MacPrepare

Set up a fresh Mac in one command.

zsh <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/miwgel/MacPrepare/main/install.sh)

Opens a native SwiftUI app where you pick exactly what you want, then installs and configures everything in one go — with live per-item progress.

• Essentials — Homebrew (telemetry disabled) and an up-to-date Git
• Desktop & Dock — Dock tuning, clean desktop, window managers (AltTab, Rectangle, AeroSpace, DockDoor), menu bar apps (Ice, Stats, Itsycal, MeetingBar)
• Finder & Files — sensible Finder defaults, screenshots to ~/Screenshots, Keka, AppCleaner, torrent clients
• Keyboard & Input — disable autocorrect, free up ⌘Space for your launcher, Karabiner, Espanso, SaneSideButtons, LinearMouse
• Privacy & Security — Touch ID for sudo, instant lock, LuLu, Little Snitch, password managers (Bitwarden, KeePassXC, 1Password), Tailscale

• Development — VS Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Ollama, terminals (Warp, iTerm2, Ghostty, Kitty, Alacritty), modern CLI stack (mise, uv, bun, ripgrep, fzf, fd, bat, eza, zoxide, lazygit, starship, gh, jq, btop…), OrbStack, Docker, Bruno, TablePlus
• Productivity — Raycast, Maccy, Shottr, Superwhisper, Obsidian, Notion
• Internet & Comms — Zen, Helium, Arc, Brave, Firefox, Orion, Chrome, WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram, Slack, Signal, Thunderbird, NetNewsWire
• Media & Creative — OBS, IINA, VLC, Kap, Figma, Blender, ImageOptim, Pika, Steam
• Utilities — MonitorControl, BetterDisplay, AlDente, KeepingYouAwake, Latest
• Sync, Backup & VMs — Syncthing, Resilio Sync, Dropbox, Backblaze, UTM, VMware Fusion, Parallels

• Presets — start from Minimal, Recommended, Developer, Everything or Nothing, then fine-tune
• Search — filter the whole catalog by name or description
• Honest results — failed installs show up red, not silently green
• One password prompt max — only the Touch ID/sudo tweak elevates; everything else runs as you
• Dry Run — preview the whole run without touching your system
• Idempotent — already-installed apps are detected and skipped; safe to run again anytime

Everything installs through Homebrew. If you don't have it, it's installed automatically (with analytics disabled).

• macOS (Apple Silicon or Intel)
• Xcode Command Line Tools (installed automatically if missing)

zsh <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/miwgel/MacPrepare/main/install.sh) --debug

Prints per-item command output, exit codes and timings to the terminal.