Brewfather Alternatives

Brewfather is described as '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' and is a Recipe Manager in the home & family category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Brewfather for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Brewfather alternative is Brewtarget, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Brewfather are EnRecipes, Brew Recipe Developer, brewsta and QBrew.

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Brewfather alternatives page was last updated Jan 3, 2022
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  1. Brewtarget icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Brewtarget Features

    1.  Timer
    2.  QT Based
    3.  Homebrew
    4.  Multiple languages

    Brewtarget VS Brewfather

     
    • Brewtarget is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Brewfather.

    • Brewtarget is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Brewfather.

    • Brewtarget is Free and Open SourceBrewfather is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. EnRecipes icon
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    EnRecipes is an open source, privacy-friendly digital cookbook that lets you create, manage and share your recipes.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Discontinued

    "The project development has been paused for an unknown period of time."

    EnRecipes Features

    1.  Timer

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    EnRecipes is a cooking / food recipe manager and not explicitly for beer.

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    • EnRecipes is the most popular Android alternative to Brewfather.

    • EnRecipes is Free and Open SourceBrewfather is Freemium and Proprietary
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    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(...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

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    Brewsta, design, store and edit beer recipes. Cross platform home brewing software.home-brewing

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Latest release, v1 1b36, was released on Feb 25th, 2007.

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  5. QBrew icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.4.1, released in May 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    Latest release, 0.2, was released on Apr 22nd, 2008.

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    StrangeBrew Java is a Java port of the popular Windows homebrewing software, StrangeBrew.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Latest release was released on Oct 10th, 2009.

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    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.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Brewer's Friend Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  Cloud based

    Brewer's Friend VS Brewfather

     
    • Brewer's Friend is the most popular Web-based, iPhone & SaaS alternative to Brewfather.

    • Brewer's Friend is Freemium and ProprietaryBrewfather is also Freemium and Proprietary
  10. BeerSmith icon
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    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.

    18 BeerSmith alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire

    BeerSmith VS Brewfather

     
    • BeerSmith is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Brewfather.

    • BeerSmith is the most popular commercial alternative to Brewfather.

    • BeerSmith is Paid and ProprietaryBrewfather is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. BrewComputer icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    BrewComputer Features

    1.  Homebrew

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  12. Brew Friar icon
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    BrewFriar is project based, that means that you will first setup your project, define what ingredients and equipment you need.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

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