We put as much stuff as possible in `/usr/local/Homebrew` and `/usr/local/Cellar` now so hopefully that helps a bit. `/usr/local/bin` and friends are now mostly

We put as much stuff as possible in `/usr/local/Homebrew` and `/usr/local/Cellar` now so hopefully that helps a bit. `/usr/local/bin` and friends are now mostly just symlinks. As mentioned in another comment, we've got some historical and current reasons for this location and build our binary packages (bottles) for there but you can install Homebrew in any location you want: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Installation.md#alternative-installs https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Installati...