Maccy VS HomeBrew

Compare Maccy vs HomeBrew and see what are their differences.

Maccy

Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS (by p0deje)

HomeBrew

🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux) (by Homebrew)
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Maccy HomeBrew
30 1,281
10,391 39,303
- 1.5%
9.0 10.0
6 days ago 7 days ago
Swift Ruby
MIT License BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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Maccy

Posts with mentions or reviews of Maccy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-04.
  • Always paste without formatting on macOS
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Nov 2023
    Thanks for sharing. It’s nice to see thorough docs and tests https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy
  • Clipboard history
    2 projects | /r/MacOS | 17 May 2023
    I've been using this: https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy
  • MacOS improvement discussion
    5 projects | /r/MacOS | 15 May 2023
    The downloads are on GitHub here: https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy/releases
  • In your opinion, what is the best one-time (non-recurring) purchase Mac App?
    3 projects | /r/macapps | 3 May 2023
    Yes. Free and open source. Here. But you can support the developer by getting it from the Mac App Store. It's worth it the price.
  • Power User's Guide to the Galaxy
    9 projects | /r/MacOS | 2 May 2023
    With Alfred you can do almost anything efficiently.  Personally, I did get its powerpack to get all of Alfred's features; clipboard history and much more. Though when it comes to clipboard history there's a free alternative: Maccy. Back to Alfred - Alfred can also create workflows that allows you to control apps, make snippets and queries directly to websites that you can customize. Watch this video to learn more.
  • Keyboard tricks from a macOS app dev
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Apr 2023
    Yep, for now.

    https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy/issues/130

  • Maccy 0.26
    2 projects | /r/macapps | 16 Mar 2023
    Maccy - an open source clipboard manager that I develop got a new version 0.26 yesterday that I'm excited about. The whole changelog is in GitHub and some of the new features are making it a way more powerful tool that needs a bit more explanation, so I've decided to write this post, though I'm not sure if Reddit is the best place for this.
  • My apps so far.. any more recommendations?
    3 projects | /r/macapps | 26 Feb 2023
    Maccy - Clipboard History
  • Whats your opinion on Maccy app for MacOS?
    2 projects | /r/privacy | 19 Feb 2023
    Maccy is an open source app, so you can inspect the source code to make sure there is nothing malicious there - https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy. It's also fully sandboxed and doesn't allow outgoing communication so the data it stores never leaves your computer. All the data lives in $HOME/Library/Containers/org.p0deje.Maccy/.
  • Apps I use everyday thanks to this sub!
    2 projects | /r/macapps | 13 Feb 2023
    Guess I should add support for iCloud in Maccy. It’s been long due https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy/issues/182.

HomeBrew

Posts with mentions or reviews of HomeBrew. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-08.
  • Top Homebrew Alternative: ServBay Becomes the Go-To for Developers
    1 project | dev.to | 18 Apr 2024
    Homebrew is a highly popular package manager on macOS and Linux systems, enabling users to easily install, update, and uninstall command-line tools and applications. Its design philosophy focuses on simplifying the software installation process on macOS, eliminating the need for manual downloads and compilations of software packages.
  • Software Engineering Workflow
    6 projects | dev.to | 8 Apr 2024
    Homebrew - package manager for linux-based OSs.
  • Simulate your first Lightning transaction on the Bitcoin regtest network Part 1 (MacOS)
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Mar 2024
    Package Manager: Homebrew
  • Tools for Linux Distro Hoppers
    7 projects | dev.to | 27 Mar 2024
    Hopping from one distro to another with a different package manager might require some time to adapt. Using a package manager that can be installed on most distro is one way to help you get to work faster. Flatpak is one of them; other alternative are Snap, Nix or Homebrew. Flatpak is a good starter, and if you have a bunch of free time, I suggest trying Nix.
  • SQLite Schema Diagram Generator
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Mar 2024
    Are you using SQLite that ships with macOS, or SQLite installed from homebrew?

    I had a different problem in the past with the SQLite that ships with macOS, and have been using SQLite from homebrew since.

    So if it’s the one that comes with macOS that gives you this problem that you are having, try using SQLite from homebrew instead.

    https://brew.sh/

  • How to install (Ubuntu 22.10 VM) vagrant on Mac M1 ship using QEMU
    1 project | dev.to | 21 Mar 2024
    Before we begin, make sure you have Homebrew installed on your Mac. Homebrew is a package manager that makes it easy to install software and dependencies. You can install Homebrew by following the instructions on their website: https://brew.sh/
  • Perfect Elixir: Environment Setup
    3 projects | dev.to | 18 Mar 2024
    I’m on MacOS and erlang.org, elixir-lang.org, and postgresql.org all suggest installation via Homebrew, which is a very popular package manager for MacOS.
  • You're Installing Node.js Wrong. That's OK, Here Is How To Fix It 🙌
    2 projects | dev.to | 14 Mar 2024
    I have always either installed Node from the installer provided by the Nodejs website or, via Brew in macOS. I have also used nvm in the past but did not know that there was a best practice to guide us.
  • Test Driving a Rails API - Part One
    11 projects | dev.to | 11 Mar 2024
    A running Rails application needs a database to connect to. You may already have your database of choice installed, but if not, I recommend PostgreSQL, or Postgres for short. On a Mac, probably the easiest way to install it is with Posrgres.app. Another option, the one I prefer, is to use Homebrew. With Homebrew installed, this command will install PostgreSQL version 16 along with libpq:
  • Effective Neovim Setup. A Beginner’s Guide
    5 projects | dev.to | 9 Mar 2024
    On a macOS machine, you can use homebrew by running the command.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Maccy and HomeBrew you can also consider the following projects:

Flycut - Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers

spack - A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.

open-source-mac-os-apps - 🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps

asdf - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

CopyQ - Clipboard manager with advanced features

Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code

Pasteboard-Viewer - đź“‹ Inspect the system pasteboards on macOS

winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

AlDente-Charge-Limiter - macOS menubar tool to set Charge Limits and prolong battery lifespan

osxfuse - FUSE extends macOS by adding support for user space file systems

iina - The modern video player for macOS.

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows