# Install taproom with Homebrew

Interactive TUI for Homebrew. Version 0.6.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:taproom
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install taproom
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:taproom
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.6.2
- **Source summary:** Interactive TUI for Homebrew
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/hzqtc/taproom>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hzqtc/taproom>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T00:50:33+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- taproom (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.6.2
## 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 Notes

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.



## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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