Quick Forge

Quickly set up a new MacBook with everything you need to develop in the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem.

Installation

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tsotimus/quick-forge/main/install.sh | bash

Usage

quickforge
# Dry run (see what would be installed)
quickforge -d

Key Features

• One script to install and configure your development environment.
• Modular installs: choose what you need and skip what you don't.
• Pre-configured aliases for common git commands.

What does the script do?

• Installs Homebrew, the macOS package manager.
• Installs Git and sets up an SSH key for GitHub.
• Installs Visual Studio Code (VSCode), Cursor, or Zed.
• Installs Node.js (via Fnm)
• Installs Bun (via Bum)
• Installs pnpm (via Corepack)
• Installs Warp, the AI Terminal.
• Lets you choose between installing Zen Browser, Chrome or Arc Browser.

Git Aliases

alias g='git'# Shortcut to replace 'git' with 'g'alias gs='git status'# Check current branch statusalias ga='git add'# Stage specific filesalias gaa='git add --all'# Stage all changes (tracked and untracked)alias gc='git commit'# Commit staged changesalias gap='git add --patch'# Interactive staging of changes (hunks)alias gp='git push'# Push commits to the remotealias gpl='git pull'# Pull the latest changes from the remotealias gl='git log'# Show commit historyalias gb='git branch'# List or manage branchesalias gco='git checkout'# Switch branches or restore filesalias gcon='git checkout -b'# Checkout and create a new branchalias gcm='git commit -m'# Commit with a message inlinealias gundo='git reset --soft HEAD~1'# Undo the last commit (soft reset)

Releases

This is handled by the GitHub Actions workflow.