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🍻 Default casks (upstream binary packages) for the package manager for everywhere

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  1. …convenient, but I still had to manually allow "dangerous app." If you register with the official https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask , your app will be both listed on https://formulae.brew.sh and signed so macOS no longer considers…
    comment by Leftium · 2026-03-18
  2. …stdout and stderr. [1] [0]: https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Open3.html#method-c-pop... [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/21665
    comment by Hackbraten · 2025-11-28 · in A programmer-friendly I/O abstraction over io_uring and kqueue (2022)
  3. One technique I occasionally use is to look at the “zap” stanza of an app’s homebrew cask formula: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/f44500902e420... Based on the “notion-updater” I’m guessing there’s also a…
    comment by bbatsell · 2025-10-02 · in Ask HN: Can you uninstall Notion from macOS?
  4. …Homebrew developers into a forced takeover of a package [1] if it were a conflict-free name. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/229061
    comment by timschumi · 2025-09-26 · in Helium Browser
  5. ▲ 1
    Chromium Homebrew Cask deprecated as of September first
    story by motge · 2025-08-19 · 1 comment
  6. At the same time it was deprecated[1] in Homebrew. Hope the mainstream will address the issue. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/199559
    comment by xvilka · 2025-05-11 · in Lazarus Release 4.0
  7. …"supply chain security" effort, but you have to recognize that right now it's "trust me, bro" since https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/27c351ccb59fb... does check the sha256, and good for them, but gives me no way to trace back…
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-10-29 · in We're forking Flutter
  8. …but it is possible: brew unlink bartender brew uninstall bartender curl -sSLo /tmp/bartender.rb "https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/ac7bd3c11799ce95a7057796e9d01db81796f381/Casks/b/bartender.rb" brew install /tmp/bartender.rb…
    comment by nunez · 2024-06-07 · in Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer
  9. …slow for some people. For me, it took around an hour the last time I had it installed on my Mac. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/issues/104814
    comment by soraminazuki · 2023-11-18 · in Calibre – New in Calibre 7.0
  10. …Homebrew last week! Been trying it and it seems to have all the features that the rowanj fork had! https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/141659
    comment by btown · 2023-03-04 · in GitHub Desktop 3.2: Preview your pull request
  11. …similar to Homebrew which has a list of locations to remove once a cask is uninstalled [1]. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/ca0cc23ef244c...
    comment by jiripospisil · 2023-01-14 · in RemoveX – Fastest Uninstaller for Mac
  12. …In your screenshot, the value you reference is the size of the entire package repository: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask Your point still stands as these sizes are larger than one would expect. Just food for thought.
    comment by teejmya · 2022-07-27 · in Ask HN: Have you ever had a changed-your-life moment?
  13. FYI, I submitted PR to add Bike into Brew casks - https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/123908
    comment by klohto · 2022-05-17 · in Show HN: Bike – macOS Native Outliner
  14. I'm working on adding this to brew cask right now. Edit: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/117242 My first cask, help appreciated.
    comment by davidjfelix · 2022-01-11 · in Launch HN: Clover (YC S20) – Notes, whiteboarding, and daily planner in one tool
  15. …Windows and not macOS in your original comment here. ————— 0: https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/ 1: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/ad...
    comment by pxc · 2021-12-19 · in Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux
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    GitHub not behaving reliably this morning
    story by doniphon · 2021-11-27 · 0 comments
  17. …used package manager on macOS, does it. As an example, check out the 'formula' for installing Zoom: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/... I used to maintain a few packages and it was pretty dang easy to publish,…
    comment by erichurkman · 2021-10-11 · in Windows Package Manager 1.1
  18. …criteria[2]: * The software is CLI only * The software doesn't provide official binaries [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask [2]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Acceptable...
    comment by soraminazuki · 2021-05-16 · in Homebrew purges FUSE packages
  19. …disappointed if you run: $ brew info wormhole wormhole: 1.5.4 https://er.run/ Not installed From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/wormhole.rb ==> Name Wormhole ==> Description Browse & Control phone on PC, Screen…
    comment by feross · 2021-04-20 · in Wormhole-crypto: Streaming encryption based on Encrypted Content-Encoding
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    Going to Report It
    story by quantisan · 2021-04-18 · 0 comments
  21. …users Homebrew is the supported installation method and you can skip right over Gatekeeper. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/issues/85164
    comment by 2cb · 2021-02-20 · in New malware found on 30k Macs has security pros stumped
  22. …the Cask. $ brew cask info osquery osquery: 4.4.0 https://osquery.io/ Not installed From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/osquery.rb ==> Name osquery ==> Artifacts osquery-4.4.0.pkg (Pkg) ==> Analytics install:…
    comment by antoncohen · 2020-08-16 · in Osquery: Easily ask questions about your Linux, Windows and macOS infrastructure
  23. …you for the app! I've created PR for brew cask, as I wanted to be able to add it to my dotfiles. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/86697
    comment by bitfroster · 2020-07-28 · in Show HN: UnnaturalScrollWheels – Better scroll wheel settings for macOS
  24. …scoop: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop-extras/blob/master/buck... homebrew cask: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/... That being said, the fake interview process explained in the article is totally…
    comment by waon · 2020-05-28 · in The Day AppGet Died
  25. …enough stars on GitHub[1]. So I'm waiting a bit before actually submitting that pull request. [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/doc/fa...
