# Install bbrew with Homebrew, Nix

TUI for managing Homebrew, Flatpak, and Mac App Store packages. Version 2.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#bbrew.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:bbrew
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bbrew
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bbrew
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bb/bbrew/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:bbrew
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.3.2
- **Source summary:** TUI for managing Homebrew, Flatpak, and Mac App Store packages
- **Homepage:** <https://bold-brew.com>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Valkyrie00/bold-brew>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T10:56:32+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- bbrew (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.3.2
## Project history and usage

Bold Brew is a keyboard-driven terminal UI for managing Homebrew formulae and casks, Flatpak applications, and Mac App Store applications.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in January 2025 and the README presents the project as a modern package-management TUI for Homebrew-centered workflows.

### Adoption history

The README says Bold Brew is the official terminal UI for managing Homebrew in Project Bluefin and Aurora, and it is distributed through Homebrew and GitHub releases.

### How it is used

Users browse, search, filter, install, update, remove, scan, and export packages from a terminal interface; Brewfile mode can load local or remote Brewfiles and export installed packages.

### Why package nerds care

Bold Brew is notable for wrapping multiple package ecosystems in one TUI and surfacing package metadata, outdated state, Brewfile collections, and Homebrew vulnerability checks from a single interface.

### Timeline

- 2025: GitHub repository created.
- 2025: v1.0.0 appears in GitHub releases.
- 2026: v2.3.0 appears in GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- Homebrew, Flatpak, mas, Project Bluefin, Aurora

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Valkyrie00/bold-brew>
- <https://bold-brew.com/>
- <https://github.com/Valkyrie00/bold-brew#readme>


## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - bbrew: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bb/bbrew/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bbrew.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bbrew.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph