https://github.com/cosmincatalin/brew-explorer
A beautiful terminal UI for exploring and managing your Homebrew packages with ease.
https://github.com/cosmincatalin/brew-explorer
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A beautiful terminal UI for exploring and managing your Homebrew packages with ease.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cosmincatalin/brew-explorer
- Owner: cosmincatalin
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-09-30T16:20:16.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-11-12T08:20:42.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-11-12T09:23:15.397Z (4 months ago)
- Language: Rust
- Homepage:
- Size: 234 KB
- Stars: 113
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
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# 🍺 Brew Explorer
A beautiful terminal UI for exploring and managing your Homebrew packages with ease.
## What is Brew Explorer?
You know how after some time you run `brew list` and see a bunch of packages you have no idea about? Me too! It's frustrating to figure out what those packages do without copy/pasting their names into [brew.sh](https://brew.sh) and only then discovering what they're good for.
That's why I created **Brew Explorer** - a little app that makes it easy to understand what formulaes and casks you have installed on your system.
Plus, you can quickly **uninstall old useless things** and **update whatever was left behind** - all from within the same interface!
## Screenshots
### Loading Screen
### Main Screen
### Search and Uninstall
## Features
✨ **Appealing TUI** - Clean, intuitive terminal interface with ASCII art
🔍 **Search functionality** - Quickly find packages by name
📦 **Package details** - View descriptions, homepages, versions, and more
🔄 **Update packages** - Update outdated packages with a single keystroke
🗑️ **Uninstall packages** - Remove packages you no longer need
🎨 **Color-coded status** - Green for up-to-date, red for outdated packages
⚡ **Fast navigation** - Multi-column layout for efficient browsing
🚀 **Auto-sync** - Runs `brew update` on startup for fresh package information
## Installation
### Prerequisites
- macOS (Homebrew is macOS-specific)
- [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) installed
### Steps
```shell
brew tap cosmincatalin/tap
brew install brew-explorer
```
### Navigation
- **↑/↓** or **k/j** - Move up/down in the package list (Vim-style)
- **←/→** or **h/l** - Move left/right between columns (Vim-style)
- **PgUp/PgDn** - Jump by pages
- **Home/End** - Jump to first/last package
### Actions
- **/** - Start searching for packages
- **u** - Update the selected package
- **x** - Uninstall the selected package
- **q** - Quit the application
### Search Mode
- Type any character to search for packages by name
- **Enter** or **Esc** - Exit search and return to browsing
- Navigation keys (↑/↓/←/→ or k/j/h/l) still work while searching