OpenBoot v0.43.0

Installation

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.42.0

Installation

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.41.0

Installation

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.40.0

Bug Fixes

• Login auth code mismatch — openboot login no longer fails with "Authorization Failed" immediately after the browser opens

Installation

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.39.0

What's New

• Dotfiles in snapshots — Snapshots now capture your dotfiles repo URL and restore it on import (openboot snapshot --import)
• Package descriptions — The snapshot editor TUI shows package descriptions from the catalog

Bug Fixes

• Sudo TTY regression — Fixed stdin is not a TTY when installing casks via curl | bash

Installation

brew upgrade openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.38.2

Bug Fixes

• Sudo TTY regression — Fixed stdin is not a TTY when installing casks via curl | bash

Installation

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

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.38.1

Bug Fixes

• Shell env on clean install — .zshrc is now created with Homebrew shellenv and Oh-My-Zsh hooks after a fresh setup
• Bool normalization — macos_prefs with type: bool now accepts 1/0/yes/no in addition to true/false

Installation

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.38.0

Bug Fixes

• Clean OS install — curl | bash installer now works on a fresh macOS with no Xcode CLT or Homebrew
• dotfiles_repo config — Remote config dotfiles_repo is now used directly instead of re-prompting
• Stow auto-install — stow is automatically installed via Homebrew when needed for dotfiles linking

Improvements

• macos_prefs type field — Explicitly set string, int, bool, or float type for macOS preferences; inferred when omitted

Installation

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.37.0

Bug Fixes

• Auto-upgrade for subcommands — Self-update now triggers on all commands (openboot snapshot, openboot diff, etc.), not just bare openboot

Installation

brew upgrade openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64

OpenBoot v0.36.0

What's New

• Default dotfiles — Automatically sets up a curated shell config (aliases, zoxide, fzf) when no custom dotfiles are provided (openboot)

Improvements

• Release safety gates — CI now runs destructive E2E tests before publishing release binaries

Installation

brew install openbootdotdev/tap/openboot

Binaries

Platform	Architecture	Download
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	openboot-darwin-arm64
macOS	Intel	openboot-darwin-amd64