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App for creating deployable system images from a system installer. Version 1.9 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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App for creating deployable system images from a system installer
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Project history and usage
AutoDMG is an open-source macOS administration utility that builds deployable system images from Apple operating-system installers.
Project history
Per Olofsson created AutoDMG at the University of Gothenburg. The repository's copyright notice dates the project to 2013 and describes it as a tool that converts a macOS installer into an ASR-compatible system image.
The project evolved alongside macOS releases, adding and removing operating-system support and introducing APFS selection as Apple's storage stack changed.
Adoption history
AutoDMG was used in Mac administration workflows with deployment systems including Imagr, DeployStudio, LANrev, and Jamf Pro. Its official project page also points administrators to the MacAdmins community for support.
Successive releases tracked Apple's operating-system and filesystem changes, adding Sierra support in 1.6, High Sierra and APFS support in 1.8, Mojave support in 1.9, and Catalina support in a later 1.10 prerelease.
How it is used
Mac administrators supply a supported macOS installer and optionally additional packages, then build an ASR-based disk image for deployment through compatible fleet-imaging tools. Advanced releases supported choosing APFS or HFS+ and offered command-line and template-driven workflows.
Why package nerds care
AutoDMG is a notable artifact of the pre-modern-MDM era of Mac fleet management, when administrators commonly prepared reproducible, deployment-ready system images.
Its release history documents how third-party imaging tools had to follow Apple's installer formats, supported macOS versions, and the transition from HFS+ to APFS.
Timeline
- 2013: Project copyright period begins.
- 2014: AutoDMG was demonstrated in a modular-imaging presentation at Penn State MacAdmins.
- 2016: Version 1.6 added macOS 10.12 support.
- 2017: Version 1.8 added macOS 10.13 and APFS support.
- 2018: Version 1.9 added macOS 10.14 support.
- 2019-era prerelease: Version 1.10 added macOS 10.15 support.
Related projects
- The official README names Imagr, DeployStudio, LANrev, and Jamf Pro as deployment systems able to consume images produced by AutoDMG.
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for autodmg. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.9
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/MagerValp/AutoDMG
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/MagerValp/AutoDMGnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:autodmg |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/autodmg |
| Homepage | https://github.com/MagerValp/AutoDMG |
| Repository | https://github.com/MagerValp/AutoDMG |
| Source archive | https://github.com/MagerValp/AutoDMG/releases/download/v1.9/AutoDMG-1.9.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 92c10590ef5569797f1879f3b123e0a1f5a0434654a9cc6f6dbb517e779e6a79 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | autodmg |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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