Homebrew

Homebrew is the standard package manager for macOS. v4.2 (2025) is faster (JSON API) and supports declarative Brewfile.

When to Use

• macOS Dev Setup: Installing Node, Python, Git, Docker, Postgres.
• Casks: Installing GUI apps (VS Code, Slack, Chrome).
• Dotfiles: Automating machine setup.

Quick Start

# Install wget
brew install wget

# Install VS Code (Cask)
brew install --cask visual-studio-code