mead Install

Pre-alpha, macOS Apple Silicon

mead is a native Homebrew GUI for macOS

Browse, search, and update your Homebrew formulae and casks in a native macOS app, built with Go and Wails.

Get mead View on GitHub

Free and open source. Runs locally, only a security scan reaches the network, see details.

The mead Installed view, listing 218 formulae and casks with type, version, and status columns, and pin and uninstall actions per row.

Features

Packages, system, and care, in one place

mead runs the real Homebrew commands underneath, streamed live to a console you can cancel at any time. Here's a closer look at what it does most often.

The mead Dashboard view, showing 204 formulae installed, 14 casks installed, 0 outdated, a health tile, and quick actions to update Homebrew, upgrade all, or run brew doctor.

Packages

Dashboard

Open mead and see your whole Homebrew install at a glance: how many formulae and casks you have, how many are outdated, and a health tile flagging anything deprecated, disabled, or pinned. Update Homebrew, upgrade everything, or run brew doctor in one click.

The mead Installed view, listing formulae and casks with type, version, and status columns, and pin, upgrade, and uninstall actions per row.

Packages

Installed

Every formula and cask you have installed, in one filterable table. Sort by type, outdated status, or favorites, then select several packages for a bulk action, or work a single row with pin, upgrade, and uninstall.

The mead Search view showing live results for the term python, including formulae like ipython and python-matplotlib with install buttons.

Packages

Search

Search Homebrew's full catalog of formulae and casks as you type, with an option to search descriptions too. Packages you already have installed are labeled right in the results, and installing a new one is one click away.

The mead Security view, offering vulnerability scanning against OSV.dev, duplicate detection, and missing dependency checks for installed formulae.

Care

Security

Scan installed formulae against OSV.dev's public advisory database, find duplicate installs, and check casks for Gatekeeper and code-signing issues, with quarantine-flag removal built in.

Install

Get mead

Requires Homebrew already installed and macOS on Apple Silicon (arm64).

brew tap DaKiLloTh/mead
brew install --cask mead

This handles the unsigned-build quarantine situation automatically. Or download the latest release directly View the tap source View the app source

FAQ

Good to know

Is mead free?

Yes. mead is free and open source, released under its repository's license on GitHub.

Is this a stable release?

Not yet. Every release is labeled pre-alpha until the project is considered stable. Expect rough edges.

Why does Gatekeeper warn me when I open it?

Release builds are unsigned, there is no Apple Developer ID behind this project. Installing via the Homebrew tap handles the quarantine flag automatically. If you download the DMG or zip directly from Releases instead, see that release's notes for the one-line Gatekeeper fix.

What does mead send over the network?

Only OSV.dev vulnerability lookups when you run a security scan, and only a formula's name and version, nothing else about your system. Everything else mead stores (favorites, tags, notes, snoozes, history) stays local to your machine.

Does mead work on Intel Macs?

Not currently. Builds target macOS on Apple Silicon (arm64) only.