brew/docs/Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md

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last_review_date: "2025-02-08"
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# Interesting Taps and Forks

A [tap](Taps.md) is Homebrew-speak for a Git repository containing additional formulae.

Homebrew has the capability to add (and remove) multiple taps to your local installation with the `brew tap` and `brew untap` commands; run `man brew` in your terminal for usage information.

Your taps are Git repositories located at `$(brew --repository)/Library/Taps`. As a normal user, you usually won't see `homebrew/core` here anymore and that's OK - [normal usage is via the JSON API](https://brew.sh/2023/02/16/homebrew-4.0.0/).

## Unsupported interesting taps

* [DomT4/autoupdate](https://github.com/DomT4/homebrew-autoupdate): An external command to automatically run `brew update` (and optionally `brew upgrade` or `brew cleanup`) in the background with `launchd`.

* [homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg](https://github.com/homebrew-ffmpeg/homebrew-ffmpeg): A tap for FFmpeg with additional options, including nonfree additions.

* [denji/nginx](https://github.com/denji/homebrew-nginx): A tap for NGINX modules, intended for its `nginx-full` formula which includes more module options.

* [InstantClientTap/instantclient](https://github.com/InstantClientTap/homebrew-instantclient): A tap for Oracle Instant Client.

* [osx-cross/avr](https://github.com/osx-cross/homebrew-avr): GNU AVR toolchain (Libc, compilers and other tools for Atmel MCUs), useful for Arduino hackers and AVR programmers.

* [petere/postgresql](https://github.com/petere/homebrew-postgresql): Allows installing multiple PostgreSQL versions in parallel.

* [osrf/simulation](https://github.com/osrf/homebrew-simulation): Tools for robotics simulation.

* [brewsci/bio](https://github.com/brewsci/homebrew-bio): Bioinformatics formulae.

* [davidchall/hep](https://github.com/davidchall/homebrew-hep): High energy physics formulae.

* [lifepillar/appleii](https://github.com/lifepillar/homebrew-appleii): Formulae for vintage Apple emulation.

* [gromgit/fuse](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse): macOS FUSE formulae that are no longer available in `homebrew/core`.

* [cloudflare/cloudflare](https://github.com/cloudflare/homebrew-cloudflare): Formulae for the applications by Cloudflare, including curl with HTTP/3 support.

* [apple/apple](https://github.com/apple/homebrew-apple): Formulae from Apple, including the Game Porting Toolkit.

## Unsupported interesting forks

* [mistydemeo/tigerbrew](https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew): Experimental Tiger/Leopard PowerPC version.
Add a `last_reviewed_date` to docs metadata - At the AGM we formed an ad-hoc documentation working group. - One of our ideas was that we should have a last reviewed date for documentation, so that we can periodically implement a review mechanism (GitHub Actions posts to Slack for a regular documentation outdatedness check?) to track how old docs are and ensure they're still relevant. - This is a first step towards that goal, by adding a `last_review_date` to the metadata of all docs with a date of earlier than Homebrew's inception because everything needs reviewing so that we start from a good base! 2025-02-03 10:59:02 +00:00			`---`
Review some docs - Most of these were fine still, apart from: - FAQ: `hub` is less maintained than `gh`. - Brew-Maintainer-Guide: link to GitHub docs on commit signing via GPG or SSH. - Interesting-Taps-and-Forks: remove outdated information about `homebrew/core` being in `Library/Taps`. - New-Maintainer-Checklist: remove outdated information about the `@members` team. 2025-02-08 14:21:38 +00:00			`last_review_date: "2025-02-08"`
Add a `last_reviewed_date` to docs metadata - At the AGM we formed an ad-hoc documentation working group. - One of our ideas was that we should have a last reviewed date for documentation, so that we can periodically implement a review mechanism (GitHub Actions posts to Slack for a regular documentation outdatedness check?) to track how old docs are and ensure they're still relevant. - This is a first step towards that goal, by adding a `last_review_date` to the metadata of all docs with a date of earlier than Homebrew's inception because everything needs reviewing so that we start from a good base! 2025-02-03 10:59:02 +00:00			`---`

