Interneto · Toolbox Installer (TUI)

A cross-platform terminal app that brings the Interneto toolbox installers to your terminal. It autodetects your operating system and package manager, lets you multi-select packages just like the web UI, and then actually runs the install instead of handing you a command to copy/paste.

What it installs

Surface	How it installs	Availability
Desktop apps	Native package manager (pacman, apt, dnf, emerge, pkg, brew, winget, flatpak, snap, nix)	Autodetected desktop OS
Libraries	Per-language manager (npm, pip, …)	Desktop
VS Code extensions	code --install-extension	Desktop (needs the code CLI)
Browser extensions	Downloads the .xpi (Firefox) / .crx (Chromium) and opens it so the browser installs it	Desktop
Mobile (Android)	Deep-links each Play Store page on a connected device over adb	When a device is attached

The package lists are the same JSON the web toolbox ships in its public/pkgs/, bundled into the app. Re-sync them from a sibling interneto-website/ checkout via python scripts/sync_pkgs.py.

Install & run

One-liner (installs uv if needed, then the app from GitHub, then launches it):

# Windows (PowerShell)
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/interneto/tui-toolbox-installer/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

# macOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/interneto/tui-toolbox-installer/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Already have uv? Skip the bootstrap:

uvx --from git+https://github.com/interneto/tui-toolbox-installer interneto-install   # run once, no install
uv tool install git+https://github.com/interneto/tui-toolbox-installer                # install the command

From a local checkout (development):

python -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"      # app + test tooling
interneto-install            # launch the TUI
interneto-install --detect   # just print what was autodetected
pytest                       # run the smoke tests

Re-running either one-liner upgrades to the latest version.

Keys

• Packages are grouped into collapsible category sections (with an icon per row), laid out in a responsive grid of up to five columns. Sections are expanded by default; collapse a header to tuck a category away.
• Type to search, space to toggle a package, enter to expand/collapse a section, arrows to move.
• i — install the selected packages in the active tab (shows the exact commands first).
• f / ✨ Favorites — select this section's favorite packages in one go.
• Ctrl+R — rescan for Android devices.
• q — quit.

Favorites

The ✨ Favorites button (or f) selects a curated set of packages for the active tab. Each surface (desktop, VS Code, libraries, browser, mobile) has its own list. The shipped defaults live in interneto_install/data/favorites.json.

Make them your own:

• ★ Export writes the current tab's selection as the favorites for that surface to a per-user config file (<config dir>/interneto-install/favorites.json, e.g. %APPDATA%\interneto-install\ on Windows). Other surfaces are preserved.
• ⭳ Import reloads that file (handy after editing it by hand) and applies the active tab's favorites. When the file is absent, the bundled defaults are used.

Notes

• Desktop installs use your system package manager and may prompt for sudo. The app always shows the exact commands and asks for confirmation before running.
• Browser extensions are downloaded as .xpi (Firefox, from addons.mozilla.org) or .crx (Chromium, from Google's update service) into your Downloads folder, then opened so the browser runs its own install prompt. Firefox asks you to confirm the add-on; Chrome may refuse a .crx that didn't come from the Web Store.
• Android apps can't be silently installed from the CLI, so that surface opens the official Play Store pages for the final one-tap install.

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