initly.app

Select the Mac apps you use every day and generate one Homebrew install command.

initly.app is a static, open-source app picker for fresh macOS setups. It runs entirely in the browser: no backend, no analytics, and no hidden installs.

Features

• Search and filter common Mac apps
• Select GUI apps and CLI tools
• Generate a Homebrew install command
• Export a Brewfile or shell script
• Share a preselected app list with ?apps=chrome,docker,vscode
• Generate optional macOS defaults and terminal setup scripts
• Persist selected apps locally in the browser
• Validate app catalog data at build time

Stack

• Astro
• Vue 3 islands
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Static JSON app catalog

Local Development

npm install
npm run dev

Build and preview the static output:

npm run build
npm run preview

App Catalog

Apps live in src/data/apps.json.

Homebrew package names are validated during the Astro build. Package names must use safe Homebrew tokens so generated commands cannot include shell operators.

Deployment

The project builds to dist/ and can be deployed to any static host.

For Cloudflare Pages Direct Upload:

npm run build

Then upload the dist/ directory.

License

MIT