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am-i-admin-cli

Check whether you're a macOS admin from the terminal — human-readable or raw boolean output

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Features

  • Instant verdict — tells you in plain English whether your account holds admin privileges on the current Mac.
  • Raw mode — pass --raw to get a bare true or false, ideal for scripting and conditional logic.
  • Coloured output — green tick for admins, red cross for non-admins, so the result is obvious at a glance.
  • Zero config — reads your username from the environment and queries the macOS directory service directly.
  • Lightweight — single-file tool with minimal dependencies (zx, chalk).

Install

npm install -g @kud/am-i-admin-cli

Usage

$ am-i-admin
✓ alice, you are an admin on this computer. 👑

$ am-i-admin --raw
true

Development

git clone https://github.com/kud/am-i-admin-cli.git
cd am-i-admin-cli
npm install
node index.js