Sapphire

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This is a work-in-progress project that is NOT ready for general use.

Sapphire is a comprehensive system management suite for macOS that aims to provide declarative configuration management without relying on Nix.

Project Status

This project is in very early development:

• Shard: The declarative package manager component is the only part that's somewhat functional
• Sapphire Core: Under development
• Fragment: Under development
• Lapidary: Future server component (not started)

What is Sapphire?

Sapphire aims to be a complete solution for macOS system management with three main components:

1. Sapphire Core: Initial system setup, application management, and orchestration
2. Shard: Declarative package management built on top of Homebrew
3. Fragment: Configuration management system using YAML fragments

Roadmap

The project is being developed in phases:

Current Focus

• Refining the Shard package manager functionality
• Setting up the foundation for the Fragment configuration system

Future Development

• Complete Fragment implementation for configuration management
• Develop the core Sapphire application
• Create Lua extension system for custom configuration providers
• Build Lapidary server component for centralized management

Lapidary (Future)

Lapidary will be the server-side component of Sapphire, enabling centralized management of macOS systems in enterprise environments. It's designed with:

• Centralized configuration and package management
• Security policy enforcement
• User-specific customizations within defined boundaries
• Package allowlists/blocklists

Contributions

As this project is still in the planning/early development stages, we're not actively seeking contributions yet. Feel free to star the repo if you're interested in following our progress.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). See the LICENSE file for details.