Portable Homebrew Packages for macOS

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Truly Self-Contained

Every dependency is bundled. Python, OpenSSL, SQLite, readline — all included. No Homebrew installation needed on the target machine. Ever.

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Fully Offline Install

Mount the DMG, double-click Install, pick a folder. That's it. No downloads, no compiling, no network access. Works on an airplane.

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Install Anywhere

Not locked to /usr/local or /opt/homebrew. Install to any directory you want. Mach-O binaries are automatically rebased to wherever you put them.

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Self-Rebuilding

Every DMG contains a Rebuild app. Double-click it on any Mac to produce a fresh DMG with the latest package versions for that machine's architecture. The chain works forever.

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Lean Mode

Aggressively strips test suites, headers, static libs, and unused modules. Python goes from 118 MB to 37 MB installed — 69% smaller — with full functionality intact.

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Pre-bundled pip Packages

Optionally embed pip requirements as cached wheels. At install time, a venv is created and packages are installed from the local cache. Completely offline.