Homebrew/BrewUI
📺 Homebrew's official macOS GUI
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 17 days ago, with 26 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a native macOS GUI for managing Homebrew packages using SwiftUI and Swift concurrency.
- Offers a user-friendly graphical interface that maintains full transparency of Homebrew CLI operations.
- Use for simplifying package management on macOS for users uncomfortable with command-line interfaces.
- Use for developers wanting to integrate Homebrew package data visually using Swift and SwiftUI.
- Use for macOS users seeking a stable, actively developed alternative to Homebrew's CLI with native app experience.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
AGPL 3.0
Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.
Community files
- README: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
- AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.
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From the README
Homebrew's official macOS GUI: making package management approachable for users who prefer graphical interfaces over Terminal, while maintaining complete transparency about underlying Homebrew operations.
Enable CLI-averse users to safely discover, install, update, and manage Homebrew packages through a native SwiftUI interface that never hides what Homebrew is doing.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+1,534 stars over 46 days across 5 snapshot days; best day +319 on Sep 16.
Forks
87+62
Open issues
15+6
Compared with peers in iOS
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vercel-labs/agent-desktop | 17.0K | +13.3K | 33 | today |
| nightly-labs/openbot | 5.8K | +2.0K | 45 | today |
| rustdesk/rustdesk | 128.3K | +839 | 65 | 4 days ago |
| crmne/zapfast | 3.1K | +839 | 60 | 2 days ago |
| makecindy/cindy | 9.3K | +771 | 45 | today |
| Homebrew/BrewUI | 2.8K | — | 52 | 17 days ago |
| Category median | 9.3K | +839 | 45 | — |
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