    comment by zzada · 2020-05-11 · in Show HN: Brewlet – The Missing Menulet for Brew.sh
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    Add trailing slash to verified comments that benefit from it
    story by guessmyname · 2020-04-20 · 0 comments
  27. …going through the list. Running the uninstaller is enforced by the `pkg` declaration. See also: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/a6026e0a36c22...
    comment by Hackbraten · 2020-04-02 · in How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’
  28. …it manually, here’s the list of files and folders Homebrew will delete on `brew cask zap zoomus`: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/a6026e0a36c22...
    comment by Hackbraten · 2020-03-31 · in How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’
  29. On a new installation have a look at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask There's packages for all the popular GUI apps. I made myself a script and it will install 20 desktop apps in one go without a single click (confirming terms of…
    comment by mtmail · 2019-12-06 · in Ask HN: I'm about to switch from windows to mac – what do I need to know?
  30. He also wants removal Etcher from Brew: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/73195
    comment by aggressman · 2019-11-27 · in Etcher tracks user data without consent
  31. …at all. Quarantining installed casks was actually a Homebrew cask feature introduced in 2016: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/issues/22388 Quarantining files is opt-in from the app perspective. Apps and programs (like Chrome and…
    comment by szhu · 2019-10-07 · in Notarizing Your Mac Software for macOS Catalina
  32. …formula[0] worked for me to uninstall the listener.. brew update && brew cask zap -f zoomus [0]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/...
    comment by shawn-butler · 2019-07-09 · in Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera
  33. …be useful for implementing pre-commit hooks. If no formula are provided, all of them are checked. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/USAGE.... > audit — verifies installability of Casks You can see where it pulls from if…
    comment by cimi_ · 2019-02-15 · in Sloth – Mac app that shows all open files and sockets in use
  34. …is pulling in its installer file - and it appears to match the domain as is in the Github repo. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/...
    comment by tjbiddle · 2019-02-14 · in Sloth – Mac app that shows all open files and sockets in use
  35. If you're using homebrew then 'brew cask install java' should work once this PR is merged: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/52448
    comment by andersaa · 2018-09-25 · in Java 11 released
  36. I hope the Homebrew team merges this soon — https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/52246 That being said, I already downloaded the DMG archive and have been using it for the last hour.
    comment by guessmyname · 2018-09-20 · in Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text
  37. …which I am assuming is somewhere in your script's mix. 1. https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/ 2. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/...
    comment by Tecuane · 2018-07-17 · in Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing?
  38. GnuCash 3.0 is available via homebrew cask: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/dc825c8fe0cd3...
    comment by edraferi · 2018-04-17 · in Using GnuCash as a Freelancer to Track Finances and Prepare Taxes
  39. …to be careful not to update them to match the malware, like brew did with Handbrake a while ago: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/33354
    comment by mholt · 2018-02-11 · in Protecting sites from Cryptojacking with CSP and SRI
  40. …version[1]. Still, package managers definitely make it harder for the attacker in most cases. [1]: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/33354
    comment by pfg · 2017-05-17 · in A Case of Stolen Source Code
  41. Homebrew added new policy https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/33538/files > When updating the `sha256` stanza of an existing Cask, the `version` also has to have changed. Otherwise, the new checksum has to be confirmed by the…
    comment by diimdeep · 2017-05-14 · in Proton.B: What this Mac malware does
  42. Homebrew Cask distributed the infected Handbrake: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/commit/461af7672fa... Note that hash 013623e5e50[...] is the infected Handbrake. Even worse, they changed the correct SHA-256 hash to the hash of…
    comment by danieldk · 2017-05-14 · in Proton.B: What this Mac malware does
  43. If you used brew install handbreak between May 2nd and 5th, you downloaded the malicious version; - https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/commit/461af7672fa... The pull request has comments as well, and a snarky dev ;D -…
    comment by differentials · 2017-05-08 · in Handbrake malware analysis
  44. What the absolute heck. Literally just the hash was updated yet the version stayed the same: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/commit/461af7672fa...
    comment by adriancooney · 2017-05-07 · in Recent version of Handbrake download infected with malware
  45. …version bump, and then reverted. That's crazy! Why didn't alarm bells go off when the hash changed? https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/commits/master/Cas...
    comment by 0x0 · 2017-05-06 · in Recent version of Handbrake download infected with malware
  46. Homebrew has the Caskroom, which would work: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask EDIT: details on how to add your own Cask for an app: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/doc/de...
    comment by mmjaa · 2017-03-21 · in Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for macOS
  47. If you are using https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/... then my understanding is that since it uses 2016.10_v2, it could be that Mail integration is disabled on macOS Sierra (just a guess).
    comment by thibaut_barrere · 2017-03-10 · in GPG Suite
  48. I think this is the package spec: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/... So it's using the installer from bitkeeper.org; I don't know if the people who added it to homebrew are affiliated.
    comment by iainmerrick · 2017-02-10 · in More on GVFS
  49. Something is not right on your machine. You can see what the homebrew recipe is doing here: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/...
    comment by rckrd · 2017-02-08 · in Container orchestration: Moving from fleet to Kubernetes
  50. …link used in brew/cask)[0]: http://www.derlien.com/diskinventoryx/downloads/dev/DIX1.0Un... 0: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/...
    comment by joe_developer · 2017-02-06 · in Where has my disk space gone? Flame graphs for file systems