Presets

Three curated starting points. Pick one, then customize it in the TUI before installing — add what you want, remove what you don’t.

At a Glance

	minimal	developer	full
Best for	Minimalists, servers	Most developers	Polyglot / DevOps
CLI tools	19	29	48
GUI apps	5	14	25
NPM packages	0	5	9
Includes	Essentials	Essentials + languages + editors	Everything

minimal

CLI essentials. Fast and lightweight.

CLI tools: curl, wget, jq, yq, ripgrep, fd, bat, eza, fzf, zoxide, htop, btop, tree, tealdeer, gh, git-delta, git-lfs, lazygit, stow

GUI apps: Warp, Raycast, Maccy, Stats, Rectangle

openboot --preset minimal

Or use the one-line installer

curl -fsSL https://openboot.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --preset minimal

developer

The recommended starting point. Everything you need to start building, nothing you don’t.

Adds over minimal:

CLI: node, go, pnpm, docker, docker-compose, lazydocker, tmux, neovim, httpie, pre-commit
GUI: VS Code, OrbStack, Chrome, Arc, Postman, Notion, Scroll Reverser, TablePlus, AppCleaner
NPM: typescript, tsx, eslint, prettier, nodemon

openboot --preset developer

Or use the one-line installer

curl -fsSL https://openboot.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --preset developer

full

Complete dev environment. Languages, DevOps, databases, AI tools — all of it.

Adds over developer:

CLI: python, uv, rustup, deno, bun, cmake, kubectl, helm, k9s, terraform, awscli, sqlite, postgresql, redis, duckdb, ollama, llm, tig, dive
GUI: Cursor, Firefox, Proxyman, Obsidian, Figma, IINA, Keka, AlDente, ngrok, Shottr, Miniconda
NPM: pm2, serve, vercel, wrangler

openboot --preset full

Or use the one-line installer

curl -fsSL https://openboot.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --preset full

Customizing During Install

Presets are just the starting selection. When the TUI launches:

The preset’s packages come pre-selected
Use arrow keys to navigate, Tab to switch between formulae and casks
Press Space to toggle any package on or off
Press Enter to confirm and install

Want developer but with kubectl? Select developer, then toggle kubectl on. Don’t use Notion? Toggle it off. The preset is the starting point, not the final answer.

Skipping the TUI

For scripted installs, use --silent to install a preset exactly as defined:

openboot --preset developer --silent

Preview what would be installed first with --dry-run:

openboot --preset developer --dry-run

See CLI Reference for automation details.