https://github.com/mischah/ibrew
🍻Interactive CLI for Homebrew – the missing package manager for macOS.
https://github.com/mischah/ibrew
brew cli cli-app homebrew ibrew interactive macos search terminal
Last synced: 12 months ago
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🍻Interactive CLI for Homebrew – the missing package manager for macOS.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mischah/ibrew
- Owner: mischah
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-02-25T01:32:31.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-03-08T12:16:18.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-02T14:42:44.754Z (12 months ago)
- Topics: brew, cli, cli-app, homebrew, ibrew, interactive, macos, search, terminal
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 222 KB
- Stars: 39
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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# ibrew 🍻
> Interactive CLI for Homebrew – the missing package manager for macOS.
`ibrew` lets you use the following [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) features in a different way:
- **Install packages**
- Browse Homebrew search results and choose a package to install.
- **Upgrade packages**
- Browse outdated packages and select the ones you’d like to upgrade.
- **Uninstall packages**
- Browser installed packages and select the ones you’d like to remove.
## Install
Get it with **npm**:
```sh
npm install -g ibrew
```
## Usage
```shell
$ ibrew [searchterm] [options]
Options
--upgrade, -u Lists installed packages to choose the ones to upgrade
--remove, -r Lists installed packages to choose the ones to remove
--size, -s Set number of lines for the interactive lists
--help, -h Show help
--version, -v Print version number
Examples
$ ibrew say
âś” Found 2 packages
? Which package you would like to install? (Use arrow keys)
❯ cowsay
ponysay
$ ibrew --upgrade
âś” Found 3 outdated packages
? Which packages you would like to upgrade? (Press to select, to toggle all)
❯ ◯ git
â—Ż lynx
â—Ż watchman
$ ibrew --remove
âś” Found 136 installed packages
? Which packages you would like to uninstall? (Press to select, to toggle all)
❯ ◯ adns
â—Ż aom
â—Ż asciinema
```
## Requirements
- macOS
- [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)
- Node.js
## Related
Awesome interactive CLI apps:
- [Emma](https://github.com/maticzav/emma-cli) – Interactive CLI to search and install npm packages
- [itunes-remote](https://github.com/mischah/itunes-remote) – Control iTunes via CLI :notes:
- [ntl](https://github.com/ruyadorno/ntl) – Interactive cli menu to list/run npm tasks
- [itrash](https://github.com/ruyadorno/itrash) – Interactively selects files to delete from current folder in the CLI
- [ipt](https://github.com/ruyadorno/ipt) – Interactive Pipe To: The Node.js cli interactive workflow
## License
[MIT](LICENSE) © 2019 [Michael Kühnel](http://michael-kuehnel.de)