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

Disables Java in Safari (for better security)
Enables the OS X screensaver password immediately (for better security)
Enables the OS X application firewall (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 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)
Installs the latest OS X software updates (for better security)
Installs software from a user's Brewfile in their https://github.com/username/homebrew-brewfile repository or .Brewfile in their home directory.
A simple web application to set Git's name, email and GitHub token
Mostly idempotent (the slow bit is rerunning brew update)

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
bash bin/strap.sh # or bash 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
GITHUB_KEY="..." GITHUB_SECRET="..." ./script/server

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 (defaults to 3).
STRAP_ISSUES_URL: the URL where users should file issues (defaults to https://github.com/mikemcquaid/strap/issues/new).
STRAP_BEFORE_INSTALL: instructions displayed in the web application for users to follow before installing Strap (will be wrapped in <li> tags).

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.