Cork
Cork is not just an interface for Homebrew. It has many features that are either very hard to accomplish using Homebrew alone, or straight-up not possible.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- Ad-free
- Software Installer
- No Tracking
- Homebrew
- Dark Mode
- Package Manager
- Swift
Tags
- swiftui
- MacOs
- macos-app
What is Cork?
Cork is not just an interface for Homebrew. It has many features that are either very hard to accomplish using Homebrew alone, or straight-up not possible.
Things that are not possible without Cork — Automatically respecting system proxy. — Clearing of cached downloads. — Updating packages from the Menu Bar without having Cork open. — Seeing this much info about a package in one convenient location. — Tagging packages. This is a Cork-only feature that lets you mark any number of packages you'd like to keep track of.
Things that Cork makes easier — Listing of installed packages. Cork has its own way of loading packages, which is around 10 times faster than the Homebrew implementation. — Knowing which packages you installed intentionally, and which packages were installed only as dependencies. While somewhat possible with the brew leaves command, it is often unreliable, often not listing packages that should be included. — Updating of only selected packages. Again, while possible with Homebrew alone, Cork makes it so easy you wouldn't believe it is not this simple in Homebrew itself. — Showing you exactly which packages a package is a dependency of. Super annoying in Homebrew, effortless with Cork. — And many other features! Just try Cork out and try finding them all 😉
Cork information
Developed by
buresdvLicensing
Open Source and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase that costs $28, and / or subscription that costs $5 per month + free version with limited functionality.Written in
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Development, OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
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Comments and Reviews
Cork is very fast and easy to use. It makes Homebrew work much better for the average person. :)
Fast and lets me use Homebrew without dealing with the terminal. Unmatched price for the quality you get. I also like how you can compile it yourself and the source is open
It's very pleasant to use. It loads very quickly, seems polished and is very simple to use. It does everything I need.