Homebrew

Services

Homebrew has a services aspect to it. We can run brew services list to see the services that are currently running from Homebrew. We can run brew services start to start a service.

  • ex. Redis, Postgres, vault, caddyserver

Cask

brew cask is an extension to brew that allows management of MacOS graphical applications

Tap

a Git repository of Formulae and/or commands

When you tap a repository, you are essentially informing Homebrew about the existence of this external repository so that it can be used to install packages or formulas from that repository.

  • Homebrew is designed to be modular and lightweight. By default, it doesn't come with every package or formula available. Instead, it provides the core functionality and allows users to extend it by tapping additional repositories.

Keg

the installation prefix of a Formula


Installation directories

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/

CLI

Search available packages

brew search _____

See where package is installed

brew info postgresql