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Install caskhub with Homebrew Cask
Native GUI for Homebrew casks. Version 0.9.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Native GUI for Homebrew casks
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Commands and aliases
No executable aliases were found in the local package database.
history
Project history and usage
CaskHub is a native macOS graphical frontend and discovery interface for Homebrew casks. It uses Homebrew's public API for browsing and analytics, reads local Caskroom receipts, and invokes the user's real brew executable for package operations.
Project history
CaskHub was created as a free, open-source SwiftUI application that presents Homebrew casks as a native macOS app store. Its feature set grew to include popularity charts, category browsing, installed-app detection, update handling, adoption of applications installed outside Homebrew, and native authorization prompts.
Adoption history
CaskHub is available as a downloadable macOS application and as a Homebrew cask. Its interoperability with the brew command line lets users move between graphical and terminal-driven package management without creating a separate application inventory.
How it is used
Users can browse the cask catalog without Homebrew installed. Installing, updating, adopting, or uninstalling applications requires Homebrew; resulting installations remain manageable through either CaskHub or the brew command line.
Why package nerds care
CaskHub is explicitly built around Homebrew Cask culture. It exposes catalog metadata, installation analytics, Caskroom receipts, custom Homebrew prefixes, formula operations, and externally installed app adoption through a native interface. This makes Homebrew's packaging model approachable without hiding the underlying brew-managed state.
Timeline
- Initial development: CaskHub was introduced as a native SwiftUI interface for Homebrew casks.
- Later development: The application added charts, categorization, app adoption, update detection, privacy controls, and CaskFlow-produced metadata.
- 2026: The supplied Homebrew Cask record distributes CaskHub 0.6.9.
Related projects
- Homebrew provides the package manager and public cask catalog consumed by CaskHub.
- CaskFlow is the companion pipeline that produces CaskHub category data, first-seen dates, and application icons.
- Sparkle supplies CaskHub's built-in application-update mechanism.
Sources
- https://caskhub.app/
- https://github.com/alielsokary/CaskHub
- source_facts.package-manager.brew-cask
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for caskhub. 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 version0.9.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/alielsokary/CaskHub
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/alielsokary/CaskHubnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:caskhub |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/caskhub |
| Homepage | https://caskhub.app/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/alielsokary/CaskHub |
| Upstream docs | https://caskhub.app/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/alielsokary/CaskHub/releases/download/0.9.3/CaskHub-0.9.3.zip |
| SHA-256 | 7fdcd7da117a9b6f2bf4695cc1ef57f0f6113f37ed44ba1a7a4999e52dba9ad8 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | caskhub |
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| Depends On | |
| Artifacts | |
| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment