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Homebrew

@homebrew • The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

Updated: 2026-04-10(2d ago)GitHub API fallback24 repositories
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Portfolio Shape

77%

of the visible star count comes from this organization's top three repositories.

Average Repository Size

5.2K

stars per repository in this same snapshot.

Current Mix

Unknown

is the most common language here, with 12 repositories updated in the last 90 days.

Why this rank

This organization stands out because its public portfolio is relatively balanced across 24 repositories.

Balanced portfolio across 24 reposTop 3 share 77%

Organization pages work best when you separate portfolio breadth from flagship concentration. In Homebrew's case, the visible top three repositories account for about 77% of total stars in this snapshot, which helps explain whether the organization is known for one breakout project or for a broader repeatable portfolio.

The dominant language mix here is Unknown (11), Ruby (7), Shell (3). That makes this page useful not just for popularity checks, but also for seeing what technical shape an organization's public ecosystem actually has.

Source: GitHub API fallback. This is the same cache-first snapshot used by the organization ranking list, so the summary view and the detail view should stay aligned.

Top Repositories

#RepositoryLanguage⭐ Stars
1homebrew/brew

🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

Ruby47.5K
2homebrew/legacy-homebrew

💀 The former home of Homebrew/homebrew (deprecated)

26.9K
3homebrew/homebrew-cask

🍻 A CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries

Ruby21.9K
4homebrew/homebrew-core

🍻 Default formulae for the missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

Ruby15.2K
5homebrew/homebrew-bundle

💀 Homebrew/bundle (merged into Homebrew/brew)

5.5K
6homebrew/install

📥 Homebrew (un)installer

Shell2.5K
7homebrew/homebrew-services

💀 Homebrew Services (deprecated)

2K
8homebrew/formulae.brew.sh

🏎 An online formulae browser for Homebrew

HTML1.9K
9homebrew/homebrew-command-not-found

💀 Ubuntu’s command-not-found equivalent for Homebrew on macOS (deprecated)

Shell427
10homebrew/discussions

🗣 Public open-ended discussions. Replacement for our Discourse.

424
11homebrew/ruby-macho

🔩 A pure-Ruby library for parsing Mach-O files.

Ruby257
12homebrew/actions

🚀 Homebrew's GitHub Actions

TypeScript176
13homebrew/homebrew-aliases

💀 Aliases for Homebrew (deprecated)

154
14homebrew/homebrew-portable-ruby

💀 Versions of Ruby that can be installed and run from anywhere on the filesystem.

151
15homebrew/brew.sh

🔖 The Homebrew homepage

HTML144
16homebrew/homebrew-test-bot

💀 Tests the full lifecycle of a Homebrew change (deprecated)

83
17homebrew/formula-patches

💀 Patches for Homebrew formulae

70
18homebrew/homebrew-linux-fonts

💀 Homebrew Linux Fonts (deprecated)

56
19homebrew/rubydoc.brew.sh

💀 An online Ruby documentation browser for Homebrew/brew

39
20homebrew/brew-pip-audit

📋 Bulk auditing Python dependencies in Homebrew with pip-audit

Ruby24
21homebrew/glibc-bootstrap

🥾 Bootstrap binaries for compiling glibc from source

Shell18
22homebrew/homebrew-formula-analytics

💀 Query Homebrew's analytics from the command-line (deprecated)

17
23homebrew/homebrew-brew-vulns

🔓 A Homebrew subcommand that checks installed packages for vulnerabilities

Ruby14
24homebrew/orka_api_client

💀 A Ruby gem for interfacing with MacStadium's Orka API 2.x (deprecated)

Ruby9

How to Read This Snapshot

Total stars are useful as a discovery signal, but they do not tell you whether a team maintains every repository equally. Pair this page with release cadence, maintainer activity, and the flagship concentration shown above before making adoption decisions.

For broader background on GitStar's ranking logic and editorial guidance, see Methodology & Editorial Standards.