Fresh Press

A fresh brew for your fresh machine. Terraforms a bare macOS install into a fully configured dev environment via an interactive TUI.

Quickstart

On a brand new Mac with nothing installed:

# One-liner bootstrap (installs xcode tools, brew, nvm, node, pnpm, then launches TUI)
MACHINE_RESTORE_REPO=https://github.com/mrprkr/fresh-press.git \
  bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrprkr/fresh-press/main/bootstrap.sh)

# — or clone first, then bootstrap —
git clone https://github.com/mrprkr/fresh-press.git ~/Developer/fresh-press
cd ~/Developer/fresh-press
./bootstrap.sh

If you already have Node.js

cd ~/Developer/fresh-press
pnpm install
pnpm start

Restore phases

The TUI runs steps in dependency order across 5 phases:

Phase	What it does
Foundation	Rosetta 2, Homebrew taps, directory structure
Accounts & Auth	1Password + CLI, git identity, GitHub CLI auth
Dev Environment	Formulae, nvm/Node.js, global packages, shell, editor extensions
Applications	GUI apps via casks, Docker/OrbStack
Preferences	Dock, Finder, dark mode, keyboard, trackpad

What's included

Source	Contents
config/taps.txt	Homebrew taps
config/formulae.txt	CLI tools and libraries
config/casks.txt	GUI applications
config/pnpm-globals.txt	Global pnpm packages
config/uv-tools.txt	Python CLI tools
config/cursor-extensions.txt	Cursor/VS Code extensions
config/iterm2-profile.json	iTerm2 colors, font, and terminal settings
config/claude-code-settings.json	Claude Code plugins and preferences
config/p10k.zsh	Powerlevel10k prompt config
zshrc	Zinit + Powerlevel10k + aliases
Brewfile	Declarative brew bundle alternative

Customizing

Edit the config/*.txt files to add or remove packages. Each file is a simple newline-separated list with # comments. The TUI reads them at runtime.

Updating your snapshot

brew list --formula > config/formulae.txt
brew list --cask > config/casks.txt
brew tap > config/taps.txt
cursor --list-extensions | sort -u > config/cursor-extensions.txt

Then review and re-add comments/grouping as needed.