"This Saturday morning at 0100 GMT we will be migrating Homebrew" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "I'll start with a rare Belgian yeast and Sussex hops". Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. "Homebrew, the perfect gift for command line lovers". "Homebrew for OS X Easily Installs Desktop Apps and Terminal Utilities". Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. "Homebrew: OS X's Missing Package Manager". Users can view analytics data from the last 30, 90, and 365 days on the Homebrew website. It is possible to opt out with the command brew analytics off. Homebrew collects installation, build error, and operating system version statistics via Google Analytics. This is considered by some as a major security flaw. All files, not just the directories, have their ownership changed by the installer. Specifically, the mode changes from drwxr-xr-x root wheel to drwxrwxr-x myuser admin. Homebrew does not honor the default privileges of /usr/local directory ownership is changed from root with group permissions for the wheel group to the installing user and the "admin" group. Binary packages called "bottles" provide pre-built formulae with default options. The package manager builds software from source using "formulae", Ruby scripts constructed with the Homebrew domain-specific language (DSL) for managing dependencies, downloading source files, and configuring and compiling software. The installation consists of a git repository that allows users to update Homebrew by pulling an updated repository from GitHub. By default, it is installed into /usr/local on Intel-based machines and /opt/homebrew on Apple silicon. Homebrew is written in the Ruby programming language and targets the version of Ruby that comes installed with the macOS operating system. On April 12, 2021, Homebrew version 3.1.0 was released completing their migration of bottles (binary packages) to GitHub Packages before the shutdown of Bintray as previously announced by JFrog. Version 3.0.0 was released almost exactly two years after 2.0.0, on February 5, 2021, and added official support for Macs with Apple silicon. On September 21, 2020, Homebrew version 2.5.2 was released with support for bottle taps (binary package repositories) via GitHub Releases. On February 2, 2019, Homebrew version 2.0.0 was released. In January 2019, Linuxbrew was merged back into Homebrew, adding beta support for Linux and the Windows Subsystem for Linux to the Homebrew feature set. As of February 2021, Homebrew is maintained by a team of 34 people. On September 21, 2016, Homebrew version 1.0.0 was released. In February 2015, due to downtime at SourceForge which resulted in binaries being unavailable, Homebrew moved their hosting to Bintray. On December 13, 2013, the Homebrew repository migrated from Howell's GitHub account to its own project account. In March 2013, Homebrew successfully completed a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for servers to test and build formulae and managed to raise £14,859. Homebrew was written by Max Howell in 2009. Homebrew has spawned several sub-projects such as Linuxbrew, a Linux port now officially merged into Homebrew Homebrew Cask, which builds upon Homebrew and focuses on the installation of GUI applications and "taps" dedicated to specific areas or programming languages like PHP. In 2013, Homebrew had both the largest number of contributors and issues closed of any project on GitHub. In 2012, Homebrew had the largest number of new contributors on GitHub. In 2010, Homebrew was the third-most- forked repository on GitHub. Homebrew has made extensive use of GitHub to expand the support of several packages through user contributions. Homebrew is a member of the Open Source Collective, and is run entirely by unpaid volunteers. Homebrew has been recommended for its ease of use as well as its integration into the command-line interface. Originally written by Max Howell, the package manager has gained popularity in the Ruby on Rails community and earned praise for its extensibility. The name is intended to suggest the idea of building software on the Mac depending on the user's taste. Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's operating system, macOS, as well as Linux.
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