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).

Demo

Quick start

zb install jq                   # install one package
zb install wget git             # install multiple
zb install --file Brewfile      # install from a manifest
zb bundle                       # shorthand for ./Brewfile
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	5536ms	643ms	3.4x	29.5x

Project status

• Status: Experimental, but already useful for many common Homebrew formulas.
• Feedback: If you hit incompatibilities, please open an issue or PR.
• License: Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 OR MIT, at your choice.