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The Most Forged
Homebrew GUI
in Existence

ForgedBrew puts the entire Homebrew universe at your fingertips — every formula, every cask, full app screenshots, trending charts, and the deepest search and category browsing of any Mac package manager. No Terminal required. No other GUI comes close.

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8,400+ Formulae
6,400+ Casks & Apps
50+ Categories & Sub-categories
0 Terminal Commands Needed
What Makes It Different

Forged for Power Users

Every other Homebrew GUI shows you what's installed. ForgedBrew shows you everything — the entire Homebrew universe, searchable across every field, richly illustrated, and categorised deeper than anything else on the market.

Complete Catalog Search

The search field is always in the toolbar — one keystroke away on every screen. ForgedBrew searches the full Homebrew catalog simultaneously across app name, Homebrew token, and description. So typing "password manager" or "screenshot" finds exactly what you're after, even if the words aren't in the name. Results rank by popularity, so the right thing floats to the top.

Deep Category & Sub-category Browsing

The sidebar organises the entire catalog into categories — Developer Tools, Productivity, Internet & Browsers, Privacy & Security, Games, AI & ML, and more — each expanding into sub-categories. Browse Developer Tools › Databases, or Privacy & Security › VPN, in two clicks. No other Homebrew GUI goes this deep.

Trending & Discovery

Currently Trending, 3-Month Trend, and Top Past Year give you three lenses on what the Homebrew community is loving right now and over time. Discover software you'd never have thought to search for.

Rich App Screenshots

See exactly what you're installing before it hits your Mac. Full screenshots and rich metadata for casks — a visual catalog, not just a list of tokens.

Security Scanning

Built-in vulnerability scanning and Gatekeeper risk assessment across your entire installed package set. Know exactly what's on your Mac before it becomes a problem.

Updates for Everything

Homebrew formulae, casks, and Mac App Store apps all in one unified Updates view. Update one or update all — ForgedBrew handles Homebrew so you don't have to open Terminal.

Parked Updates

Hold any package at its current version. Parked apps are skipped by Update All — perfect when a newer version breaks something. Set a timed hold that expires on its own, or park indefinitely.

Favorites, Notes & Tags

Heart any package to save it. Write notes. Create colour-coded tags — "work", "try later", "essential", a client name — and build your own personal index across the entire catalog.

Maintenance Toolkit

Disk usage analysis, orphan detection, duplicate removal, Brewfile export, and trust maintenance — everything you need to keep your Homebrew installation lean and healthy.

Rich Detail Cards

Every App. Fully Documented.

Click any package and ForgedBrew reveals everything — screenshots, stats, install command, homepage, your personal notes and tags, all in one beautifully laid-out card.

ForgedBrew — Visual Studio Code
Back
Visual Studio Code ♡
visual-studio-code
Microsoft's open-source code editor with built-in Git, debugging, and extensions marketplace.
Installed Homepage Homebrew Page Copy Command
brew install --cask visual-studio-code
2.1M
30-day installs
1.99.3
Latest version
450 MB
Download size
MIT
License
Screenshots README Dependencies Versions
index.tsx
import React from 'react' import { useState } from 'react' const App = () => {   const [count, setCount] = useState(0)   return <div>Hello</div> }
📄 index.tsx
📄 App.tsx
📁 components
📄 style.css
Main editor with syntax highlighting
Extensions
● Prettier
● ESLint
● GitLens
● Copilot
Extension marketplace
Source Control
M style.css
A Button.tsx
D old.ts
Integrated Git panel
Homepage
code.visualstudio.com
My Note
Primary editor — keep updated
Tags
work essential
1Password
1Password ♥
1password
Password manager that keeps all your passwords secure behind one master password.
✓ Installed Homepage Copy Command
890K
30-day installs
8.10.54
Version
96 MB
Size
Screenshots README Versions
Unlock Vault
Main vault screen
LOGINS
● GitHub
● Gmail
● AWS Console
Password list
AUTOFILL
✓ Safari
✓ Firefox
✓ Chrome
Browser autofill
Ollama
Ollama
ollama
Run large language models locally on your Mac. Supports Llama 3, Mistral, Gemma and more.
↓ Install Homepage Copy
1.2M
30-day installs
0.9.4
Version
280 MB
Size
Screenshots README Versions
MODELS
● llama3:8b
● mistral:7b
○ gemma:2b
Local models
You:
Explain async/await
Async/await is a way to handle...
Chat interface
$ ollama run llama3
pulling manifest
>>> Send a message
CLI mode

Every one of the 15,000+ packages in ForgedBrew has a card like this — screenshots, stats, metadata, your notes and tags, all in one place.

The Complete Catalog

Every Homebrew Package. Beautifully Organized.

Other GUIs stop at what you've already installed. ForgedBrew starts with the full catalog — 15,000+ packages — and gives you the tools to explore, organize, and master it.

01

Discover

Home screen, trending charts, top of year, and full catalog grid. Find great software you didn't know you needed.

02

Browse by Category

Developer Tools, Productivity, AI & ML, Games, Privacy & Security and more — each with sub-categories for precision browsing.

03

Search Everything

Instant full-catalog search by name, token, and description across casks and formulae simultaneously. Ranked by popularity.

04

Rich Detail Cards

Screenshots, full metadata, install counts, homepage links, license info, tags, and notes — all on one card per package.

05

Formulae Deep Dive

The full 8,400+ command-line tools catalog, categorised and searchable — not just the ones you've installed.

06

Taps Support

Full support for third-party Homebrew taps. Browse and manage packages from any source alongside the official catalog.

About ForgedBrew

Built by a Mac Power User, for Mac Power Users

ForgedBrew started as HopSight — a personal tool to tame a sprawling Homebrew setup. It grew into something far bigger: the only GUI that treats Homebrew's full catalogue as a first-class citizen, complete with screenshots, rich metadata, trending charts, and the deepest search and category browsing available anywhere.

While other apps show you what's installed, ForgedBrew gives you the entire Homebrew universe — every formula, every cask — searchable across names, tokens, and descriptions, organised into categories and sub-categories, and beautifully presented with full app screenshots.

It's currently in final development under its new name, ForgedBrew. Drop your email below to be first in line when it launches.

Created by Rich Wallace  ·  Built with SwiftUI  ·  Apache License 2.0

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