Incomplete list of macOS `defaults` commands with demos ✨
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macos-defaults
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A scripted macOS setup for automatic User configurations and App installations.
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Luke's dotfiles
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Open-source interface to a user's defaults on macOS. Available as both a CLI and a library.
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Interactive macOS setup & customization tool — tweaks, apps, security, dotfiles and cleanup in one TUI
macos dotfiles bash cli homebrew automation terminal tui macos-setup shell-script macos-defaults dotfiles-macos macos-customization
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Personal configurations and dotfiles for personal computers, clusters and servers running GNU/Linux, macOS and Windows, all managed declaratively with Nix and GitOps
homebrew zshrc nix lua neovim nixos terraform gitconfig helix colmena nix-darwin winget macos-defaults yazi gitops yabai fluxcd wezterm hyprland opentofu
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MacOS setup scripts and dotfiles 🔧
config macos dotfiles bash fish aerospace configuration configuration-management fish-shell macos-setup stow macos-defaults dotfiles-macos ghostty stow-gnu macos-bash
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Stop Xcode from opening your code files. Set Cursor, VS Code, Zed... as the default macOS app for .json/.md/.py/.sh & other dev file types from the CLI — no sudo, no duti.
macos swift cli productivity xcode command-line vscode developer-tools cursor uti macos-defaults file-associations default-application launch-services duti-alternative
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🔧 .files, including Homebrew, basic formulae and casks, fonts, color scheme for Terminals and VIM, setup/macOS/defaults.sh, Dock — sensible hacker defaults for macOS
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Opinionated macOS defaults for developers. A minimal, single-script solution to configure your Mac for optimal productivity.
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Capture macOS system preferences to an auditable TOML file and restore them on a new machine
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A native macOS app for browsing, editing, backing up, and restoring macOS `defaults` settings — the same hidden preferences that power users manage via the `defaults` command-line tool.
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Personal macOS setup, maintenance and migration — dotfiles, Homebrew, defaults, and encrypted transfer of SSH/GPG keys and app preferences. Configures one specific Mac.
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Bootstrap a brand-new Apple Silicon Mac into a fully configured developer workstation in minutes. Idempotent, phased setup script with Brewfile, Oh My Zsh, Starship, Ghostty, VS Code sync, macOS defaults, and Dock layout — safe to rerun, easy to fork.
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macOS hidden defaults manager — browse, search, and apply system preferences with presets
macos cli homebrew golang tui developer-tools macos-defaults bubbletea system-preferences claude-code claude-code-plugin
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Sets up a fresh Mac with one command: Homebrew, apps from a Brewfile and macOS preferences. Safe to re-run.
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