homebrew-bundle
munki
homebrew-bundle | munki | |
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27 | 44 | |
5,177 | 3,024 | |
1.2% | 0.6% | |
9.0 | 8.3 | |
4 days ago | 13 days ago | |
Ruby | Python | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
homebrew-bundle
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How do you setup a new Mac?
I maintain a Brewfile (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle) which contains the majority of the non-project specific applications that I like to install on any new Mac:
https://github.com/jonahgeorge/dotfiles/tree/main
What's really nice is the `cask` & `mas` keywords allow you to install .dmg files & directly from the App Store.
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While its not included in there yet, I've been experimenting with maintaining a private Homebrew tap which contains my ~/bin directory as opposed to shell aliases.
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Pkgx – “Run Anything” from the creator of brew
> It's strange that people are so against declarative systems, or even file-based OS configuration. When I get my new Macbook I was up-and-running within a few minutes. I can't imagine maintaining a list of brews I need to re-install just to set up everything + my configs + everything else.
I haven’t had time to try Nix yet, but HomeBrew does have a declarative-ish workflow that I’ve been using for years:
[Brew Bundle](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle) let’s you have a plaintext file listing all packages you want installed on your system. Add a line for stuff you want installed, delete a line for stuff you want removed, invoke it the right way and it will install/remove packages until your system matches the list. The initial list can be generated by “brew bundle dump” or something like that.
For configuration, I find that a normal dotfile repo cloned into my ~/.config (with a script that maintains symlinks to config files in e.g. ~/Library) works well enough for my use.
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Ask HN: What are your favorite iOS/macOS automations?
Brew supports dumping installed things into a brewfile: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle
I was using text files before as well to manage it.
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Show HN: Applite – Clean Homebrew front end app for macOS built with SwiftUI
Assuming everyone's on a Mac, I'm actually surprised there isn't that much use of something like homebrew-bundle[1]. It's definitely nicer to have your tooling run natively rather than, say, trying to wrap everything in Docker, or trying to get everybody on board with nix or guix.
I think the only real issue here is that you can't really pin to specific versions unless a formula exists, and there is no guarantee that a formula with a pinned version will stick around because homebrew likes to stay lean.
[1]https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle/
- Brew Bundle
- The new Obsidian icon
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Which apps do you install first on any new Mac?
You should checkout Homebrew bundle and create a Brewfile instead. That will let you install both stuff from brew, casks and Mac AppStore apps in one go.
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macOS users: you can now install Active Trader Pro with Homebrew!
If you use brew bundle and create your own Brewfile, you can store this with your personal dot files and automate bootstrapping (auto-installing all your system tools) a new or recently reformatted Mac by including auto-trader-pro in your Brewfile.
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2 Days ago I made a comment saying I would quit photography before buying an Apple for photo editing. I'm sorry, be gentle
And if you're already loving Homebrew, definitely check out Homebrew Bundle!
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I was a MacOS hater until...
If you like homebrew, definitely give homebrew bundle a whirl if you haven't already
munki
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Starting role as MAC admin
In the non-MDM tool space, look into Munki https://www.munki.org/munki/
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Sonoma's log gets briefer and more secretive
this experience is an indication that the opco didn't hire the right expertise. If the numbers you quoted ie 30k desktops, 50k total were not macs, it's clear that the org didn't have the kind of mac experience needed to manage a a new org with all macs.
It's entirely possible for administration of macs.
Start networking/asking around with places like Disney or Pixar, etc which have a large amount of graphic artists using macs. For example, from Disney https://github.com/munki/munki gets you to a certain point.
Other tools like Kandji (lightweight) and the 900 lb gorilla in the industry Jamf gets you the other management / administration bits needed
If this opco that you referred to never got a Jamf rep to work with them and to try out their (yes, very expensive) products, then this is mostly inexperience with the mac ecosystem.
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Show HN: Applite – Clean Homebrew front end app for macOS built with SwiftUI
There's a decent open source option: https://github.com/munki/munki
I got to use it at work at Meta (as end user), and it seemed to work quite well. They delivered Android SDKs/IDEs and a bunch of other things that I'd personally install through Brew with Munki.
- Employee monitoring softwares
- Simple App to help Mac Admins
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Boss refuses all MDMs. Any way to automate or script deployment?
Munki is not an MDM and I recently learned there's this project called Installomator that might help.
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Training recommendations?
Or Munki
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Cannot get Munki Managed Software Center to populate with my catalog?
This is a feature of munki called default manifest resolution. Though I prefer to avoid this and explicitly set the client identifier for all devices.
- I have this old G4 cube. It has an interesting decal on it.
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Giving non-admins privilege's for updating programs? Adding Printers?
another option is munki https://github.com/munki/munki, for the software update part,
What are some alternatives?
linuxbrew-core - đź’€Formerly the core formulae for the Homebrew package manager on Linux
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
FinderFix - FinderFix lets you resize and reposition Finder windows to your liking
Installomator - Installation script to deploy standard software on Macs
PopClip-Extensions - Source code extensions in the official PopClip Extensions directory.
Vlad the Deployer
homebrew-lilypond - Install LilyPond from homebrew/core instead of this tap: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lilypond
Capistrano - A deployment automation tool built on Ruby, Rake, and SSH.
mas - :package: Mac App Store command line interface
Mina - Blazing fast deployer and server automation tool
linearmouse - The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac.
Stack Up - Super simple deployment tool - think of it like 'make' for a network of servers