CAcachebag·Oct 8, 2026Submission
Zerobrew: A faster alternative to Homebrew
116 points · Open discussionzerobrewhq
zerobrew
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zerobrewhq / zerobrew
zerobrew
An up to 10x faster Homebrew client
10Distinct people
10Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
8.3KGitHub stars
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What it is
An up to 10x faster Homebrew client
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
Thank you for your work on Homebrew, I use it every day. On the matter of speed and parallel downloads, how does this release compare to Zerobrew [0]? On another note, to…
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by month10 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2026-01-26 01:21:11 UTC to 2026-10-08 03:23:08 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2026 | 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2026 | 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
10 sourcesThank you for your work on Homebrew, I use it every day. On the matter of speed and parallel downloads, how does this release compare to Zerobrew [0]?
On another note, to commenters here, I've been using brew bundle with the Brewfile more and more these days as a declarative list of all user packages installed, should I just move to Mise or Nix instead? What are the benefits and drawbacks? Last time I used Nix on my MacBook a few years ago it seemed to brick my whole system so not sure what that was about.
[0] https://github.com/lucasgelfond/zerobrew
In Show HN: Homebrew 6.0.0It might be good to explain how this differs from zerobrew [0], which is trying to accomplish the same thing
[0] https://github.com/lucasgelfond/zerobrew
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