ayltai/brew-my-mac

An Ansible playbook that downloads, installs and configures most of the software I use on my Mac for software development.

Brew My Mac

An Ansible playbook that downloads, installs and configures most of the software I use on my Mac for software development with a single command.

Quick start

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ayltai/brew-my-mac/master/install.sh)"

How to customize it for my needs?

1. Install Xcode command line tools:

   xcode-select --install

2. Git clone this repository to your local drive:

   git clone https://github.com/ayltai/brew-my-mac.git

3. Edit brew-my-mac/vars/main.yml to suit your needs
4. Run run.sh and enter your root password when prompted:

   cd brew-my-mac
   ./run.sh

Included software

• Homebrew
• Over 40 macOS tweaks

Installed by Homebrew

• Ansible
• Ansible Lint
• Molecule
• Node.js
• GNU Tar
• Info-ZIP
• Wget
• Terraform
• AWS CLI version 2
• mas-cli
• FIGlet

Installed by Homebrew Cask

• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Docker Desktop
• IntelliJ Idea (with settings)
• WebStorm (with settings)
• PyCharm (with settings)
• Visual Studio Code (with extensions and settings)
• Android SDK
• Android Platform Tools
• Android Studio (with settings)
• VirtualBox
• VirtualBox Extension Pack
• Genymotion Desktop
• SourceTree
• Notion
• f.lux
• OnyX
• Spotify
• Zoom
• Intel Power Gadget

Open-source software

• Hack fonts
• Resizer

Installed by App Store

• Monosnap

Free software

• AdoptOpenJDK 8, 11 and 14 (with JAVA_HOME environment variable)
• GraalVM 20.1.0 JDK 8 and 11 (with JAVA_HOME environment variable)
• ImageOptim

Configurations

You may check the corresponding configuration instructions from the following Ansible Roles this automation tool depends on:

• ansible-macos-preferences
• ansible-macos-appstore
• ansible-macos-setup
• ansible-vscode-mac

Compatibility

I have only tested this automation tool on my macOS Catalina 10.15.6 but I bet it also works on any macOS versions since OS X El Capitan 10.11.

License

MIT