DevBase Core

Opinionated devops workstation setup

Transforms a fresh Ubuntu installation into a opinionated configured development environment. It provides sensible defaults while customizable for organizational or personal needs.

What Do You Get?

• Modern CLI tools - ripgrep, fzf, bat, eza, delta…​ and more

• Development environments - Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Rust, Ruby

• Container tools - Podman, Docker Compose, k9s, kubectl.. and more

• Smart shell - Fish with autocompletions and syntax highlighting

• Modern terminal - Zellij multiplexer, Ghostty and more

• Security - ClamAV, fail2ban, automatic security updates, lynis, secure SSH key generation, checksum verification and more

Built on principles from The Modern CLI Renaissance - with a mix of TUI, CLI and GUI’s.

Requirements

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or newer (WSL2 or native)

• 6GB free disk space

• Installation time: ~10-15 minutes

• (A basic GitHub-token to avoid RateLimiting - might be provided automatically by custom config)

Installation

# Create installation directory
mkdir ~/devbase-install && cd ~/devbase-install

# Clone DevBase Core
git clone https://github.com/diggsweden/devbase-core

# Optional: Add a custom configuration
# git clone your-org/devbase-custom-config

# Run setup
cd devbase-core
./setup.sh

Verify Installation

After installation and re-login:

cd ~/devbase-install/devbase-core
sudo -v  # Required for snap verification
just devbase-install-verify

Getting Started

Your terminal will open in Zellij (terminal multiplexer) after installation.

• Quick reference → Usage Guide

• Full documentation → Documentation Index

• Svenska → Swedish Version

Customization

DevBase works in two modes:

1. Standalone - Clone and run. The opinionated base configuration.

2. Custom mode - Add a devbase-custom-config repo with your organizational proxy, certificates, and registry settings. See Customization Guide.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See Contributing Guidelines.

License

• Shell scripts (.sh): MIT

• Configuration and other files: CC0-1.0 Universal