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Further recommendations to set your system, after having already run the
install.sh script. A package manager is the cleanest way to install any of the
apps listed here. Unless specified, these are all open source
Mac OS
Shell
Non-graphic open source applications. Use brew install --formula unless
otherwise specified
pbpaste except for images. Redirect output to file with pngpaste - > img.png
pngpaste
GNU's coreutils. Apple has most by default, though they're very outdated
coreutils
File manager for quickly jumping around directories. Not essential
vifm
Quickly search stackoverflow for answers to any query
so
Checks your shell scripts and suggests fixes to potential errors
shellcheck
Non-graphic image manipulator. Very useful in scripts and often a dependency
imagemagick
A much better python REPL and integrates nicely with vim's IPython plugin
ipython
The largest support converting documents types, such as markdown to pdf
pandoc
ctags with a lot more language support
universal-ctags
cut, sed, grep, xargs, printf, etc, for all your stream editing needs
gawk
Foreign filesystems on mac. sshfs from brew install gromgit/fuse/sshfs-mac
sshfs macfuse
A javascript runtime for servers. It's also useful for shell scripts
node
Applications
Applications that should be considered for installation on any mac. Everything
listed here is open source. Use brew install --cask unless otherwise specified
Hotkey daemon for MacOS. Config files can be set up with the install script.
Either brew services or launchd can be used to start skhd automatically
skhd ✔️
The most widely used media player capable of decoding almost any format
vlc ✔️
Pairs with vlc to watch videos with others remotely
syncplay
Really powerful flashcard memorization software
anki
Pdf reader with contents lists and double display
skim
Installs both a gui version of vim and a more featured non-graphic version too
[nvchad]
[VapourNvim]
macvim
Best torrent client. No-nonsense and a nice interface
qbittorrent
Output or capture system-audio by providing a virtual output device
blackhole-2ch
Power tools
Heavier applications that should be installed only on capable systems. Use brew install --cask unless otherwise specified. These are all open source
Full video editor that puts iMovie to shame. Exports require a lot of cpu power
shotcut
Emulator for any operating system. Configuration is complicated. See examples in
shell/qemu/
qemu ✔️
Linux subsystem for mac. Essentially qemu + sshfs automated
lima
Image editing similar to Photoshop, except free and with wider platform support
gimp
Full latex support. Vim configuration and snippets are already setup. Takes almost 10G for a base installation and runs hot
mactex ✔️
Proprietary
Screenshot tool to fill the gap between Mac OS's screenshots and gimp
brew install --cask skitch
Alternative screenshot tool, with a few more markup options
brew install --cask flameshot
Extra nonsense
Make banners for titles
figlet
Mapping from linux
Macs aren't even close to Linux in virtualisation capabilities, window managers, and customizability in general. However, if you're unfortunate enough to find yourself with a macbook, all is not lost. Here's a rough porting guide:
| sWayland | MacOS |
|---|---|
| SwayWM | Yabai |
| xRemap | Karabiner-Elements |
| ~/.config/sway/config | skhd |
| swhkd | skhd |
| wtype | skhd |
| systemd | Launchd |
| Zathura | Skim |
| Fuzzel | Choose or Spotlight |
| udisksctl | diskutil |
| ~/.local/share/fonts | FontBook |
| wl-clipboard | pbcopy pbpaste |
| sshd | System Preference -> Sharing -> Remote Login |
| Super/Ctrl | Command |
| Alt | Opt |
For Xorg users, yabai is to skhd what bspwm is to sxhkd. Also launchd
is wayyy less capable than systemd and rarely gets used. The launchd script
in ./bin wraps around all the commands you'll ever need
To use open source apps, run sudo spctl --master-disable, then head to System
Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General and select Anywhere at the bottom.
You can check it's working with spctl --status
While you're here, you can go under Software Updates and uncheck everything
Window managers
MacOS only allows the default Quartz Compositor, a floating window manager with too many animations and almost no keyboard controls. There are two open source tiling window managers, which are just scripts overtop Quartz Compositor as alternatives. Amethyst and Yabai
Amethyst provides basic tiling of windows and basic keyboard controls. Yabai is effectively a port of bspwm to MacOS and has much more extensive configuration than Amethyst, notably controlling workspaces. Unfortunately they don't hold a candle to Linux managers. Both can be very laggy and Yabai specifically often freezes up for a few seconds, though these are the only options.
To use Yabai, boot into recovery mode, and disable SIP as explained here. Despite what apple says, this doesn't make the system immediately explode. Actually there's no difference at all, except being able to use Yabai