I recently discovered "zerobrew" and decided to switch over from Homebrew. To prepare for the transition, I've been cleaning up my Homebrew packages using these commands.
Since zerobrew doesn't support every package available on Homebrew yet (for example, "Codex"), I'm currently running both side-by-side.
zb install codex
==> Installing codex...
Note: This package can't be installed with zerobrew.
Error: missing formula 'codex'
Try installing with Homebrew instead:
brew install codex
error: missing formula 'codex'
Execution time: 0.94s
lucasgelfond
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zerobrew
A 5-20x faster experimental Homebrew alternative
zerobrew
zerobrew brings uv-style architecture to Homebrew packages on macOS and Linux.
Install
curl -fsSL https://zerobrew.rs/install | bash
After install, run the export command it prints (or restart your terminal).
Quick start
zb install jq # install one package
zb install wget git # install multiple
zb bundle # install from Brewfile
zb bundle install -f myfile # install from custom file
zb bundle dump # export installed packages to Brewfile
zb bundle dump -f out --force # dump to custom file (overwrite)
zb uninstall jq # uninstall one package
zb reset # uninstall everything
zb gc # garbage collect unused store entries
zbx jq --version # run without linking
Performance snapshot
| Package | Homebrew | ZB (cold) | ZB (warm) | Cold Speedup | Warm Speedup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (top 100) | 452s | 226s | 59s | 2.0x | 7.6x |
| ffmpeg | 3034ms | 3481ms | 688ms | 0.9x | 4.4x |
| libsodium | 2353ms | 392ms | 130ms | 6.0x | 18.1x |
| sqlite | 2876ms | 625ms | 159ms | 4.6x | 18.1x |
| tesseract | 18950ms |
brew leaves
Show packages that are not dependencies of other packages.
brew autoremove
Remove unused dependencies that are no longer needed.
brew doctor
To diagnose and fix potential issues in my setup.
brew cleanup
Remove stale lock files and outdated downloads.
Usage: brew cleanup [options] [formula|cask ...]
Remove stale lock files and outdated downloads for all formulae and casks, and
remove old versions of installed formulae. If arguments are specified, only do
this for the given formulae and casks. Removes all downloads more than 120 days
old. This can be adjusted with $HOMEBREW_CLEANUP_MAX_AGE_DAYS.
--prune Remove all cache files older than specified
days. If you want to remove everything, use
--prune=all.
-n, --dry-run Show what would be removed, but do not
actually remove anything.
-s, --scrub Scrub the cache, including downloads for even
the latest versions. Note that downloads for
any installed formulae or casks will still
not be deleted. If you want to delete those
too: rm -rf "$(brew --cache)"
--prune-prefix Only prune the symlinks and directories from
the prefix and remove no other files.
-d, --debug Display any debugging information.
-q, --quiet Make some output more quiet.
-v, --verbose Make some output more verbose.
-h, --help Show this message.
brew bundle dump
Create a Brewfile to snapshot your current setup.
brew bundle --force cleanup
Uninstall everything not listed in your Brewfile.
I have used the alias, brew_all
.zshrc
alias brew_all="brew outdated && brew update && brew upgrade && brew cleanup -s"
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