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Quick Start

Installation

One command

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

Installs Xcode Command Line Tools and Homebrew if they’re missing, downloads OpenBoot via Homebrew, and launches the TUI.

Already have Homebrew?

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot
openboot

The interactive TUI opens and you pick what to install.

First run

openboot

The TUI opens with the developer preset selected. Arrow keys navigate, Space toggles packages, Enter confirms. Homebrew starts installing — usually 10–30 minutes depending on what you picked.

When it finishes, restart your terminal or run:

source ~/.zshrc

Want a different preset? Pass it with -p:

openboot install -p minimal  # CLI essentials only
openboot install -p full     # everything

See Presets for what’s in each one.

Running again later

Just type openboot. If the machine is already synced to a config (or a preset), OpenBoot fetches the latest version, shows what’s missing, and asks to apply it. Nothing gets uninstalled — install only adds.

→ Syncing with @alice/dev-setup (last synced 2 days ago)

+ visual-studio-code  (cask)
+ tableplus           (cask)

Apply 2 change(s) from @alice/dev-setup? [Y/n]

Snapshot your current setup

Already have a Mac configured the way you like? Capture it:

openboot snapshot

Don’t have OpenBoot installed yet? curl -fsSL https://openboot.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- snapshot.

This scans your Homebrew packages, macOS preferences, shell config (Oh-My-Zsh theme + plugins), and git identity. A TUI editor opens showing everything found. Review it, remove anything you don’t want to share, then save locally or publish to openboot.dev.

Publishing gives you a one-line install command:

curl -fsSL openboot.dev/yourname/my-setup | bash

Anyone can run that to get your exact setup — no tools to install first. See Snapshot for details.

Share a config with your team

  1. Create a config on the dashboard — pick a preset, add/remove packages, add a post-install script if needed
  2. Share the install command in your onboarding docs:
curl -fsSL openboot.dev/yourteam/frontend | bash
  1. New hires run that and get your exact setup

See For Teams for more.

Next steps