thelady / strap

An unopinionated, minimal tool to bootstrap your OS X development system.

Strap

Strap is a script to bootstrap a minimal OS X development system. This does not assume you're doing Ruby/Rails/web development but installs the minimal set of software every OS X developer will want.

Features

• Installs the Xcode Command Line Tools (for compilers and Unix tools)
• Agree to the Xcode license (for using compilers without prompts)
• Installs Homebrew (for installing command-line software)
• Installs Homebrew Versions (for installing older versions of command-line software)
• Installs Homebrew Bundle (for bundler-like Brewfile support)
• Installs Homebrew Services (for managing Homebrew-installed services)
• Installs Homebrew Cask (for installing graphical software)
• Forwards localhost port 80 to 8080 and 443 to 8443 (for running web servers as an unprivileged user)
• Disables Java in Safari (for better security)
• Adds a Found this computer? message to the login screen (for machine recovery)
• Enables full-disk encryption and saves the FileVault Recovery Key to the Desktop (for better security)
• Installs the latest OS X software updates (for better security)
• A simple web application to set Git's name, email and GitHub token.

Usage

Open https://osx-strap.herokuapp.com in your web browser.

Alternatively, to run Strap locally run:

git clone https://github.com/mikemcquaid/strap
cd strap
./bin/strap.sh # or ./bin/strap.sh --debug for more debugging output

Alternatively, to run the web application locally run:

git clone https://github.com/mikemcquaid/strap
cd strap
bundle install
GITHUB_KEY="..." GITHUB_SECRET="..." foreman start

Alternatively, to deploy to Heroku click:

Web Application Configuration Environment Variables

• GITHUB_KEY: the GitHub.com Application Client ID..
• GITHUB_SECRET: the GitHub.com Application Client Secret..
• SESSION_SECRET: the secret used for cookie session storage.
• WEB_CONCURRENCY: the number of Unicorn (web server) processes to run.

Status

Stable and in active development.

Contact

Mike McQuaid

License

Strap is licensed under the MIT License. The full license text is available in LICENSE.txt.