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.

• 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)
• Forwards localhost port 8080 to 80 (for running web servers as an unprivileged user)
• Disables Java in Safari (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 latest OS X software updates (for better security)
• A simple web application to set Git's name, email and GitHub token.

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
./bin/strap.sh # or ./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
bundle install
GITHUB_KEY="..." GITHUB_SECRET="..." foreman start

Alternatively, to deploy to Heroku click:

• 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.

Still in active development. Aiming for a stable release for the OS X El Capitan (10.11) release.

@mikemcquaid

Strap is licensed under the MIT License. The full license text is available in LICENSE.txt.