docs: section 1 wording/formatting fixes 2022-10-19 15:06:27 -04:00			`# Interesting Taps and Forks`
docs: fix titles on docs.brew.sh 2017-01-04 16:16:00 -06:00
Update Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md 2021-11-14 11:25:12 -05:00			`A [tap](Taps.md) is Homebrew-speak for a Git repository containing additional formulae.`
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00
Review some docs - Most of these were fine still, apart from: - FAQ: `hub` is less maintained than `gh`. - Brew-Maintainer-Guide: link to GitHub docs on commit signing via GPG or SSH. - Interesting-Taps-and-Forks: remove outdated information about `homebrew/core` being in `Library/Taps`. - New-Maintainer-Checklist: remove outdated information about the `@members` team. 2025-02-08 14:21:38 +00:00			Homebrew has the capability to add (and remove) multiple taps to your local installation with the `brew tap` and `brew untap` commands; run `man brew` in your terminal for usage information.
Import docs from wiki. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#33211. 2014-10-26 14:54:36 +00:00
Review some docs - Most of these were fine still, apart from: - FAQ: `hub` is less maintained than `gh`. - Brew-Maintainer-Guide: link to GitHub docs on commit signing via GPG or SSH. - Interesting-Taps-and-Forks: remove outdated information about `homebrew/core` being in `Library/Taps`. - New-Maintainer-Checklist: remove outdated information about the `@members` team. 2025-02-08 14:21:38 +00:00			Your taps are Git repositories located at `$(brew --repository)/Library/Taps`. As a normal user, you usually won't see `homebrew/core` here anymore and that's OK - [normal usage is via the JSON API](https://brew.sh/2023/02/16/homebrew-4.0.0/).
Import docs from wiki. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#33211. 2014-10-26 14:54:36 +00:00
Remove mentions to official taps There are none remaining. We don’t want PHP to get the deprecated messages until all formulae have been deleted so that will be in a later PR. 2018-03-31 13:42:33 +01:00			`## Unsupported interesting taps`
Update Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md 2021-11-14 11:25:12 -05:00
homebrew/autoupdate is no longer official. DomT4 and the Homebrew maintainers have agreed that homebrew/autoupdate is a better fit for not being an official tap and has been moved back to his user account. Documentation and code has been adjusted accordingly and it was added to the list of interesting taps. 2024-03-05 10:30:17 +00:00			* [DomT4/autoupdate](https://github.com/DomT4/homebrew-autoupdate): An external command to automatically run `brew update` (and optionally `brew upgrade` or `brew cleanup`) in the background with `launchd`.

Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			`* [homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg](https://github.com/homebrew-ffmpeg/homebrew-ffmpeg): A tap for FFmpeg with additional options, including nonfree additions.`
Import docs from wiki. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#33211. 2014-10-26 14:54:36 +00:00
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			* [denji/nginx](https://github.com/denji/homebrew-nginx): A tap for NGINX modules, intended for its `nginx-full` formula which includes more module options.
docs: update for homebrew-nginx migration 2017-11-17 16:37:22 -05:00
Update Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md 2021-11-14 11:25:12 -05:00			`* [InstantClientTap/instantclient](https://github.com/InstantClientTap/homebrew-instantclient): A tap for Oracle Instant Client.`
Import docs from wiki. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#33211. 2014-10-26 14:54:36 +00:00
Update Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md 2021-11-14 11:25:12 -05:00			`* [osx-cross/avr](https://github.com/osx-cross/homebrew-avr): GNU AVR toolchain (Libc, compilers and other tools for Atmel MCUs), useful for Arduino hackers and AVR programmers.`
Import docs from wiki. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#33211. 2014-10-26 14:54:36 +00:00
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			`* [petere/postgresql](https://github.com/petere/homebrew-postgresql): Allows installing multiple PostgreSQL versions in parallel.`
Import docs from wiki. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#33211. 2014-10-26 14:54:36 +00:00
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			`* [osrf/simulation](https://github.com/osrf/homebrew-simulation): Tools for robotics simulation.`
docs: update list of taps - the official homebrew/apache tap was removed - besport/ocaml was deprecated and now points at the OPAM package manager - added sidaf/pentest & osrf/simulation - improved description for homebrew/nginx & homebrew/php 2017-10-05 16:11:11 -04:00
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			`* [brewsci/bio](https://github.com/brewsci/homebrew-bio): Bioinformatics formulae.`
Interesting-Taps-and-Forks: add brewsci org taps. From the artist known as homebrew-science. 2018-01-11 13:56:40 +00:00
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			`* [davidchall/hep](https://github.com/davidchall/homebrew-hep): High energy physics formulae.`
docs: add two taps, update CI info and fix some wording. 2018-02-01 16:04:21 -05:00
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			`* [lifepillar/appleii](https://github.com/lifepillar/homebrew-appleii): Formulae for vintage Apple emulation.`
docs: add two taps, update CI info and fix some wording. 2018-02-01 16:04:21 -05:00
Add line breaks & indentation 2021-08-06 12:52:36 -04:00			* [gromgit/fuse](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse): macOS FUSE formulae that are no longer available in `homebrew/core`.
Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md: add gromgit/fuse 2021-04-27 11:04:16 +08:00
Update docs/Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md Co-authored-by: Carlo Cabrera <30379873+carlocab@users.noreply.github.com> 2022-01-31 23:20:29 -08:00			`* [cloudflare/cloudflare](https://github.com/cloudflare/homebrew-cloudflare): Formulae for the applications by Cloudflare, including curl with HTTP/3 support.`
docs: Add cloudflare/homebrew-cloudflare Add brew formulae from Cloudflare github. 2022-01-31 22:58:53 -08:00
docs/Interesting-Taps-and-Forks: add `apple/apple` I guess a tap made by Apple is interesting enough. 2023-11-21 00:44:54 +08:00			`* [apple/apple](https://github.com/apple/homebrew-apple): Formulae from Apple, including the Game Porting Toolkit.`

Remove mentions to official taps There are none remaining. We don’t want PHP to get the deprecated messages until all formulae have been deleted so that will be in a later PR. 2018-03-31 13:42:33 +01:00			`## Unsupported interesting forks`
Import docs from wiki. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#33211. 2014-10-26 14:54:36 +00:00
Update Interesting-Taps-and-Forks.md 2021-11-14 11:25:12 -05:00			`* [mistydemeo/tigerbrew](https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew): Experimental Tiger/Leopard PowerPC version.`