Homebrew (BrewUI)

Homebrew’s own graphical front end, for browsing and updating what the CLI installed.

What it does

BrewUI is a native macOS app maintained by the Homebrew project. It lists installed formulae and casks, shows what is outdated, searches the catalogue, and runs installs, upgrades and uninstalls through the same brew underneath.

It is a convenience layer, not a separate package manager — anything it does is reproducible with brew in a terminal, and state is shared.

Notes

Both the app and the CLI write to the same prefix, so mixing them is safe. The app does not manage taps as thoroughly as the CLI, so third-party taps still want brew tap.

Alternative to

Alternative	Type	Trade-off
Applite	Open source	A friendlier front end aimed squarely at casks
Cakebrew	Open source	The long-standing third-party Homebrew GUI
`brew` in a terminal	—	Everything the GUI does, scriptable