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Homebrew is a non-profit project run entirely by volunteers, not employees. We need your funds to pay for software, hardware and hosting around continuous integ

Homebrew is a non-profit project run entirely by volunteers, not employees. We need your funds to pay for software, hardware and hosting around continuous integration and future improvements to the project. Every donation will be spent on making Homebrew better for our users. Please consider a regular donation through GitHub Sponsors, OpenCollective and Patreon. I donate to a lot of open source projects that I benefit from, but I’ve never really thought about Homebrew. I will get onto it.

AussieWog93 4mo ago
I'm amazed they're not sponsored by Apple themselves, or at the very least major mac-forward Dev houses.
- cromka 4mo ago
  If it wasn't for Brew, macOS would have no chance against Linux as a dev platform.
  - ryanisnan 4mo ago
    I think you're right - it's one of the reasons I prefer a mac as a dev platform.
  - frumplestlatz 4mo ago
    Apple developed — and for many years afterwards, hosted —- MacPorts.
    - cromka 4mo ago
      Apple employees did. Not Apple themselves. As for hosting, it was hosted on an equivalent of SourceForge, where many other opensource projects unaffiliated with Apple were. And we all know how MacPorts failed to actually gain any significant momentum.
      - frumplestlatz 4mo ago
        No, Apple employees originally authored the project on Apple’s time. And it was first hosted at OpenDarwin — which was Apple-run and not available for arbitrary public hosting. It was then hosted at OpenDarwin’s successor — Mac OS Forge. That was also Apple-run and not available for arbitrary project hosting. MacPorts was an Apple-authored and ultimately Apple-supported project for ~15 years. As for momentum, the project is still going strong 25 years later, so I’m not really sure what you’re referring to.
        cromka 4mo ago
        > As for momentum, the project is still going strong 25 years later, so I’m not really sure what you’re referring to. I am referring to a significant momentum. You know, like the momentum Brew has.

AussieWog93 4mo ago

I'm amazed they're not sponsored by Apple themselves, or at the very least major mac-forward Dev houses.

cromka 4mo ago
If it wasn't for Brew, macOS would have no chance against Linux as a dev platform.
- ryanisnan 4mo ago
  I think you're right - it's one of the reasons I prefer a mac as a dev platform.
- frumplestlatz 4mo ago
  Apple developed — and for many years afterwards, hosted —- MacPorts.
  - cromka 4mo ago
    Apple employees did. Not Apple themselves. As for hosting, it was hosted on an equivalent of SourceForge, where many other opensource projects unaffiliated with Apple were. And we all know how MacPorts failed to actually gain any significant momentum.
    - frumplestlatz 4mo ago
      No, Apple employees originally authored the project on Apple’s time. And it was first hosted at OpenDarwin — which was Apple-run and not available for arbitrary public hosting. It was then hosted at OpenDarwin’s successor — Mac OS Forge. That was also Apple-run and not available for arbitrary project hosting. MacPorts was an Apple-authored and ultimately Apple-supported project for ~15 years. As for momentum, the project is still going strong 25 years later, so I’m not really sure what you’re referring to.
      - cromka 4mo ago
        > As for momentum, the project is still going strong 25 years later, so I’m not really sure what you’re referring to. I am referring to a significant momentum. You know, like the momentum Brew has.