Commerce · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Mac Inventory
What is actually installed and running on my Mac?
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Find, install, update and remove Mac apps in one click. Thousands of apps in one place. Free and open source.
2023 · aerolite.dev · its alternatives →
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Homebrew 6.0.0▲1,481Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0. The most significant changes since 5.1.0 are a new tap trust security mechanism, the new faster, smaller, default internal Homebrew JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, better defaults informed by our user survey, many brew bundle improvements, improved performance and initial support for macOS 27 (Golden Gate). Happy to discuss any questions here!
Jun 2026 · brew.sh · its alternatives →
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FastBrew▲10Homebrew made beautiful — GUI for macOS package management
2025 · fastbrew.app · its alternatives →
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Taphouse▲120Taphouse is a native Homebrew GUI for Mac — a visual Homebrew package manager to install, update, and clean up brew packages without the terminal. Free download for macOS.
Jan 2026 · taphouse.multimodalsolutions.gr · its alternatives →
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Free macOS menu bar app that finds every package manager on your Mac — Homebrew, npm, pip, Cargo and 15 more — and updates what is outdated in one click.
25d ago · macup.patriciobcs.com · its alternatives →
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Applite▲127User friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks
2023 · applite.app · its alternatives →
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TerminalWidget▲136Put script output in your Desktop/Home screen widgets.
Aug 2026 · terminalwidget.app · its alternatives →
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InstallKit▲166Set up your new Mac in minutes, not hours.
Dec 2025 · installkit.app · its alternatives →
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Tappie▲4Native Homebrew package manager GUI for macOS
Jun 2026 · empiricapps.com · its alternatives →
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Apparency 3.0▲169Quick look if an OS X Installer package is safe
2025 · mothersruin.com · its alternatives →
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Portero▲166Know exactly what's running on every port of your Mac
Jul 2026 · porteroapp.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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Homebrew is the standard package manager on macOS. brew-browser gives it a real native GUI. - msitarzewski/brew-browser
May 2026 · brew-browser.zerologic.com · its alternatives →
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Bidbar▲129Save and run Terminal commands from the Mac menu bar
2019 · getbidbar.com · its alternatives →
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Clueprint▲68See what your agents left running on your Mac
Sep 2026 · clueprint.ai · its alternatives →
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2014 · ejd791.wordpress.com · its alternatives →
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BitBar▲160Put the output from any script in your Mac OS X Menu Bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Like many of you, for my entire career I have relied on Homebrew to install all kinds of software on my Mac. That's why today I'm really excited to share a new app that my partner and I are building: Brewer X, a refreshing user interface for Homebrew. Brewer X is graphical interface that lives on top of Homebrew. Leveraging the power of native APIs improves the classic experience and unlocks new features. For example: • bulk actions are performed in parallel • syncing the entire library locally provides incredible search performances and the ability to query descriptions and other…
2024 · panini.house · its alternatives →
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WineBottler▲99Run Windows programs on your Mac
2016 · winebottler.kronenberg.org · its alternatives →
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