75.tar.gz
 tar xvfz libmicrohttpd-0.9.75.tar.gz
 cd libmicrohttpd-0.9.75
 ./configure --enable-shared --enable-static --with-pic --enable-https=no --disable-curl --prefix=`pwd`/output
-make
+make -j8 || exit $?
 make install
 mv output ../libmicrohttpd-bin
 cd ..
@@ -228,7 +234,7 @@ wget https://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz
 tar xvfz zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz
 cd zlib-1.2.11
 ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/output
-make
+make -j8 || exit $?
 make install
 mv output ../zlib-bin
 cd ..
@@ -265,10 +271,12 @@ cd curl-7.81.0
     --disable-imap \
     --disable-mqtt \
     --disable-dict \
+    --disable-ldap \
     --without-brotli \
     --without-libidn2 \
+    --without-nghttp2 \
     --prefix=`pwd`/output
-make
+make -j8 || exit $?
 make install
 mv output ../curl-bin
 cd ..
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh b/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh
index 30f549758..753da2e67 100755
--- a/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh
+++ b/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+PLATFORM=$(uname)
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+    echo "[stage-static-vendor-libraries] no-op on darwin. not required."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 mkdir -p bin/plugins/
 cp vendor/boost-bin/lib/libboost_filesystem.so.1.78.0 ./bin/
 cp vendor/boost-bin/lib/libboost_thread.so.1.78.0 ./bin/
diff --git a/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c7e3667f..2dd13b23e 100644
--- a/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,14 +80,9 @@ include_directories(
 )
 
 add_definitions(-DMCSDK_DEFINE_EXPORTS)
-
 add_library(musikcore SHARED ${CORE_SOURCES})
-
-set_target_properties(musikcore PROPERTIES
-  LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
-
-target_link_libraries(musikcore)
-target_link_libraries(musikcore ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS})
+set_target_properties(musikcore PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
+target_link_libraries(musikcore ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS})
 
 if (ENABLE_PCH MATCHES "true")
     message(STATUS "[musikcore] enabling precompiled headers")
diff --git a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
index 62e6cdacd..317cdd22b 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
         find_library(
             NCURSESWLIB
             NAMES libncursesw.a ncursesw
-            PATHS "/usr/local/opt/ncurses/lib/")
+            PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
 
         find_library(
             PANELWLIB
             NAMES libpanelw.a panelw
-            PATHS "/usr/local/opt/ncurses/lib/")
+            PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
 
         message(STATUS "[musikcube] using libncursesw at " ${NCURSESWLIB})
         message(STATUS "[musikcube] using libpanelw at " ${PANELWLIB})
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreaudioout/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/coreaudioout/CMakeLists.txt
index 53f47d88c..44f860350 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreaudioout/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/coreaudioout/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ set (coreaudioout_SOURCES
   CoreAudioOut.cpp
 )
 
-IF(APPLE)
-   FIND_LIBRARY(CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY CoreFoundation)
-   FIND_LIBRARY(CORE_AUDIO_LIBRARY CoreAudio)
-   FIND_LIBRARY(AUDIO_TOOLBOX_LIBRARY AudioToolbox)
-   MARK_AS_ADVANCED (CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY
+if (APPLE)
+   find_library(CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY CoreFoundation)
+   find_library(CORE_AUDIO_LIBRARY CoreAudio)
+   find_library(AUDIO_TOOLBOX_LIBRARY AudioToolbox)
+   mark_as_advanced(CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY
                      CORE_AUDIO_LIBRARY
                      AUDIO_TOOLBOX_LIBRARY)
-   SET(FRAMEWORK_LIBS ${CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY} ${CORE_AUDIO_LIBRARY} ${AUDIO_TOOLBOX_LIBRARY})
-ENDIF (APPLE)
+   set(FRAMEWORK_LIBS ${CORE_FOUNDATION_LIBRARY} ${CORE_AUDIO_LIBRARY} ${AUDIO_TOOLBOX_LIBRARY})
 
-add_library(coreaudioout SHARED ${coreaudioout_SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(coreaudioout ${FRAMEWORK_LIBS})
+   add_library(coreaudioout SHARED ${coreaudioout_SOURCES})
+   target_link_libraries(coreaudioout ${FRAMEWORK_LIBS})
+endif (APPLE)
diff --git a/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/CMakeLists.txt
index f660b8489..824322edd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ set (ffmpegdecoder_SOURCES
 add_library(ffmpegdecoder SHARED ${ffmpegdecoder_SOURCES})
 
 if (${LINK_STATICALLY} MATCHES "true")
-    ensure_library_exists(avcodec-musikcube)
-    ensure_library_exists(avutil-musikcube)
-    ensure_library_exists(avformat-musikcube)
-    ensure_library_exists(swresample-musikcube)
-    target_link_libraries(ffmpegdecoder avcodec-musikcube avutil-musikcube avformat-musikcube swresample-musikcube)
+    find_library(AVCODEC NAMES libavcodec-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+    find_library(AVUTIL NAMES libavutil-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+    find_library(AVFORMAT NAMES libavformat-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+    find_library(SWRESAMPLE NAMES libswresample-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+    target_link_libraries(ffmpegdecoder ${AVCODEC} ${AVUTIL} ${AVFORMAT} ${SWRESAMPLE})
 else()
     # fedora (and probably other RPM-based distros) put ffmpeg includes here...
     include_directories("/usr/include/ffmpeg")
@@ -21,5 +21,3 @@ else()
     ensure_library_exists(swresample)
     target_link_libraries(ffmpegdecoder avcodec avutil avformat swresample)
 endif()
-
-#target_link_libraries(ffmpegdecoder ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS})
diff --git a/src/plugins/httpdatastream/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/httpdatastream/CMakeLists.txt
index bad06db88..9a9a6b786 100644
--- a/src/plugins/httpdatastream/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/httpdatastream/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ set (httpdatastream_SOURCES
 )
 
 add_library(httpdatastream SHARED ${httpdatastream_SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(httpdatastream)
+target_link_libraries(httpdatastream ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS})
diff --git a/src/plugins/stockencoders/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/stockencoders/CMakeLists.txt
index f32567d8f..9bd49523b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/stockencoders/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/stockencoders/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ add_library(stockencoders SHARED ${stockencoders_SOURCES})
 ensure_library_exists(mp3lame)
 
 if (${LINK_STATICALLY} MATCHES "true")
-  ensure_library_exists(avcodec-musikcube)
-  ensure_library_exists(avutil-musikcube)
-  ensure_library_exists(avformat-musikcube)
-  ensure_library_exists(swresample-musikcube)
-  target_link_libraries(stockencoders avcodec-musikcube avutil-musikcube avformat-musikcube swresample-musikcube)
+  find_library(AVCODEC NAMES libavcodec-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+  find_library(AVUTIL NAMES libavutil-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+  find_library(AVFORMAT NAMES libavformat-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+  find_library(SWRESAMPLE NAMES libswresample-musikcube.a PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+  target_link_libraries(stockencoders ${AVCODEC} ${AVUTIL} ${AVFORMAT} ${SWRESAMPLE})
 else()
   # fedora (and probably other RPM-based distros) put ffmpeg includes here...
   include_directories("/usr/include/ffmpeg")