devsetup

Developer environment setup tool for Windows — powered by Rust and winget.

devsetup helps developers set up a fresh Windows machine without hunting for installers. It provides an interactive terminal UI to browse categories, select tools, and install everything in one go via winget.

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Visual Overview

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What devsetup Does

• Opens an interactive TUI in your terminal
• Lets you browse 8 categories of developer tools
• Select tools with arrow keys and spacebar
• Installs everything silently via winget
• Also supports direct CLI commands for scripted setups

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Install

Option 1 — winget (recommended)

winget install zaidbharde.DevSetup

Option 2 — Manual

1. Download devsetup.exe from Releases
2. Copy it to a folder like C:\tools\
3. Add that folder to your PATH

Restart your terminal and run:

devsetup

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Usage

devsetup                               Launch interactive TUI
devsetup list                          List all categories and tools
devsetup list frontend                 List tools in a specific category
devsetup install frontend              Install from Frontend category interactively
devsetup install frontend --all        Install all Frontend tools
devsetup install backend nodejs vscode Install specific tools
devsetup help                          Show help
devsetup --version                     Show version

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How the TUI Works

1. Run devsetup
2. Use arrow keys to navigate categories
3. Press Enter to open a category
4. Use Space to select tools
5. Press A to select all
6. Press Enter to install selected tools
7. Press ESC to go back

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Categories

Category	Tools
Frontend	Node.js, Bun, pnpm, Yarn, VS Code, Figma, Chrome, Firefox
Backend	Python, Java JDK 21/17, Go, Rust, .NET, PHP, Maven, Gradle, Postman
Database	MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQLite, DBeaver, TablePlus
DevOps	Git, Docker, kubectl, Helm, Terraform, AWS CLI, Azure CLI, GitHub CLI, WSL
AI-ML	Anaconda, Ollama, JupyterLab, CUDA Toolkit
Mobile	Android Studio, Flutter, Dart
Editors	VS Code, VSCodium, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, Neovim, Sublime Text
Utilities	7-Zip, Windows Terminal, PowerToys, Everything, Notepad++, Obsidian

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Build from Source

Requirements: Rust

git clone https://github.com/zaidbharde/devsetup.git
cd devsetup\files
cargo build --release

Binary output:

files\target\release\devsetup.exe

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Why devsetup

Setting up a new Windows machine as a developer is slow. You open a browser, search for each tool, download installers, click through setup wizards, and repeat.

devsetup removes that entirely. One command, pick what you need, done.

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Project Structure

devsetup/
└── files/
    ├── src/
    │   └── main.rs
    ├── Cargo.toml
    ├── Cargo.lock
    └── README.md

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License

MIT — built by zaidbharde