BeerSmith Alternatives

BeerSmith is described as 'Learn to brew beer at home and join one of the most active homebrewing communities on the web. Home brewing recipes, forum, software, articles, podcast and much more' and is an app in the home & family category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BeerSmith for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best BeerSmith alternative is Brewtarget, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BeerSmith are Brewfather, Brewer's Friend, Brew Recipe Developer and Hobbybrew.

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Brewtarget
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
17 Brewtarget alternatives
Brewtarget is FREE brewing software, and an open source beer recipe creation tool available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. It automatically calculates color, bitterness, and other parameters for you while you drag and drop ingredients into the recipe.
- - Brewtarget is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to BeerSmith.
- - Brewtarget is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BeerSmith.
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Timer
QT Based
Homebrew
Multiple languages
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Most users think Brewtarget is a great BeerSmith alternative.
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Does not import/export beersmith 2 or 3 recipes, as claimed. Lacks much functionality.
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Brewfather
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Freemium • Proprietary
Recipe Manager
Online
iPhone
iPad
Software as a Service (SaaS)
16 Brewfather alternatives
Brewfather allows you to easily create and manage your homebrewing recipes as well as keep track of all the details in your batches and your ingredients inventory.
- - Brewfather is the most popular Web-based, iPhone, iPad & SaaS alternative to BeerSmith.
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1. Works OfflineBrewfather can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Web-Based
Cloud based
Progressive Web App
Brewer's Friend
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Online
iPhone
Software as a Service (SaaS)
14 Brewer's Friend alternatives
Brewer's Friend is a set of tools and homebrewing information to help you brew your very best, every time. Easy to use for beginners with powerful features for advanced brewers.
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Web-Based
Cloud based
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Brew Recipe Developer
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
17 Brew Recipe Developer alternatives
Brew Recipe Developer is a Windows application that may help to develop brewing recipes. All sub-processes, start up from the selection of raw materials, over wort preparation, fermentable content, mashing process in any kind, hops, first and second fermentation(...
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Hobbybrew
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
16 Hobbybrew alternatives
An open tool, tied to www.hobbybirra.com, to formulate, manage, preview homebrewing recipes, upload them to a common repository, and share them with other homebrewers. Latest official releases on http://www.hobbybirra.
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Discontinued
Latest release was released on Oct 10th, 2009.
brewsta
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
15 brewsta alternatives
Brewsta, design, store and edit beer recipes. Cross platform home brewing software.home-brewing
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Discontinued
Latest release, v1 1b36, was released on Feb 25th, 2007.
MacBarley
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Free • Open Source
Mac
15 MacBarley alternatives
MacBarley is a Macintosh application that allows a home brewer to formulate beer recipes and calculate bitterness, gravity, alcohol, color etc. It is written in Cocoa (Objective C) and is compatible with Mac OS 10.5 or later.
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Discontinued
Latest release, 0.2, was released on Apr 22nd, 2008.
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QBrew
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
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Linux
BSD
17 QBrew alternatives
Homebrewer's recipe calculator.

Use this to formulate recipes for ales, lagers and stouts. It also includes a brewing primer for those just starting out in the homebrewing hobby.
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.4.1, released in May 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.
StrangeBrew Java
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
15 StrangeBrew Java alternatives
StrangeBrew Java is a Java port of the popular Windows homebrewing software, StrangeBrew.
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BrewComputer
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Free • Proprietary
Online
17 BrewComputer alternatives
BrewComputer can become the main tool for any homebrewer or a small craft brewery. Its core tool is a recipe calculator. You can create, adjust and calculate recipes, record brew sessions, manage equipment, share recipes with other brewers.
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BrewComputer Features
Homebrew
Brew Friar
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
10 Brew Friar alternatives
BrewFriar is project based, that means that you will first setup your project, define what ingredients and equipment you need.
- - Brew Friar is the most popular commercial alternative to BeerSmith.
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The Brew List
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
13 The Brew List alternatives
Providing easy to use calculators, converters and other tools to help you with all your home brewing needs.
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