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Install devonsphere-express with Homebrew Cask
Find items related to the frontmost document locally or online. Version 1.9.10 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Find items related to the frontmost document locally or online
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Project history and usage
DEVONsphere Express is a macOS menu-bar search assistant that finds local and online items related to the user's current document or explicit query. It combines contextual discovery, Boolean search, filters, previews, and related-item analysis.
Project history
DEVONsphere Express was created by DEVONtechnologies using the company's information-analysis technology. It became the desktop edition of DEVONsphere focused on finding related emails, documents, articles, and web pages from the context of the frontmost application.
Adoption history
DEVONsphere Express occupies a niche between Spotlight-style local search and DEVONtechnologies' document-centric products. Its menu-bar presentation and contextual search model are aimed at users who want related local or web material without first importing everything into a dedicated database.
How it is used
Users leave DEVONsphere Express running in the menu bar, invoke it from its leaf icon or macOS Services, and search or discover material related to the frontmost document. Full Disk Access improves its ability to search protected sources such as Mail, Messages, Safari, Home, and Time Machine data.
Why package nerds care
The cask is interesting to Mac package users as a specialized, proprietary menu-bar search utility with its own semantic index. It complements rather than replaces Spotlight and DEVONthink, and may require Full Disk Access to search protected data.
Timeline
- 2012: DEVONtechnologies support material documented DEVONsphere Express as a menu-bar application with built-in help.
- 2026: Version 1.9.9 was the current official release, requiring macOS Big Sur or later.
Related projects
- DEVONthink stores and organizes documents and can appear among DEVONsphere results.
- DEVONagent focuses on web research and metasearch.
- Apple Spotlight supplies system search capabilities and metadata importers that DEVONsphere can complement.
Sources
- Official downloads page: https://devontechnologies.com/download/apps
- Official product page: https://devontechnologies.com/apps/devonsphere
- Official support FAQ: https://shop.devontechnologies.com/support/faq
security posture
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.9.10
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonsphere
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonspherenone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:devonsphere-express |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9.10 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/devonsphere-express |
| Homepage | https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonsphere |
| Upstream docs | https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonsphere |
| Source archive | https://download.devontechnologies.com/download/devonsphere/1.9.10/DEVONsphere_Express.app.zip |
| SHA-256 | 9e3da18965f7543d5c07a29a54666725d2a7cda82591ada68eee9221816a53cf |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | devonsphere-express |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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