Setting up a Mac for Development

• dotfiles

  1 103 10.0 Shell

I store my .bash_profile on github here so I can copy it over to any machine I'm setting up.

• stats

  192 21,919 9.3 Swift

  macOS system monitor in your menu bar

I used to use iStat Menus, but a few people in my twitch chat pointed me to stats, a FOSS menu bar stats app. I tried it out, and I like it so far.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• uBlock

  2,991 42,883 9.9 JavaScript

  uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

Adblocker - uBlock Origin

• Cookie-AutoDelete

  73 1,703 0.8 TypeScript

  Firefox and Chrome WebExtension that deletes cookies and other browsing site data as soon as the tab closes, domain changes, browser restarts, or a combination of those events.

  

Cookie Autodelete Removes cookies from websites that are not in my whitelist whenever a tab is closed. An additional precaution to tracker blocking.

• vscode-settings

  1 249 0.0

  All of the themes / plugins / extensions / settings I use for VSCode. (by CodingGarden)

  

You can view all of my VS Code settings / extensions here.

• mac-setup

  1 369 3.6 Shell

  This repo contains info on all the apps / tools / settings I use on my Mac. (by CodingGarden)

  

Thanks for reading this far down. Please let me know in the comments if there are other tools or apps you prefer to use. If I made a typo or missed a link, please feel free to open a pull request here.

• LibVLCSharp

  287 1,374 6.2 C#

  Cross-platform .NET/Mono bindings for LibVLC

  

vlc - I use VLC to watch videos instead of the built in QuickTime.

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• sublime_text

  278 793 0.0

  Issue tracker for Sublime Text

  

There are likely a million other better options, but I have used Sublime Text as a note taking app for years now. I essentially use it as a staging area before moving my notes into a more permanent place (Google Docs, Google Keep, Trello, actual code project READMES etc.) or I delete the note (close the tab) after it has served its purpose.

• Rectangle

  723 24,339 8.2 Swift

  Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

I use rectangle to move and resize windows using keyboard shortcuts. I used to use spectacle, but rectangle is more regularly maintained and allows me to use all of the same keyboard shortcuts as spectacle.

• privacybadger

  176 3,021 9.5 JavaScript

  Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers.

  

Tracker Blocker - Privacy Badger Firefox now includes tracker blocking, but I leave Privacy Badger enabled.

• ohmyzsh

  559 168,498 9.5 Shell

  🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,300+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

  

If you are a beginner, you probably don't need to replace your shell with bash. If you're going to stick with zsh, checkout Oh My Zsh which gives you a bunch of customizations out of the box.

• KeepingYouAwake

  30 5,450 7.2 Objective-C

  Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.

keepingyouawake - Prevents my Mac from going to sleep when I'm presenting / live streaming

• iTerm2

  169 14,513 9.7 Objective-C

  iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

I prefer iTerm2 because:

• stretchly

  41 4,353 8.7 JavaScript

  The break time reminder app

There is also a cross platform break timer call Stretchly. I have not used it but a lot of people have recommended it.

• customdiscordrpc

  1,200 14 4.9 C#

  Customizable Discord Rich Presence Client for Windows.

discord - Messaging / Community

• Visual Studio Code

  2,831 157,893 10.0 TypeScript

  Visual Studio Code

  

visual-studio-code - Code Editor

• HomeBrew

  1,281 39,303 10.0 Ruby

  🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  

Homebrew allows us to install tools and apps from the command line.

• alt-tab-macos

  311 9,625 7.8 Swift

  Windows alt-tab on macOS

I use an app switcher called AltTab. It shows full window previews, and has an option to show a preview for every open window in all applications (even minimized ones).

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

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