# kristovatlas/osx-config-check

Verify the configuration of your OS X machine.

Repository: https://github.com/kristovatlas/osx-config-check
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/osx-config-check
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-02-19T19:17:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3786, "days_push": 2752, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1241, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.351082+00:00)

## What it is
A Python command-line tool that audits macOS (OS X) machines against hardened security configuration baselines, such as drduh's OS X Security and Privacy Guide. It interactively reports non-compliant settings and can offer to fix them, with custom baselines supported via H files.

## Use cases
- audit my mac's security configuration
- check if my osx machine follows hardening best practices
- verify privacy settings on macOS
- find and fix insecure system configurations
- run a security baseline check per user account
- generate a compliance report for my laptop

## When to choose
- you want an automated, interactive audit of macOS security settings against a known hardening guide
- you need per-user-account configuration checks with optional automatic fixes
- you want a customizable baseline via your own H config file

## When to avoid
- you need Linux or Windows hardening checks
- you require actively maintained tooling for recent macOS versions, since the last release was in 2019
- you need continuous monitoring rather than a one-off audit

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, configuration-management, cli
- domain: security, apple-ecosystem, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: python, cli
- tags: hardening, audit, osx, security-baseline, compliance-checks, macos

## Member repositories
- kristovatlas/osx-config-check (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.351082+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 2026-08-30T05:08:29.297503+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kristovatlas/osx-config-check (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.351082+00:00, sha c72ceef35bb0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.