# thoughtbot/laptop

A shell script to set up a macOS laptop for web and mobile development.

Repository: https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laptop
Homepage: https://thoughtbot.com
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-13T16:38:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 65, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5603, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": 687, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8556, forks 1869 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.505230+00:00)

## What it is
A shell script from thoughtbot that sets up a macOS laptop for web and mobile development. It idempotently installs, upgrades, or skips packages like Homebrew, Git, Zsh, Tmux, asdf, Node.js, and Ruby based on what is already present.

## Use cases
- set up a new mac for web development
- automate installing dev tools on macOS
- bootstrap a mobile development environment on a macbook
- reproducible macOS developer machine setup
- install homebrew and common unix tools with one script
- configure zsh, tmux, and git on a fresh laptop

## When to choose
- you have a new or freshly wiped macOS machine and want a curated web/mobile dev environment
- you want an idempotent script that is safe to re-run
- you like thoughtbot's tooling choices (Homebrew, asdf, Zsh, Tmux, RCM)

## When to avoid
- you use Linux or Windows
- you want full control over which tools are installed
- you need a configuration management system like Ansible or Nix for fleet-wide provisioning

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, cli, configuration-management, package-manager
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: laptop-setup, shell-script, homebrew, dev-environment, macos-setup, bootstrap-script, command-line, automation, macos

## Member repositories
- thoughtbot/laptop (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.505230+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:26:18.534030+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.505230+00:00, sha 50b2f33764cc)
  - homepage: https://thoughtbot.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:37.732713+00:00, sha 5510254df796)
  - site_page: https://thoughtbot.com/case-studies/closeknit-health (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:37.735710+00:00, sha ec773542ed58)
  - site_page: https://thoughtbot.com/services (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:37.738057+00:00, sha 5b152b8c27da)
  - site_page: https://thoughtbot.com/our-company (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:37.740908+00:00, sha 9e2e18b981fb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.