type-two dbd58ff11e MACSTARTER: interactive Mac setup script (brew/cask/mas, tweaks, keys, Tailscale)

Ultrabunt-style dialog checklist installer for fresh Intel/Apple Silicon Macs.
Bootstraps CLT + Homebrew, then categorized menus: core CLI, dev/AI CLIs,
network, media, Android, full Xcode, GUI apps, macOS tweaks, SSH/Tailscale
key setup, and the legacy macpress WordPress stack.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-07-17 14:58:30 +10:00

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🍎 MACSTARTER

Fresh Mac → fully loaded, without pissfarting around in terminal for hours.

Little sibling of UltraBunt. Was once a fast LAMP/WordPress installer for Intel & Apple Silicon Macs — now it's a full first-time Mac setup script with UltraBunt-style checklist menus. (The WordPress bit is still in there as a category, for old times' sake.)

🚀 Quick start

On a brand new Mac (Apple Silicon or Intel):

git clone https://gitea.partly.party/monster/MACSTARTER.git
cd MACSTARTER
./macstarter.sh

That's it. The script bootstraps everything it needs itself: Xcode Command Line Tools → Homebrew → menus.

Pick FULL SEND from the main menu to install every recommended item in one go, or dive into categories and tick exactly what you want. Safe to re-run — everything checks before it installs.

./macstarter.sh --catalog   # just print everything it can install

🎪 Categories

Category	Highlights
Core CLI tools	git, jq, ripgrep, fzf, htop, btop, real rsync, bat, eza, tmux…
Dev tools & AI CLIs	node, GitHub CLI, Claude Code, Antigravity CLI/IDE
Network & sync	Tailscale, rclone, nmap, mtr
Media	ffmpeg, yt-dlp, imagemagick, VLC
Android	adb + fastboot (platform-tools), scrcpy
Apple dev	Full Xcode via App Store (license accept + first-run handled)
GUI apps	Brave, Warp, Raycast, Rectangle…
macOS tweaks	natural scrolling OFF, show extensions/hidden files, fast key repeat, screenshots to ~/Screenshots, no .DS_Store litter
Keys & Tailscale network	ed25519 SSH key + keychain agent, ~/.ssh/config defaults, Tailscale login/join, CLI alias
WordPress (macpress classic)	php, mariadb, wp-cli, one-shot local WP site

📝 Notes

Full Xcode needs you signed in to the App Store first (it's ~12GB, go make a coffee).
Tailscale join opens the menu bar app for login — the script picks up once you're in.
The SSH key step copies your new public key to the clipboard, ready to paste into your tailnet boxes or GitHub.
Scrolling/keyboard tweaks fully apply after you log out and back in.
Everything logs to ~/macstarter-install.log.

✅ Install policy

Apps install via brew (formulae + casks) or mas (App Store) only. No curl-pipe-bash randomness beyond Homebrew's own installer.