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Quick Start

Installation

One Command

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

It installs Xcode Command Line Tools and Homebrew if you don’t have them, downloads OpenBoot, and launches the TUI. Everything in one go.

Already Have Homebrew?

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot
openboot

The interactive TUI opens and you pick what to install.

First Run

After installing, just run:

openboot

The TUI opens with the developer preset selected. Arrow keys navigate, Space toggles packages, Enter confirms your selection.

Homebrew starts installing everything. This takes 10-30 minutes depending on what you picked. After it finishes, restart your terminal or run:

source ~/.zshrc

Want a different preset? Pass it with --preset:

openboot --preset minimal  # Bare essentials
openboot --preset full     # Everything

See Presets for what’s in each one.

Snapshot Your Current Setup

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

openboot snapshot

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

This scans your Homebrew packages, macOS preferences, shell config, and git settings. A TUI editor opens showing everything it found. Review it, remove anything you don’t want to share, then upload or save locally.

After uploading, you get a shareable install command:

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

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

Share a Config with Your Team

Setting up a standard environment for your team:

  1. Create a config on the dashboard — pick a preset, add/remove packages, add custom scripts 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