Terminal utilities for MacOS: install apps, force close apps, clear cache, add desk notifications, change shell, etc.

• What can we do with umac?
• 🗝 Prerequesites
• 🔢 Use Executable
• 🟢 JavaScript / Typescript library
• 🚀 CLI
• 🔑 Installation
• ⚙️ Usage
  • Apps
    • Install
    • Uninstall
    • Search
    • Unidentified apps
    • Close
  • Cache
    • Open cache Directory in Finder
    • Remove
  • Open
    • Examples
  • Desktop
  • Interact / Interacting
    • Notification
    • Dialog
    • Alert
    • Say
    • Prompt
  • Terminal
    • Change
    • List
    • Current
  • Spotlight
  • Run
    • jxa
    • osascript
    • JS or TS
    • bash
    • Python
  • System
    • Update
    • Shutdown
    • Sleep
    • Reboot
    • Hardware
    • Version
  • Finder
  • Workflow
  • Appearance
    • Dark mode
    • Color
• ☑️ TO DO
• ➕ More
• 👨‍💻 Development
• ❤️ Donate
• 📜 License
• ✨ About us

• Set dialogs
• Set notifications
• Set voice messages
• open files & URLs
• Close apps
• Clear cache
• Install apps
• Change terminal shell
• Add workflows
• Run scripts
• ...

Have a system based on DarwinOS, that is, any Apple computer 🍎

You can download the binary directly from the releases section

Now You can use umac on your JS / TS project

Execute cli with:

umac <command> [...flags]

npm install umac
# or
pnpm install umac
# or
yarn add umac
# or
bun add umac
# or
deno add umac

umac [option/s] [--flags/s]

umac [option/s] [--flags/s] --help

With umac you can do many different things. The idea could be to add more and more, who knows 😎

Here is a list of how to use umac

umac app --help

Install apps using Homebrew.

Don't worry if Homebrew is not installed on your system, umac should do it for you automatically 🔮

umac app install appName1 appName2
# or
umac app i appName1 appName2

Uninstall apps using Homebrew.

umac app uninstall appName1 appName2
# or
umac app u appName1 appName2

Search apps in HomeBrew.

umac app search appName
# or
umac app s appName

umac app undev --help

Change or show status for unidentificated apps.

Show status for no identificated apps

umac app undev --enable

umac app undev --disable

umac app close --help

Close apps from a list

umac app close --ask

Close all apps

umac app close '*'

Close specific apps

umac app close app1 app2

Close all apps that contains avast name

umac app close "*Avast*"

umac cache --help

umac cache open

Remove macOS cache from a list.

umac cache rm

umac open --help

# Open path in Finder or URL in default browser.
umac open {URL/path} 
# Open in Safari
umac open {URL/path} --safari 
# Open in Firefox
umac open {URL/path} --firefox 
# Open in Chrome
umac open {URL/path} --chrome 
# Open in Visual Studio Code
umac open {path} --vscode 
# ...

umac desktop --help
# or (short command)
umac desk -h

umac interacting --help
# or (short command)
umac interact -h

Set a macOS notification

umac interact notification --help

Set a macOS dialog

umac interact dialog --help

Set a macOS alert

umac interact alert --help

Display voice message

umac interact say --help

Set custom prompts like text, choices, files, color, etc.

umac interact prompt --help

Open Siri app.

umac interact siri --help

Interact with the keyboard

umac interact keyboard --help

Interact with the screen. Record, screenshot, etc

umac interact screen --help

umac terminal --help
# or (short command)
umac term --help

Change shell.

umac terminal shell change

List available shells.

umac terminal shell list

View current shell.

umac terminal shell current

MacOS Spotlight utils

umac spotlight--help

To see Spotlight status.

umac spotlight <path>

To enable Spotlight.

umac spotlight --enable

To disable Spotlight.

umac spotlight --disable

Toggle Spotlight status.

umac spotlight --toggle

Run multiple language scripts (applescript, jxa, osascript, python, js, bash etc)

umac run --help

Run jxa file script

umac run jxa --help

Run osascript file script

umac run osascript --help

Run js|ts file script

umac run node|js|ts --help

Run bash file script

umac run bash --help

Run python file script

umac run python --help

Run multiple language scripts (applescript, jxa, osascript, python, js, bash etc)

umac system --help
# or (short command)
umac sys -h

System updates

umac system update --help
# or (short command)
umac sys up -h

Close down the system at a given time

umac system shutdown --help
# or (short command)
umac sys down -h

• Active/Inactive sleep mode in macOS
• View sleep mode status

umac system sleep --help
# or (short command)
umac sys sleep -h

• Put the system to sleep

umac system sleep-now --help
# or (short command)
umac sys sleep-now -h

Reboot system

umac system reboot --help
# or (short command)
umac sys reboot -h

Show system information

umac system info --help
# or (short command)
umac sys info -h

Show system version

umac system version --help
# or (short command)
umac sys version -h

MacOS Finder utils

umac finder --help

MacOS Workflow utils

umac workflow --help
# or (short command)
umac wf -h

MacOS Appearance utils

umac appearance --help

umac appearance dark-mode --help

umac appearance color --help

• Read more

• 🍎 Umac
• ⚒️ Utils
• 🔌 Plugins
  • App
  • Appearance
  • Cache
  • Desktop
  • Finder
  • Interacting
  • Open
  • Run
  • Spotlight
  • System
  • Terminal
  • Workflow

umac is an open-source project and its development is open to anyone who wants to participate.

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This software is licensed with GPL-3.0.

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