Taphouse 1.5
Install, update, and clean up your
brewpackages from a quiet Mac‑native app. 14,000+ formulae and casks — no terminal required.[…]
Browse and search through thousands of Homebrew packages with an intuitive visual interface. No more memorizing package names.
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Install or remove any package with a single click.
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See all outdated packages at a glance. Update individually, in bulk, or select specific ones to upgrade together.
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See how much space each package uses. Clean up old versions, cache, and unused dependencies to reclaim disk space.
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Taphouse cross‑references every package you’ve installed against published CVEs. Severity, fix versions, source links — and a one‑click upgrade for the ones that matter.
There’s an impressive set of features that seem to be very easy to use. It’s much better than the command-line or Electron, but it’s a SwiftUI app and various things look and feel a little off. There’s no File menu. The Settings window and sheets are scrollable but can’t be resized.
The core functionality is free. Paying €9.99 unlocks a long list of Pro features: bulk operations, favorites, tags, history, a menu bar icon, background updates, import/export, and managing apps that were directly downloaded, purchased from the Mac App Store, and that update via Sparkle.
See also: Cork (fewer features), Applite (focused on apps), Homebrew Formulae (web list of apps).
Previously:
Update (2026-05-22): The developer fixed some of the issues in a quick 1.5.1.8 update.
See also: Mac Power Users.
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No File menu on a "native Mac app". Yeah. Did the developer not notice a File menu was there even on his 1948 Stone-Age Mac? Pass without bothering with this fake "Mac app". CLI works fine here for any brew, all the brew for years. Also F SwiftAsShtUI, Crapalyst and other garbage "modern" frameworks that are only good for demos.
Also: Brewy, which is fully native (SwiftUI), and written by one of the Homebrew maintainers.
Better than the CLI? Really? I must be on the wrong platform!
And, anyway, MacPorts is better.
Still going to have to find a MacUpdater alternative, though, and haven't really been sold on any of them so far. I get that part of MU's secret sauce was user telemetry, but just Sparkle simply isn't enough.
“Made with SwiftUI”
Is this supposed to be a pros or cons ?
Also the website doesn’t work correctly on an iPhone (horizontal scrolling), so much for the UX.
