mac-upkeep 2.4.1

Automated macOS maintenance CLI

mac-upkeep

Automated macOS maintenance CLI. Runs Homebrew updates, dev tool cache cleanup (gcloud, pnpm, uv), Fish plugin updates, system optimization, and Brewfile enforcement on boot + weekly via brew services — zero config required.

Install

brew install calvindotsg/tap/mac-upkeep
brew services start mac-upkeep  # runs on boot + Monday 12 PM

Or via uv:

uv tool install mac-upkeep   # persistent install
uvx mac-upkeep run            # one-off without installing

Tasks

Task	Description	Schedule
brew_update	Update Homebrew package database	Weekly
brew_upgrade	Upgrade outdated formulae and casks	Weekly
gcloud	Update Google Cloud SDK components	Monthly
pnpm	Prune pnpm content-addressable store	Monthly
uv	Prune uv package cache	Monthly
fisher	Update Fish shell plugins	Weekly
mo_clean	Clean system and user caches (Mole)	Weekly
mo_optimize	Optimize DNS, Spotlight, fonts, Dock (Mole)	Weekly
mo_purge	Remove old project artifacts (Mole)	Monthly
brew_cleanup	Remove old versions and cache files	Monthly
brew_bundle	Remove packages not in Brewfile	Weekly
git_sync	Pull configured git repositories	Daily

Tasks auto-detect installed tools — missing tools are skipped. Use --force <task> to run a specific task on demand.

mac-upkeep tasks  # See all tasks with status, frequency, and next run

Usage

mac-upkeep run                       # Run tasks (frequency-checked)
mac-upkeep run --dry-run             # Preview without executing
mac-upkeep run --force brew_update   # Run only brew_update
mac-upkeep run --force all           # Run all, ignoring schedule
mac-upkeep run --debug               # Verbose output
mac-upkeep tasks                     # List tasks with status and next run
mac-upkeep init                      # Generate config (detects your tools)
mac-upkeep show-config --default     # Show all available task options
mac-upkeep show-config               # Show your config overrides
mac-upkeep setup                     # Print sudoers rules
mac-upkeep status                    # Show scheduling dashboard
mac-upkeep logs                      # View last 20 log lines
mac-upkeep logs -f                   # Follow logs
mac-upkeep --version                 # Show version

Configuration

Works out of the box with zero configuration. To customize, generate a starter config:

mac-upkeep init

This probes your system, detects installed tools, and writes a commented config to ~/.config/mac-upkeep/config.toml. Only detected tasks are listed. Built-in defaults apply automatically — uncomment lines to override.

To see all available tasks and options:

mac-upkeep show-config --default

Override examples

# ~/.config/mac-upkeep/config.toml

# Disable a task
[tasks.gcloud]
enabled = false

# Change frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly)
[tasks.brew_update]
frequency = "monthly"

# Set Brewfile path explicitly
[paths]
brewfile = "~/.config/Brewfile"

Custom tasks

Add your own tasks using the same format:

[tasks.docker_prune]
description = "Prune Docker system"
command = "docker system prune -f"
detect = "docker"
frequency = "monthly"

# Control execution order
[run]
order = ["brew_update", "brew_upgrade", "docker_prune", "brew_cleanup", "brew_bundle"]

git_sync

Pull configured git repositories daily with git pull --ff-only. Opt-in — list your repos explicitly:

[git_sync]
repos = [
    "~/code/my-project",
    "~/work/max-*",       # glob patterns supported
]
skip_dirty = true         # skip repos with uncommitted changes

Each repo is skipped with a reason if it's not a git repo, has no remote, has no upstream branch, or (when skip_dirty = true) has uncommitted changes.

Authentication

Any of the following work under launchd without mac-upkeep-side configuration:

• SSH + IdentityAgent (recommended under launchd): a path-based entry in ~/.ssh/config pointing at any SSH agent's UNIX socket. Works because the directive is a file path, not the SSH_AUTH_SOCK env var that launchd would strip.
• HTTPS + credential helper: gh auth setup-git or git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain. Requires the helper binary on the launchd PATH.
• [url].insteadOf rewrite: force SSH regardless of remote protocol by rewriting https://<host>/ in ~/.gitconfig to a matching SSH Host alias. Bypasses HTTPS auth entirely.

git_sync sets GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 and a no-op GIT_ASKPASS default (user-set GIT_ASKPASS is respected) so misconfigured auth fails in milliseconds instead of stalling to the 60 s subprocess timeout.

Environment variables

MAC_UPKEEP_GCLOUD=false mac-upkeep run              # Disable a task
MAC_UPKEEP_GCLOUD_FREQUENCY=monthly mac-upkeep run  # Override frequency

Sudoers

mo_clean and mo_optimize require passwordless sudo for the mo binary:

mac-upkeep setup | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/mac-upkeep && sudo chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/mac-upkeep
sudo visudo -c

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and conventions.

License

MIT