os-flip 1.0.3

Cross-platform boot OS selector for Linux, Windows, and macOS

OS Flip 🌀

A cross-platform terminal tool to view, set, and flip your default boot OS on Linux, Windows, and macOS.

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✨ Overview

OS Flip is a Python-based utility to manage boot preferences across dual-boot or multi-boot systems. Whether you're switching between Linux and Windows or managing a macOS Boot Camp setup, OS Flip gives you a simple terminal UI to:

• 🔍 View bootable OS entries
• ✅ Set the default OS
• 🔁 Temporarily Flips into another OS

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🖥️ Platforms Supported

• 🐧 Linux (GRUB2)
• 🪟 Windows (bcdedit)
• 🍎 macOS (bless) — experimental

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⚙️ Features

• 🧠 Auto-detects current OS
• 📜 Lists all boot entries
• ✅ Set permanent default boot entry
• 🔁 Flip OS temporarily
• 💬 Color-coded terminal UI
• 📁 Logs activity to a platform-specific log file
• 🪟 Windows .exe version available

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📦 Installation

✅ Via pip (All Platforms)

pip install os-flip

Then run:

sudo os-flip  # On Linux/macOS
os-flip       # On Windows (admin)

Requires Python 3.6+

📥 Windows .exe (no Python required)

➡️ Download from GitHub Releases

Right-click → Run as Administrator May trigger SmartScreen warning (unsigned binary)

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📋 Requirements

Linux:

• Python 3
• GRUB2 bootloader
• os-prober, update-grub or grub2-mkconfig
• sudo or root privileges

Windows:

• Python 3 (for pip version)
• Admin privileges
• bcdedit access

macOS:

• Python 3
• Tools: diskutil, systemsetup, bless
• Run with sudo
• ⚠️ SIP and volume restrictions may apply

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🚀 Example Output

   ____   _____          ______ _      _____ _____ 
  / __ \ / ____|        |  ____| |    |_   _|  __ \
 | |  | | (___    ___   | |__  | |      | | | |__) |
 | |  | |\___ \         |  __| | |      | | |  ___/ 
 | |__| |____) |        | |    | |____ _| |_| |     
  \____/|_____/         |_|    |______|_____|_|   

         Welcome to OS FLIP 
                         By - AK (Your OS)

📜 Available Boot Entries:
  1. Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/nvme0n1p1) (Current Default)
  2. Fedora Linux

⚙️  Options:
  1. Set default boot OS
  2. Flip OS
  3. Exit

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📂 Log Location

OS	Log File Path
Linux	/tmp/os_flip_<username>.log
macOS	/tmp/os_flip_<username>.log
Windows	%TEMP%\os_flip_<username>.log

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🧪 Tested On

OS	Status
Ubuntu 22.04	✅ Confirmed
Fedora 40	✅ Confirmed
Windows 10/11	✅ Confirmed
macOS (Intel)	⚠️ Experimental

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🚧 Disclaimer

⚠️ Use at your own risk. Editing bootloader configs may prevent systems from booting. Always back up and know what you're changing.

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👨‍💻 Author

Made with ❤️ by AK MIT Licensed — attribution appreciated!

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🔗 Related Links

• 📦 PyPI Package
• 🪟 Windows .exe Download
• 🐛 Issue Tracker