Hello guys 👋
Inspired by Ninite for windows, InstallKit helps you install all your favorite Mac apps at once using Homebrew.
Instead of:
- Searching for each app online
- Downloading installers one by one
- Dragging apps to your Applications folder repeatedly
You can:
- Pick all the apps you want from InstallKit
- Copy one command
- Paste it in Terminal and let Homebrew install everything
Perfect for:
1. Setting up a new Mac — Get all your apps installed quickly
2. Reinstalling macOS — Restore your setup without hunting for downloads
3. Sharing your setup — Send friends a link with your recommended apps
Looks very promising. I like it's based on @Homebrew . Just a couple of things in my mind:
1. How do you deal with things that are not in your catalog but passed in reference in the URL, so added to the packages that will be installed, but might hurt the end user. I'm thinking some kind of injection risk to install bad cli tooling. 2. Would love to see an option to keep that private. Just for my account. Not generating short url at all but be able to save a config.
Congratulation for the launch 😃
It’s such a cool website and I really love it! However, I’m having a bit of trouble figuring out how to use it.
When I select an app, I only see an option to copy it rather than install it. Am I missing something? It looks great tho!!
It's actually a great tool. You can monetize it with promotion deals and companies would beg you to include their software into the catalog if you manage to get a good traffic.
Congrats on the launch - this is a very developer-friendly idea. Turning the painful “new Mac setup day” into a single Homebrew command is simple but extremely valuable. I can see this being especially useful for teams standardizing onboarding or freelancers switching machines often. Curious if you’re planning to support saved setups or team-wide templates next.
