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> Homebrew Or MacPorts, which was created by Apple employee and inventor of the FreeBSD ports system Jordan Hubbard, has more packages than Homebrew, and has a
by marxisttemp 3y ago
> Homebrew
Or MacPorts, which was created by Apple employee and inventor of the FreeBSD ports system Jordan Hubbard, has more packages than Homebrew, and has a much more correct design. Homebrew is a bit of a joke in comparison, not sure why it gets all the attention.
- Alifatisk 3y agoReally? MacPorts has more packages than homebrew?
- marxisttemp 3y agoIndeed, MacPorts has over 36,000. Homebrew doesn’t list an official number and I’m not at my computer to check myself, but the count was under 5,000 as of 2019: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/324084/how-can-i-determine-the-current-brew-package-count https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/324084/how-can-i-d...
- iainmerrick 3y agoI don't know either! I've tried MacPorts in the past but for some reason I always ended up on Homebrew again -- I can't recall why. I should probably give it another try. One possible minor advantage of Homebrew is that it works on both macOS and Linux. I recently found this very handy for setting up a project with developers on Macs and CI on Linux. Almost no OS-specific build steps were needed. A couple more points, from a quick scan of the respective docs: "Homebrew won’t install files outside its prefix and you can place a Homebrew installation wherever you like." The MacPorts docs are much less clear, I can't tell if it can do that. Homebrew gives "brew install --cask firefox" as an example of installing a GUI app. MacPorts doesn't seem to have Firefox. I'm curious what makes MacPorts "much more correct", if anyone wants to clarify that.