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								# Interesting Taps & Branches
 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								A Tap is homebrew-speak for a git repository containing extra formulae.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								Homebrew has the capability to add (and remove) multiple taps to your local installation with the `brew tap`  and `brew untap`  command. Type `man brew`  in your Terminal. The main repository https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew often called "Homebrew/homebrew" is always built-in.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								## Main Taps
 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/science ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A collection of scientific libraries and tools.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/dupes ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Need GDB or a newer Tk? System duplicates go here.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/versions ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								    -  Need e.g. older or newer versions of Postgresql? Older versions of GCC?
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*    [homebrew/games ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-games )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								    -  Game or gaming-emulation related formulae.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*    [homebrew/apache ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-apache )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A tap for Apache modules, extending OS X's built-in Apache. These brews may require unconventional additional setup, as explained in the caveats.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*    [homebrew/head-only ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-head-only )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A tap for brews that only have unstable, unreleased versions.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/devel-only ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-devel-only )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A tap for brews that only have pre-release/development versions.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*    [homebrew/php ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Repository for php-related formulae.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/python ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-python )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A few Python formulae that do not build well with `pip`  alone.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/completions ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-completions )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Shell completion formulae.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/x11 ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-x11 )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Formulae with hard X11 dependencies.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/boneyard ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-boneyard )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Formula are not deleted, they are moved here.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/nginx ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-nginx )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								    -  Feature rich Nginx tap for modules.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*    [homebrew/binary ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-binary )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Precompiled binary formulae.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*    [homebrew/brewdler ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-brewdler )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A Bundler-equivalent for installing project dependencies from Homebrew.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								`brew search`  looks in these main taps and as well in [Homebrew/homebrew ](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew ). So don't worry about missing stuff. We will add other taps to the search as they become well maintained and popular.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								You can be added as a maintainer for one of the Homebrew organization taps and aid the project! If you are interested write to our list: homebrew@librelist .com. We want your help!
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								## Other Interesting Taps
 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [larsimmisch/avr ](https://github.com/larsimmisch/homebrew-avr )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  GNU AVR toolchain (avr-gcc etc. for Arduino hackers).
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [titanous/gnuradio ](https://github.com/titanous/homebrew-gnuradio )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -   GNU Radio and friends running on OS X.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [besport/ocaml ](https://github.com/besport/homebrew-ocaml )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A tap for Ocaml libraries, though with caveats, it requires you install its customized ocaml formula. Perhaps a template for more work.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [petere/postgresql ](https://github.com/petere/homebrew-postgresql )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Allows installing multiple PostgreSQL versions in parallel.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [iMichka/MacVTKITKPythonBottles ](https://github.com/iMichka/homebrew-MacVTKITKPythonBottles )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  VTK and ITK binaries with Python wrapping.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [edavis/emacs ](https://github.com/edavis/homebrew-emacs )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  A tap for Emacs packages.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								## Interesting Branches (aka forks)
 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [mistydemeo/tigerbrew ](https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Experimental Tiger PowerPC version
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [homebrew/linuxbrew ](https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Experimental Linux version
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								*    [wilmoore/homebrew-home ](https://github.com/wilmoore/homebrew-home )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  Homebrew install for those that like to Homebrew @ $HOME (i.e. ~/.homebrew).
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*    [nddrylliog/homebrew-mingw ](https://github.com/nddrylliog/homebrew-mingw )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								    -  An experimental port of Homebrew for Windows (with an MSYS/MinGW environment).
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## Technical Details
 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
								Your taps are git repositories located at `$(brew --prefix)/Library/Taps` .