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https://github.com/milanvarady/applite

User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks
https://github.com/milanvarady/applite

homebrew homebrew-cask macos macos-app swift swiftui

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User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/milanvarady/applite
Owner: milanvarady
License: mit
Created: 2023-08-03T20:35:19.000Z (over 1 year ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2025-01-07T20:47:41.000Z (14 days ago)
Last Synced: 2025-01-08T19:02:03.380Z (13 days ago)
Topics: homebrew, homebrew-cask, macos, macos-app, swift, swiftui
Language: Swift
Homepage: https://aerolite.dev/applite
Size: 1.34 MB
Stars: 4,301
Watchers: 20
Forks: 103
Open Issues: 11
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt

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# Applite

User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks

## Table of Contents

1. [Key Features](#key-features)

2. [About](#about)

3. [Screenshots](#screenshots)

4. [Download](#download)

5. [Contact](#contact)

6. [Contributing](#contributing)

7. [Packages Used](#packages-used)

8. [License](#license)

9. [Alternatives](#alternatives)

## Key Features

- Install, update, and uninstall apps with a single click

- Clean and simple UI designed for non-technical users

- Free and open source

- Works with existing brew installation

- Supports system proxy (HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5)

- Handpicked gallery of awesome apps

## About

Applite is a free and open-source macOS application that streamlines the installation and management of third-party apps using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/). The app is built using [Swift](https://developer.apple.com/swift/) and [SwiftUI](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/swiftui/).

Applite aims to be more of an app store for third-party apps than a full-blown homebrew GUI wrapper. The main goal of the application is to bring the convenience of [Homebrew casks](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask) to the non-technical user. So the UI was designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind.

FAQ on the [official website](https://aerolite.dev/applite/FAQ.html).

## Screenshots

![Discover Page Screenshot](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d6861ab4-d9ce-40de-982b-8940fc1d1fbf)

![Productivity Category Screenshot](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e17846e0-bdbf-4ac3-b922-572ffe69acc2)

## Download

[Download DMG](https://github.com/milanvarady/applite/releases/latest/download/Applite.dmg)

or

`$ brew install --cask applite`

Minimum OS version: **macOS 13+**

## Contact

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Or join the [Official Discord Server](https://discord.gg/ZgB6pRE8Qx).

## Contributing

The project is open to contributions. See the [Contribution Guidelines](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

## Packages used

 - [Homebrew](https://github.com/homebrew)

 - [Sparkle](https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle) - app updates

 - [Ifrit](https://github.com/krisk/fuse-swift), Kusia - fuzzy search

 - [Kingfisher](https://github.com/onevcat/Kingfisher) - web image downloading and caching

 - [ButtonKit](https://github.com/Dean151/ButtonKit), Thomas Durand

 - [DebouncedOnChange](https://github.com/Tunous/DebouncedOnChange), Łukasz Rutkowski

 - [SwiftUI-Shimmer](https://github.com/markiv/SwiftUI-Shimmer), Vikram Kriplaney

 - [CircularProgressSwiftUI](https://github.com/ArnavMotwani/CircularProgressSwiftUI), Arnav Motwani

 - [Appcasks](https://github.com/App-Fair/appcasks/) ([App Fair](https://github.com/App-Fair/App) project) - app icons

## License

Applite is licensed under the [MIT](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/) License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE.txt) for more details.

## Alternatives

- [Cork](https://github.com/buresdv/Cork) (paid)

- [Brewer X](https://panini.house/brewer/) (paid)

- [BrewMate](https://github.com/romankurnovskii/BrewMate) (electron based)

- [Brewlet](https://github.com/zkokaja/Brewlet) (menu bar app)

- [App Fair](https://github.com/App-Fair/App) (looks discontinued)

- [Cakebrew](https://github.com/brunophilipe/Cakebrew) (discontinued)