kokasexton/awesome-marketing-repos installation guide

Installation guide: Awesome Marketing Repos on macOS Tahoe (Apple silicon)

What this repository is

`kokasexton/awesome-marketing-repos` is a curated reading list, not an executable application. Its README organizes links to more than 130 open-source repositories for marketing work, including AI tools, automation, analytics, SEO, email, social media, CRM, design, advertising, and growth experimentation.

That distinction matters: there is no marketing program here to launch, no package to compile, and no server to start. The supplied first-party files do not document Homebrew, npm, Python, Docker, an app bundle, or any other runtime installation. Installing this repository locally simply means downloading a copy of its Markdown documents with Git so that you can read or edit them on your Mac.

You can also read the list directly at:

<https://github.com/kokasexton/awesome-marketing-repos>

If you only want to browse its recommendations, you do not need to install anything.

How it relates to Claude Code

**Classification: catalog/curation; it does not itself extend Claude Code.**

The evidence reliably supports a catalog mechanism: the README lists several Claude Code repositories, Agent Skills, plugins, MCP-backed tools, and related resources. However, this repository does not provide its own Claude Code plugin, skill, hook, command, MCP server, configuration, or executable integration. It therefore belongs alongside Claude Code as a discovery resource rather than inside Claude Code as an extension.

Cloning this catalog will not install Claude Code and will not install any of the linked projects. Each linked repository is separate and may have its own requirements, permissions, licenses, and risks.

Before you begin

You need:

• A Mac running macOS Tahoe on Apple silicon.
• An internet connection to download the public repository.
• Git, because the repository’s contribution guide documents cloning with `git clone`.
• A small amount of free disk space. GitHub metadata reports a repository size of 62, although the supplied evidence does not define that value’s exact on-disk unit or final local footprint.

No processor-specific setup is documented. Because the repository contains documentation rather than compiled software, there are no supplied Intel-versus-Apple-silicon build instructions and no documented need for Rosetta.

Check whether Git is available

The supplied repository files do not document a command for checking or installing Git. To stay within the repository’s documented commands, this guide does not provide one. Open **Terminal** from **Applications → Utilities**, then proceed to the clone step. If macOS reports that Git is unavailable or offers to install developer tools, follow the macOS prompt before trying again. That operating-system step is not specified by this repository, so no additional command is included here.

Choose where the local copy will go

The documented clone procedure creates a folder named `awesome-marketing-repos` inside Terminal’s current folder. For a layperson, the simplest approach is:

1. Open **Terminal**.
2. Leave Terminal in its initial location unless you already understand folder navigation and want the repository elsewhere.
3. Run the clone command below exactly once.

The repository does not document a command for creating or choosing a different parent folder, so this guide does not invent one.

Download the repository

Copy the following command, paste it into Terminal, and press **Return**:

git clone https://github.com/kokasexton/awesome-marketing-repos.git

This URL is the public HTTPS clone URL supplied in the GitHub metadata. HTTPS avoids requiring an SSH key for this public repository.

Git should download the repository and create a new `awesome-marketing-repos` folder. This operation only retrieves the catalog’s files and Git history. It does not execute the linked marketing projects, authenticate with any marketing service, or modify Claude Code.

If Terminal says the destination path already exists and is not empty, do not repeatedly run the command. That message normally means a folder with the same name is already present. The supplied documentation does not provide a conflict-resolution or deletion command, so inspect the existing folder in Finder before deciding what to do.

Enter the repository folder

After cloning finishes, copy and run the directory-change command documented by the contribution guide:

cd awesome-marketing-repos

This changes Terminal’s current location to the downloaded repository. It does not start a program.

Read the catalog

The primary document is `README.md`. Open the downloaded `awesome-marketing-repos` folder in Finder and open `README.md` with a Markdown-capable editor or a text editor. Alternatively, use the repository’s GitHub page in a browser, where GitHub renders the headings, tables, badges, and links.

The README begins with eight editor’s picks and then groups projects into sections such as:

• AI marketing tools and agents
• AI frameworks and LLM infrastructure
• LinkedIn tools and outreach
• Email marketing and automation
• Analytics and attribution
• SEO and content optimization
• Social media and community
• Lead generation and CRM
• Design and creative assets
• Advertising and paid media
• Growth engineering and experimentation
• Marketing automation platforms
• Learning resources and prompts
• Awesome lists and curations

Use these entries as pointers, not as already-installed features. For example, the README references official Claude Code resources, skill packs, MCP-backed projects, and standalone marketing platforms. Following one of those links takes you to another repository whose own first-party installation documentation must be reviewed separately.

Confirm the installation

There is no build, test, health-check, or launch command in the supplied first-party files. A successful local setup therefore means:

1. The `git clone` operation completed without an error.
2. The `cd awesome-marketing-repos` command completed without an error.
3. The downloaded folder contains a readable `README.md`.
4. The README displays the curated marketing categories and repository links.

Do not expect an application window, menu-bar icon, local website, or Claude Code slash command. None is documented for this repository.

Safe use on your Mac

Treat every linked repository as a separate software project. The catalog’s inclusion criteria say entries should be public, actively maintained, relevant to marketing, documented, and generally have at least 50 stars or be exceptionally new. Those editorial criteria are not a security audit.

Before installing anything from a linked project:

• Open that project’s own GitHub repository.
• Read its current first-party README and installation documentation.
• Check its license and maintenance status.
• Review requested credentials, account access, network access, browser sessions, cookies, and file permissions.
• Be especially cautious with outreach, scraping, live advertising, CRM, email, and social-media automation.

The catalog itself warns that LinkedIn’s Terms of Service restrict automated data collection and recommends reviewing those terms before using LinkedIn automation at scale.

GitHub metadata for this catalog reports **no license**. Cloning for reading is technically different from assuming permission to redistribute or reuse its contents. Do not presume a software license that the supplied metadata and files do not provide. Linked repositories also have their own licenses; inclusion in this list does not place them under one common license.

Updating later

The supplied first-party files do not document an update command for an existing clone. To honor the requirement not to recommend undocumented commands, this guide does not provide one. You can always consult the public GitHub page for the current rendered README. If you plan to edit or contribute, use Git practices you already trust or consult Git’s first-party documentation before changing the local checkout.

Removing the local copy

This repository has no installer and registers no documented services, startup items, shell configuration, Claude Code components, or package-manager records. Removal therefore means deleting the downloaded `awesome-marketing-repos` folder.

The supplied repository documentation does not provide a Terminal deletion command, so use Finder: locate the folder, move it to the Trash, and empty the Trash only when you are sure you no longer need any local edits. Deleting this catalog does not uninstall any separate projects you may have installed after following its links.

Optional: contributing instead of merely reading

The repository’s `CONTRIBUTING.md` says contributors may request an addition by opening a GitHub issue, which is the simplest route for someone uncomfortable with pull requests. It also documents a pull-request workflow: fork the repository on GitHub, clone your own fork, edit `README.md`, add the entry to the alphabetical index and recently added section, update relevant tags, and submit a pull request.

Its clone example contains the placeholder `YOUR-USERNAME`. Because that is not a directly runnable command until replaced with a real account name, it is intentionally not presented here as a copy-paste command. The contribution rules also ask submitters to disclose affiliations with projects they created.

Final result

You now have a local documentation copy of Awesome Marketing Repos. There is nothing to compile or run. Browse `README.md`, choose a category, and evaluate any linked project using that project’s own current documentation before installing it. For Claude Code specifically, use this repository as a catalog of possible tools and skills—not as a Claude Code extension in its own right.