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Life & fun · June 4, 2021

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Mstrap, a tool for automated dev environment provisioning

Mstrap, a tool for automated dev environment provisioning launched on June 4, 2021 with 6 votes, #1,472 of 3,650 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

What it does

With zero external runtime dependencies, there's nothing to install before bootstrapping your machine. Uses strap or strap-linux for OS & dotfiles bootstrapping, asdf-vm or mise to manage language runtimes, and tools you're already using, such as Homebrew for package management, and Docker for managing services. mstrap is written in Crystal , so it's fast as can be, and can be run (and re-run) whenever you have a few free minutes to keep your environment up-to-date. Track your configuration in Git and compose profiles to reuse common configurations across machines or teams. version = "1.0" user { name = "Max Fierke" email = "[email protected]" github = "maxfierke" } profile "personal" { url =…from mstrap.dev

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