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Search everything
Formulae, casks and third-party taps from one bar. Paste owner/tap/pkg and Brewer adds the missing tap for you, while Homebrew trusts just that package.
Why Brewer
Everything brew does, one click away
No mystery. Each button runs the exact brew command you would have typed - and shows you its output while it runs.
Updates
See what's outdated. Upgrade it your way.
133 packages behind? Upgrade everything, cherry-pick one, or snooze the noisy ones for a week.
- Scheduled checks with notifications - every 6h, daily, or weekly
- Automatic background upgrades that wait for AC power
- Running apps are closed cleanly before their upgrade
- The menu bar icon shows the outdated count at a glance
Live console
Watch Homebrew do its thing
A Cakebrew-style console docks at the bottom of the window. Install something and the real output streams in - colors, warnings, exit codes, a Stop button.
- Every operation is queued and logged; failed ones keep their output in History
- Readable
brew doctor, cleanup previews with sizes - Failures show the real error - not a shrug
Beyond Homebrew
Every app on your Mac, one inventory
Brewer scans everything - casks, App Store buys, Sparkle self-updaters, and apps you dragged in years ago - with size, source, and architecture.
- Update Sparkle apps directly: download, back up the old version, install
- Read the release notes before you say yes
- Roll back from automatic backups if a new version misbehaves
- Setapp and App Store editions stay with their own stores, so licenses never break
- Adopt manually-installed apps so brew manages them from now on
Uninstaller
Delete apps without the crumbs
Drop any app on Brewer and it finds the caches, preferences, containers and logs left behind - then trashes it all together. Casks go through brew, leftovers included.
- Everything goes to the Trash, so nothing is lost forever
- SmartDelete notices when you delete an app and offers to clean up after it
- System and Apple apps are protected - always
