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# Homebrew
Features, usage and installation instructions are [summarised on the homepage ](http://brew.sh ).
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## What Packages Are Available?
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1. Type `brew search` for a list.
2. Or visit [braumeister.org ](http://braumeister.org ) to browse packages online.
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3. Or use `brew search --desc` to browse packages from the command line.
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## More Documentation
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`brew help` , `man brew` or check [our documentation ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/tree/master/share/doc/homebrew#readme ).
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## Troubleshooting
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First, please run `brew update` and `brew doctor` .
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Second, read the [Troubleshooting Checklist ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/Troubleshooting.md#troubleshooting ).
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**If you don't read these it will take us far longer to help you with your problem.**
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## Security
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Please report security issues to security@brew .sh.
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This is our PGP key which is valid until June 17, 2016.
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* Key ID: `0xE33A3D3CCE59E297`
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* Fingerprint: `C657 8F76 2E23 441E C879 EC5C E33A 3D3C CE59 E297`
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* Full key: https://keybase.io/homebrew/key.asc
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## Who Are You?
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Homebrew's current maintainers are [Misty De Meo ](https://github.com/mistydemeo ), [Andrew Janke ](https://github.com/apjanke ), [Xu Cheng ](https://github.com/xu-cheng ), [Mike McQuaid ](https://github.com/mikemcquaid ), [Baptiste Fontaine ](https://github.com/bfontaine ), [Brett Koonce ](https://github.com/asparagui ), [Martin Afanasjew ](https://github.com/UniqMartin ), [Dominyk Tiller ](https://github.com/DomT4 ), [Tim Smith ](https://github.com/tdsmith ) and [Alex Dunn ](https://github.com/dunn ).
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Former maintainers with significant contributions include [Jack Nagel ](https://github.com/jacknagel ), [Adam Vandenberg ](https://github.com/adamv ) and Homebrew's creator: [Max Howell ](https://github.com/mxcl ).
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## License
Code is under the [BSD 2 Clause (NetBSD) license ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/tree/master/LICENSE.txt ).
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Documentation is under the [Creative Commons Attribution license ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
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## Sponsors
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Our CI infrastructure was paid for by [our Kickstarter supporters ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/Kickstarter-Supporters.md ).
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Our CI infrastructure is hosted by [The Positive Internet Company ](http://www.positive-internet.com ).
Our bottles (binary packages) are hosted by Bintray.
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