🍺 Vrew

A native macOS menu bar app for managing Homebrew services.

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Install

1. Download vrew.zip from the latest release
2. Unzip and move vrew.app to /Applications
3. Remove the Gatekeeper quarantine flag:

xattr -cr /Applications/vrew.app

4. Open vrew.app — the 🍺 icon appears in your menu bar

Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later and Homebrew installed.

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Features

• Lists all brew services with live status
• Start, Stop, Restart any service with one click
• Refreshes automatically every time you open the popover
• Supports Apple Silicon and Intel Macs

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Build from source

git clone https://github.com/youruser/vrew
cd vrew
bash scripts/build.sh

Output: build/vrew.app and build/vrew.zip

Requires Xcode 15+ and xcpretty (optional, gem install xcpretty).

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Release a new version

git tag v1.0.0
git push origin v1.0.0

GitHub Actions builds and publishes the release automatically.

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License

MIT