m-cli mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• m

Projektgeschichte

The public GitHub repository was created in July 2016 and is maintained as a small Unix-style command suite. Its README emphasizes macOS-only system control, no third-party dependencies, a simple manual install path, and Homebrew installation.

The project underwent a notable 2.0 syntax change: the changelog records a move from positional plugin subcommands such as `m bluetooth on` to option-based forms such as `m bluetooth --enable`, alongside generated shell completions.

Adoptionsgeschichte

m-cli has become a recognizable macOS package-manager utility: the repository shows thousands of GitHub stars and hundreds of forks, while the input package facts list both Homebrew and Nix packaging.

Its appeal is strongest among macOS users who prefer scriptable terminal access to system settings that are otherwise spread across System Settings, Apple tools, and small command-line utilities.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users install it with Homebrew as `brew install m-cli` or manually with the upstream install script, then run `m` to list commands or `m <command> --help` for command-specific usage.

The command set covers macOS areas such as AirDrop, Bluetooth, display, DNS, Dock, Finder, firewall, Gatekeeper, network, power, printers, services, users, VPN, volume, wallpaper, and Wi-Fi. Some commands need sudo privileges or macOS privacy permissions.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package-maintainer audiences, m-cli is an example of a Homebrew-friendly macOS wrapper that packages many native system toggles as small shell plugins rather than as a daemon or GUI app.

The 2.x syntax shift matters because it changed scripting compatibility while making completions easier to keep in sync with plugin help output.

Zeitleiste

• 2016: Public GitHub repository created
• 2026: v2.0.9 released with restart and completion fixes
• 2026: GitHub repository metadata shows roughly 9.9k stars and 318 forks

Related projects

• Homebrew packages m-cli for macOS users who want the stable packaged command.
• Nix also packages m-cli according to the supplied package-manager facts.
• The upstream README points users to related macOS command-line projects such as iproute-mac.

Quellen

• https://api.github.com/repos/rgcr/m-cli
• https://github.com/rgcr/m-cli
• https://github.com/rgcr/m-cli/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
• source_facts.package-manager