# Install bbrew with Homebrew

TUI for managing Homebrew, Flatpak, and Mac App Store packages. Version 2.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:bbrew
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bbrew
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:bbrew
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bbrew>
- **Version:** 2.3.2
- **Source summary:** TUI for managing Homebrew, Flatpak, and Mac App Store packages
- **Homepage:** <https://bold-brew.com>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Valkyrie00/bold-brew>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://bold-brew.com/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Valkyrie00/bold-brew/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T15:54:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00

## Executables

- bbrew (cli)
- bbrew (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-26
- Package-manager version: 2.3.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-10
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Valkyrie00/bold-brew
- Upstream latest detected: v2.3.2 (current)
## Project history and usage

Bold Brew is a keyboard-driven terminal UI for managing Homebrew formulae and casks, Flatpak applications, and Mac App Store applications.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in January 2025 and the README presents the project as a modern package-management TUI for Homebrew-centered workflows.

### Adoption history

The README says Bold Brew is the official terminal UI for managing Homebrew in Project Bluefin and Aurora, and it is distributed through Homebrew and GitHub releases.

### How it is used

Users browse, search, filter, install, update, remove, scan, and export packages from a terminal interface; Brewfile mode can load local or remote Brewfiles and export installed packages.

### Why package nerds care

Bold Brew is notable for wrapping multiple package ecosystems in one TUI and surfacing package metadata, outdated state, Brewfile collections, and Homebrew vulnerability checks from a single interface.

### Timeline

- 2025: GitHub repository created.
- 2025: v1.0.0 appears in GitHub releases.
- 2026: v2.3.0 appears in GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- Homebrew, Flatpak, mas, Project Bluefin, Aurora

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Valkyrie00/bold-brew>
- <https://bold-brew.com/>
- <https://github.com/Valkyrie00/bold-brew#readme>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for bbrew. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bbrew
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


## Related links

- [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Package ecosystem packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched package manager, installer, dependency, registry, or publishing metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [meta-package-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meta-package-manager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, homebrew, package-management, package-manager, system.
- [dpkg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dpkg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, package-management, package-manager, system.
- [pacapt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pacapt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, package-management, package-manager, system.
- [podman-tui](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/podman-tui/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal-ui, tui.
- [recoverpy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/recoverpy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal-ui, tui.
- [taproom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taproom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, homebrew, package-manager, system, tui.
- [aspcud](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aspcud/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, package-management, system.
- [devcockpit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/devcockpit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, homebrew, system, tui.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bbrew.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bbrew.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph