Homebrew

Homebrew is the premier package manager for macOS and Linux, simplifying the installation and declarative management (via Brewfiles) of developer tools and libraries.

When to Use

• macOS & Linux Developer Environment Setup: Installing command-line utilities, programming runtimes, and GUI applications.
• Automating Workstation Provisioning with Brewfile: Declaring team development environments using brew bundle.
• Authoring Custom Enterprise Formulae & Taps: Distributing internal CLI tools and binaries via private GitHub taps.
• System Service Management: Managing background daemons (PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx) using brew services.

Quick Start

# Install wget
brew install wget