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Native macOS GUI for Homebrew.
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Athanasios Chonias

Taphouse - The missing GUI for Homebrew

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Taphouse 1.3 Since launch, we've added: CVE vulnerability scanning for all your packages, a Health Dashboard with system score, orphaned dependency cleanup, leftover file detection, duplicate app finder, and pre-install inspection to see exactly what a package will install. Plus: 6 languages, Mac App Store integration, third-party app updates (Sparkle/GitHub/Electron), code signing verification, Brewfile export, and menu bar mode with auto-updates. The complete Homebrew GUI for macOS.

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Athanasios Chonias
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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I launched Taphouse just 2 weeks ago as a simple Homebrew GUI. Since then, I've shipped 35 builds based on user feedback. The biggest additions: 🔒 Security Scanner — scans all your packages against the CVE database. Turns out I had 3 vulnerable packages myself. 🩺 Health Dashboard — one screen showing outdated packages, orphans, cache bloat, and doctor issues with a health score. 🧹 Cleanup tools — find orphaned dependencies, leftover files from uninstalled apps, and duplicates (same app from Homebrew + App Store). 🔍 Pre-install inspection — see exactly what a cask will install before you install it. Background services? Sudo required? Now you'll know. Built natively in Swift for macOS. Free tier available, Pro unlocks everything for €9.99. Would love your feedback — I'm shipping updates almost daily!
Curious Kitty
Many Homebrew frontends end up being “casks-only app stores” or “a wrapper around brew install.” What did you decide Taphouse must do end-to-end (formulae, services, maintenance, visibility, security), and what did you intentionally avoid because it would dilute the core value?
Athanasios Chonias
Maker

@curiouskitty This is the first app i released although i've been working for months on more and i wanted to make the best of it. Anyone who installs Taphouse should never look back to any other similar app or find a feature that is missing. And most importantly, be pleasantly surprised by discovering they get more than they expected. I am very happy with how it turned out, and many features were added thanks to the user base and their suggestions.

Chilarai M

Wow! So does it list and manage all the apps/tools we installed using Homebrew?

Zeiki Yu

Congrats on the launch — Taphouse is a slick, native way to manage Homebrew without dropping into the terminal every time.​

Aaron Hampton

This is super cool. I didn't realize how may things I had installed with homebrew, but now they are all up-to-date! Homebrew itself isn't a difficult tool to deal with, but this makes all the info available without having to remember which command to do this, which command to do that and it's really useful.

Brad K

Just bought Taphouse and it looks great! Have you seen Updatest? It would be nice if you could add its capabilities into Taphouse.

Athanasios Chonias
Maker

@sobeguy Which capability are you missing?

Brad K

@jupe69 Updatest seems much more comprehensive in terms of the apps and updates it detects. For example, in Taphouse, it shows 3 updates available from 13 total apps. In Updatest, it shows 27 apps that have updates, 4 of which can be updated automatically. Also, in Updatest, you can click an app in the list to view detailed information, download links, etc...