Homebrew
Free, open-source package manager for macOS and Linux, written by Max Howell in 2009.
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- Homebrew is a free and open-source package manager for macOS and Linux.
- Max Howell wrote it in 2009.
- It uses beer-themed names: third-party repositories are “taps” and binary packages are “bottles”.
- It grew through GitHub contributions, moved from Howell’s GitHub account to its own project account in December 2013, absorbed the Linux port Linuxbrew, and is run by unpaid volunteers as a member of the Open Source Collective.
Key facts
- First written
- 2009, by Max Howell1
- Platforms
- macOS and Linux1
- Run by
- Unpaid volunteers; member of the Open Source Collective1
- Sub-projects
- Homebrew Cask; Linuxbrew, now merged in1
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