Taphouse - The Missing GUI for Homebrew on macOS

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The ultimate Mac package manager GUI. Manage your Homebrew packages visually without touching the terminal. The Flatpak-like experience Mac users have been waiting for.

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Taphouse - Homebrew GUI for macOS

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Apple Silicon Migration

Find Intel apps running under Rosetta. See which apps have native ARM versions available via Homebrew and install them with one click. (Pro)

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Release Notes Preview

See what changed before updating. Fetches release notes from GitHub Releases API with version info and release dates. (Pro)

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Snooze Updates

Temporarily ignore updates without permanently pinning. Snooze for 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, or until next version with auto-unsnooze.

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CVE Security Scanner

Scan installed packages for known security vulnerabilities. Shows severity levels with color-coded badges, CVE details, and one-click upgrades.

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Package Health Dashboard

Overview dashboard showing system health at a glance. Displays outdated packages, vulnerabilities, orphans, cache size, and health score. (Pro)

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Visual Package Browser

Browse and search through thousands of Homebrew packages with an intuitive visual interface. No more memorizing package names.

One-Click Install & Uninstall

Install or remove any package with a single click. Real-time progress monitoring shows you exactly what's happening.

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Service Management

Monitor all Homebrew services with color-coded status indicators. Start, stop, and restart databases, servers, and background processes.

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Brew Cleanup Tool

See how much space each package uses. Clean up old versions, cache, and unused dependencies to reclaim valuable disk space.

Taphouse Main View

Package Browser

Taphouse Services Management

Services Management

Taphouse App Store Integration

App Store Integration

Taphouse Diagnostics

System Diagnostics

Taphouse Cleanup Tools

Cleanup Tools

Taphouse Quarantine Management

Quarantine Management

r/macapps

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Thank you for Taphouse! It's the most feature rich option available now and definitely worth paying for to have all the features. I was a big fan of BrewerX until the app stopped working for me and the developer couldn't be bothered to help me figure out the problem. Taphouse is the most capable of them all, and I'm pretty sure I've tried them all at this point.

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Reddit User

r/macapps community

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I wanted to take a moment to send you a quick email to say thank you for creating such an awesome piece of software! I've seen my share of Homebrew GUI apps for macOS over the past few years. None of them comes close to being as useful as Taphouse.

Visual package browsing

See all outdated packages

Service management UI

Disk usage visualization

Quarantine management

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