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Interactive TUI for Homebrew. Version 0.6.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.
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overview
Package summary
Interactive TUI for Homebrew
Project links
Commands and aliases
- taproom
history
Project history and usage
taproom is a terminal UI for Homebrew that turns formulae and cask browsing into an interactive package-management workflow. It is a recent entry in the wave of TUI wrappers around command-line package managers.
Project history
The official repository describes taproom as a Homebrew TUI for exploring formulae and casks from the terminal. The GitHub API metadata shows the repository was created in June 2025, and the official release stream reached v0.6.1 in May 2026.
Adoption history
taproom began as a Homebrew-focused utility and is packaged directly as the Homebrew formula brew:taproom in the supplied input. Its README also notes terminal-community visibility through Terminal Trove's Tool of the Week mention on July 15, 2025.
How it is used
taproom is used to search Homebrew packages, inspect formula and cask details, view dependencies and reverse dependencies, sort by popularity or disk usage, and run brew operations such as install, uninstall, upgrade, pin, and unpin from a TUI.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care because taproom exposes Homebrew metadata that normally requires several separate brew commands. It makes dependency chains, dependents, install state, casks, and 90-day popularity visible in one interface, which is useful when auditing or pruning a development machine.
Timeline
- 2025-06: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2025-07: README notes Terminal Trove Tool of the Week visibility.
- 2026-01: v0.5.0 release published.
- 2026-05: v0.6.1 release published.
Related projects
- Homebrew, brew formulae and casks, bold-brew, Bubble Tea, Bubbles, Lip Gloss, GitHub CLI.
Sources
- GitHub API for hzqtc/taproom: repository creation date and release dates.
- https://github.com/hzqtc/taproom official README: Homebrew TUI, features, install command, dependencies, alternatives.
- input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew package entry.
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for taproom. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
taproom | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version0.6.2
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:taproom |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/hzqtc/taproom |
| Repository | https://github.com/hzqtc/taproom |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T00:50:33+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation