It's easy to get lost in all the hate, as those groups tend to be more vocal. So I'm writing this here just to what I reasonably can to stand up against all the

It's easy to get lost in all the hate, as those groups tend to be more vocal. So I'm writing this here just to what I reasonably can to stand up against all the negativity. I feel so helpless just reading all these comments. Homebrew is excellent software, and the malice expressed in this and similar threads does in no way reflect (my) real world experience of people's perception of Homebrew. I would go so far to say it's probably the best piece of software that I know, it's really easy to use, always works and helpful if something goes wrong. Good software is pretty rare to find, especially open source software with no commercial backing.