[fastily]

sort of an automation, but I install all my favorite apps with brew and then use brew again (brew upgrade && brew upgrade --cask -g) to update everything

Bonus: I went the extra mile and wrote a script that bootstraps my entire setup: https://github.com/fastily/autobots/blob/master/macOS/setup/...

[KolenCh]

Friends here: https://github.com/ickc/bootstrapping-os-environments/tree/m...

[leipert]

Brew supports dumping installed things into a brewfile: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle

I was using text files before as well to manage it.

[KolenCh]

Looks interesting for someone who wants to bootstrap only those "stores" they support, and want to write in a DSL that doesn't translate to other usage scenarios.

Don't get me wrong, it serves the general users with 4.6k stars, must be very useful for many people. But mine only serves me and serves me better than that—not that my code is better, but because I know what I need.