Reference

What's installed — and on which machines.

The setup asks a small set of install-time questions — work machine, whether a Mac is a server/CI machine, password manager, and identity — and those answers decide what gets installed. Here's the inventory by profile, with each line pointing to the page where you learn how it supports the workflow.

#Both machines

The terminal-first core — installed everywhere, work or personal.

Command line & shell  — see Command line & Shell

git · gh	Version control + the GitHub CLI — see Git
jq · yq · wget · age	JSON/YAML processors, downloader, file encryption
ripgrep · fd · bat · eza	Faster search, find, cat, and ls
git-delta · dust · duf · btop · tokei · hyperfine	Readable diffs, disk usage, free space, live system monitor, line counts, benchmarks
starship · antidote	The prompt and the zsh plugin manager
fzf · zoxide · atuin	Fuzzy finder, directory jumper, smarter history
yazi	Visual file browser with inline preview (the y command) — optional layer over fd/rg/fzf
mise · uv · direnv	Tool-version manager (Node, Python, etc.), Python project/tool manager, per-folder env
shellcheck	Static analysis for shell scripts, including the bootstrap and helper scripts agents edit
go · rustup	Go and Rust toolchains

Editor, multiplexer & Git tools  — see tmux, Neovim, Git

tmux · sesh · tmuxp	Terminal multiplexer, smart session switcher, and reusable project layouts
neovim · vim	The editor (LazyVim-configured) and classic vim
lazygit · GitUp	Terminal Git UI and a graphical history viewer

Apps, terminal & system  — see Apps, macOS desktop & Keyboard

Ghostty · JetBrainsMono Nerd Font	The terminal window and the Nerd Font used by the prompt and tmux status bar
Karabiner-Elements	The Caps Lock → Esc/Ctrl remap
Zen · Chrome	Daily-driver browser + the testing baseline; use browser-extensions for the curated extension links
Raycast · Anybox · BetterDisplay	Keyboard launcher/window manager, Raycast Store checklist via raycast-extensions, bookmarks, and display resolution/control
Slack · Zoom	Team chat and calls
Password manager + CLI	1Password or Bitwarden — SSH agent & commit signing
Xcode	Optional, only when xcode=true; App Store install for native Apple/iOS development, with first launch and signing still manual
groundwork-help · groundwork-doctor · largest · copy-context · chezmoi · mas · defaultbrowser	The command catalog, read-only machine health report, guided disk-usage helper, AI context copier, dotfiles manager, App Store CLI, default-browser setter: see Commands and Setup

#Personal machines only

Gated off work Macs (confirm your employer allows AI tools before enabling them there).

AI agents	Claude Code, Codex (CLI + app), OpenCode (CLI + app), Grok Build, aider — see Editors & AI
AI chat / local	Claude app, ChatGPT app, Ollama (local models for Obsidian's Smart Connections)
Editors	VS Code, Cursor, Zed — see Editors & AI. VS Code and Cursor get a lean extension set for agent context, review, CI, testing, linting, formatting, and project formats.
Obsidian	Markdown notes + your knowledge base
Dia	Experimental AI-first browser; uses the Chrome extension links from browser-extensions
IINA	Media player (plays what QuickTime won't)
AppCleaner	Small app-removal helper for plain dragged-in apps; use a vendor uninstaller or Homebrew first when they own the install
Discord · WhatsApp	Personal messaging
Docker Desktop	Containers with a GUI (free for personal use)
Unity Hub	Optional, only when game_dev=true; install Unity 6 LTS and WebGL support inside Unity Hub for the Unity FPS track
C# / Unity VS Code extensions	Optional, only when game_dev=true; C# Dev Kit, runtime support, C# formatting, solution explorer, and NuGet helpers

#Work machines only

Swapped in to keep work Macs license-clean and policy-friendly.

Colima + Docker CLI	Containers without Docker Desktop's paid license — colima, docker, docker-compose, docker-buildx
Work VS Code extensions	The C#/.NET, SQL Server, Kubernetes, and Terraform stack (from vscode-extensions.txt)