phildionne/dotfiles

Getting started

cd & git clone https://github.com/phildionne/dotfiles

Brew

Install brew

Terminal

Iterm2

Use Iterm2

brew install --cask iterm2

Zsh

While latest macOS versions have Zsh already installed, it's best to install it with brew to get the latest and keep it updated.

brew install zsh

Pure

Use the Pure prompt

brew install pure

Use the snazzy theme with iTerm2
Use zsh-syntax-highlighting

Mise

Use mise for managing programming language versions

brew install mise

Then activate it:

# ~/.zshrc

# Enable Mise
eval "$(mise activate zsh)"

Install runtimes:

mise use node@latest

Agents

Install OpenAi codex

brew install codex

Useful list of MCP servers:

Apps

Development

brew install --cask \
  visual-studio-code \
  github \
  gh \
  dash

Database

Supabase
Postgres.app PostgreSQL database
Sequel MySQL GUI
Postico PostgreSQL GUI
Base SQLite3 GUI

brew install --cask \
  supabase \
  postgres-unofficial \
  sequel-pro \
  postico \
  base

See:

https://postgresapp.com/documentation/install.html

Other

brew install --cask \
  appcleaner \
  bitwarden \
  google-chrome \
  slack \
  spotify \
  the-unarchiver \
  vlc \
  webtorrent

Orbstack

Install orbstack:

brew install --cask orbstack

Everything else

.git_config
.global_ignore

Create symlinks to your dotfiles in ~.

cd ~/dotfiles
rake install

OSX

Quick Look

Adds support for:

Preview source code files with syntax highlighting
Preview plain text files without or with unknown file extension
Preview Markdown files
Preview JSON files

brew install \
  qlcolorcode \
  qlstephen \
  qlmarkdown \
  quicklook-json

See: https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins

Security

Make you mac secure; taken from this guide. These are the absolute basics:

Enable firewall
Enable FileVault
Use NextDNS