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Install fresh with Homebrew Cask

Keep your recently modified files at hand and up-to-date. Version 4.0.7 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install fresh.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install --cask fresh

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Keep your recently modified files at hand and up-to-date

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

Fresh is a macOS file-workflow utility from Ironic Software that surfaces recently created or modified files and provides a temporary shelf called the Cooler.

Project history

Ironic Software created Fresh to make recently downloaded, edited, or otherwise active files easier to recover than through repeated Finder searches. The application evolved through at least four major generations; official posts record Fresh 2 maintenance in 2012 and Fresh 4 releases with current macOS support.

Adoption history

Fresh remains a specialist macOS utility distributed directly by Ironic Software. Official release posts document continued maintenance across modern macOS versions, including native Apple Silicon support in the Fresh 4 generation.

How it is used

Fresh watches for newly downloaded, saved, or edited files and lists pointers to them in Fresh Files. Users can drag important items to the Cooler, search through Spotlight, tag or rate files, exclude noisy locations or types, and invoke the window with a keyboard shortcut. Removing a pointer from Fresh does not remove the underlying file.

Why package nerds care

Fresh represents a distinct class of Mac utility that supplements Finder and Spotlight rather than replacing the filesystem. Its value lies in maintaining a transient, workflow-oriented view over files stored in many different directories.

Timeline

  • 2012: Ironic Software released Fresh 2.0.8 with improved Spotlight searching.
  • 2021: Fresh 4.0.4 added native Apple Silicon support and support for then-current macOS releases.
  • 2026: Ironic Software reported continued compatibility of its current Fresh release with the latest macOS generation.

Related projects

  • Fresh is developed alongside Ironic Software's Leap and Yep file and document-management applications and uses macOS Spotlight for search.

Sources

  • Official 2012 release post: https://ironicsoftware.com/leap-screencast-leap-3-1-3-yep-3-1-3-fresh-2-0-8/
  • Official Fresh page: https://ironicsoftware.com/fresh/
  • Official Ironic Software news: https://ironicsoftware.com/category/news/

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fresh. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

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No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04
manager version4.0.7
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://ironicsoftware.com/fresh/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://ironicsoftware.com/fresh/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:fresh
Version4.0.7
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/fresh
Homepagehttps://ironicsoftware.com/fresh/
Upstream docshttps://ironicsoftware.com/fresh/
Source archivehttps://ironicsoftware.com/downloads/Fresh.zip
SHA-256no_check
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenfresh
Names
  • Fresh
Conflicts With
Cask
general-software-fresh
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

MacPorts95%

fresh

sudo port install fresh
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Fresh
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: editors/fresh/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/fresh

scoop install main/fresh
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Fresh
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fresh.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • fresh-editorLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: fresh, your.
  • tricksterLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: files, modified, recently.
  • modern-web-guidanceLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: date, keep, your.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment