HAL 9000

Opinionated macOS development environment automation that dominates your dev setup like cats rule the Internet.

Development Stack

• Claude Code
• Python
• Node.js
• Bun
• Solidity
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Amazon Web Services
• Google Cloud

Bootstrap

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinta/hal-9000/master/bin/open-the-pod-bay-doors | bash

Usage

# all you need is hal update
hal update

# if you only want to install specific components
hal update --tags python,node

# add the file to the dotfiles repository (creates symlink)
hal link ~/.zshrc

# copy the file to the dotfiles repository (preserves directory structure)
hal copy ~/.config/some-app/config.toml

# force sync dotfiles
hal sync

# open the pod bay doors, please, HAL
hal open-the-pod-bay-doors

Development

# install dev dependencies and pre-commit hooks
make install

# after modifying bin/hal, regenerate zsh completion
make completion

# update local completion
hal sync