Set up any machine from a list of tools, and undo it safely.

ripeat shows the plan and its risk, asks before it changes anything, and keeps a journal so every run can be rolled back.

Copy the prompt, then paste it into your agent · or install from the terminal:

$ brew install ripeat/tap/ripeat

macOS

Homebrew, Intel and Apple silicon. Every change is shown first and can be undone.

Linux

Homebrew too, x86_64 and arm64. ripeat also drives apt, dnf, pacman, snap and flatpak.

Windows

Scoop, x86_64 and arm64. Needs git once, to add the bucket.

Install steps and updating in the docs →

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Look before it changes anything

plan shows what would happen, in order and why. assess rates the risk in plain rules, with reasons. Nothing is installed until you say yes.

How risk is rated

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Every run can be undone

ripeat writes a journal before it acts. rollback undoes a run newest step first, and never removes a tool that was already on your machine.

Install and rollback

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A list is all you write

Name the tools you want, or just type ripeat and it asks. Recipes say how, for each system, through the package managers you already have, or a checked download.

Profiles

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Install by name

Ask for an app ripeat does not know yet. It looks in Homebrew, apt, dnf, pacman, winget, the Microsoft Store, Chocolatey, Scoop, Snap, Flatpak and GitHub, drafts the recipe, and saves it only if you agree.

Find and add

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Works with your AI assistant

Claude, Codex and others can plan, rate and prepare recipes through MCP. By default they cannot install; you stay the one who says yes.

Use it from an assistant

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Safe to share with a team

Share a list or a recipe pack, and let an administrator set rules that nothing can override.

Recipe packs

A first look

These commands only look. They change nothing.

console

$ ripeat plan git node ripgrep
Plan (darwin):
  1. git          -               user   already on this machine, will be left alone
  2. node         -               user   already on this machine, will be left alone
  3. ripgrep      github_release  user   requested

$ ripeat assess ripgrep
Risk: MEDIUM   1 to install

  RISK      TOOL     HOW             WHY
  MEDIUM    ripgrep  github_release  requested
                     - downloads a program from a third party: its SHA-256 is
                       verified, but ripeat cannot vouch for the project itself

What would run, without administrator rights:
  download the latest BurntSushi/ripgrep release for this machine, check its SHA-256, ...

Can it be undone? Yes: `ripeat rollback` removes what this run installs

When you are ready, ripeat install ripgrep shows the plan again, asks Install 1 tool as shown above? [y/N], and only then changes anything. ripeat rollback undoes it.

Where to go next

New here? Getting started, then how ripeat works.
Looking for a command? The command reference lists every one, and what it changes.
Using an AI assistant? ripeat as an MCP server explains what an assistant can and cannot do.
Setting it up for a team? Recipe packs, the administrator policy and admin rights.
Wondering what has been tested where? What has been verified.

Set up any machine from a list of tools, and undo it safely.

macOS

Linux

Windows

Look before it changes anything

Every run can be undone

A list is all you write

Install by name

Works with your AI assistant

Safe to share with a team

A first look ​

Where to go next ​

A first look

Where to go next