WailBrew AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like WailBrew

Apps similar to WailBrew include Homebrew, which is free and open source. Other options are CaskHub, Homebrew Cask, Brewer X and Applite. You can choose from more than 10 Package Managers like WailBrew for Mac and Linux.

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  1. CaskHub icon
     15 likes

    A native macOS app store for Homebrew casks. Browse, search, install, update, and uninstall thousands of Mac apps distributed through Homebrew - with original app icons extracted from the source, categories, popularity charts, and one-click actions, all in a clean SwiftUI...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    Good alternative?
     
  2. Homebrew Cask icon
     39 likes

    Homebrew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries.

    It's implemented as a homebrew external command called cask.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    Good alternative?
     
  3. Brewer X icon
     13 likes

    Brewer X is a refreshing user interface for Homebrew. Manage your apps, scripts, and fonts with ease and dive into the most comprehensive software library for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  4. BrewMate icon
     4 likes

    BrewMate is a macOS GUI application that makes it easy to search for, install, and uninstall Homebrew casks. You can also see the top downloaded casks for the last month.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  5. Cakebrew icon
     18 likes

    Cakebrew is the most convenient way to use Homebrew for your daily tasks! It does for Homebrew what Synaptics does to Linux package managers. From the Cakebrew UI, you can:

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  6. Taphouse icon
     2 likes

    Native macOS GUI for Homebrew. Browse, search, install, and manage packages, casks, services, and taps with a beautiful interface.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  7. nanobrew icon
     2 likes

    A fast package manager for macOS and Linux. Written in Zig. Uses Homebrew's bottles and formulas under the hood, plus native .deb support for Docker containers.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
    Good alternative?
     
  8. Cork icon
     6 likes

    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
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  9.  1 like

    A 5-20x faster experimental Homebrew alternative.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  10. McBrew icon
     3 likes

    A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI. This is my personal spin on the awesome version from buresdv. Adding in features and redesigning the look to fit more of my needs. Also using this as a learning opportunity for Swift as I'm new to it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
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