git VS HomeBrew

Compare git vs HomeBrew and see what are their differences.

git

A fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. (by git-for-windows)

HomeBrew

🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux) (by Homebrew)
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git HomeBrew
614 1248
7,872 37,820
0.5% 1.0%
9.9 9.9
9 days ago 3 days ago
C Ruby
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

git

Posts with mentions or reviews of git. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-19.
  • An AsyncAPI Example: Building Your First Event-driven API
    6 projects | dev.to | 19 Sep 2023
    Git
  • Basics of Git
    2 projects | dev.to | 17 Sep 2023
    Before you start using Git, you need to install it on your computer. You can download and install Git from the official website (https://git-scm.com/). Once installed, open a terminal or command prompt and run the following commands to configure Git with your name and email:
  • Publish an NPM Package from a GitHub Repository
    2 projects | dev.to | 13 Sep 2023
    Git: You should have Git installed on your machine. You can download it from the official website (https://git-scm.com/).
  • Better Git Commits with `@commitlint`
    2 projects | dev.to | 11 Sep 2023
    When working on a project together, Git is a crucial tool that help teams collaborate smoothly. One of the key features is commits, which act like snapshots of the project's progress.
  • "Мобильная" разработка. [Системы контроля версий, Git]
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Sep 2023
    Официальный сайт Git
  • Running an Arweave Gateway in the Dark Web
    4 projects | dev.to | 4 Sep 2023
    You need Git, Docker, and a browser that's able to handle .onion addresses (e.g., Tor Browser or Brave).
  • Unix sockets, Cygwin, SSH agents, and sadness
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Aug 2023
    > Git for Windows is built on top of msys2, which in turn is built on top of Cygwin.

    you can get native Windows Git as well. its called MinGit:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.42.0....

  • pyaction 4.22.0 Released
    4 projects | dev.to | 28 Aug 2023
    This Docker image is designed to support implementing Github Actions with Python. As of version 4.0.0., it starts with the official python docker image as the base which is a Debian OS. It specifically uses python:3-slim to keep the image size down for faster loading of Github Actions that use pyaction. On top of the base, we've installed curl gpg, git, and the GitHub CLI. We added curl and gpg because they are needed to install the GitHub CLI, and they may come in handy anyway (especially curl) when implementing a GitHub Action.
  • Fortran
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Aug 2023
    > I didn’t intend to say that «not official» means «bad».

    Yes, I know, I understood that. Thank you. I was reacting to the term official, since it is an interesting question what official means for Fortran, since in a way it was "abandoned", there was the ISO committee as the only official body, but nobody wanted to provide an official place for it on the internet. So we volunteered that. In a way, I think it could already be treated as official, or if not, hopefully in a few years most people will treat it as the de-facto official. Kind of like the git webpage has migrated from https://repo.or.cz/ to https://git-scm.com/, but both in a way are unofficial, but the second one is a nice modern webpage and most people liked it and accepted it as official. I don't know the people behind either webpage.

  • Understanding Git and GitHub
    2 projects | dev.to | 20 Aug 2023
    Git can be directly installed from this website. (https://git-scm.com/)

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 2023-11-29.
  • Python Versions and Release Cycles
    4 projects | dev.to | 29 Nov 2023
    For OSX there is homebrew or pyenv (pyenv is another solution on Linux). As pyenv compiles from source it will require setting up XCode (the Apple IDE) tools to support this which can be pretty bulky. Windows users have chocolatey but the issue there is it works off the binaries. That means it won't have the latest security release available since those are source only. Conda is also another solution which can be picked up by Visual Studio Code as available versions of Python making development easier. In the end it might be best to consider using WSL on Windows for installing a Linux version and using that instead.
  • Essential Terminal Settings for macOS
    2 projects | dev.to | 20 Nov 2023
    A package manager simplifies the process of installing, updating, and removing software packages on a computer. Homebrew is a package manager designed specifically for macOS. To install HomeBrew run the command:
  • The Tools you most needed on Mac
    2 projects | /r/macapps | 19 Nov 2023
    https://brew.sh/ missing package manager for MacOS
  • 11 Ways to Optimize Your Website
    12 projects | dev.to | 12 Nov 2023
    If you are using Mac, you can install FFmpeg with Homebrew:
  • [MacOS] Setting up zsh in MacOS, any hints, dos/don'ts, advice, or guides?
    3 projects | /r/commandline | 10 Nov 2023
    Now, I do have free time and desire to learn how to customize and personalize my shell. I did some googling on how to set up zsh but found plenty of different takes, paths, recommended software, and whatnot (for example, (don't)re-install zsh using homebrew, (don't)use warp, (don't)install Oh My ZSH, and so on).
  • Jekyll Tutorial: How To Create a Static Website
    5 projects | dev.to | 25 Oct 2023
    To fix this, you’d need to install Ruby correctly using a version manager such as chruby. You’d need to install Homebrew on your Mac first using the command below in your terminal:
  • How to secure JavaScript applications right from the CLI
    8 projects | dev.to | 24 Oct 2023
    There are a number of ways that you can install the Snyk CLI on your machine, ranging from using the available stand-alone executables to using package managers such as Homebrew for macOS and Scoop for Windows.
  • Top 10 Tips for using GitHub from the Command Line
    3 projects | dev.to | 13 Oct 2023
    I'm using MacOS, so I'll be using Homebrew to install the GitHub CLI. If you're using Windows or Linux, you can find instructions for installing the GitHub CLI here.
  • How to update cURL
    3 projects | dev.to | 11 Oct 2023
    The most popular third-party package manager for macOS is Homebrew. The latest version of curl on Homebrew is 8.3.0, released mid-September.
  • OpenAI Whisper: Transcribe in the Terminal for free
    5 projects | dev.to | 10 Oct 2023
    While you can install it in many ways, the easiest is using a package manager like Homebrew for macOS or chocolatey for Windows.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code

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

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).

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.

ohmyzsh - 🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,200+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

nvm - Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions

chromebrew - Package manager for Chrome OS [Moved to: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew]

Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.

git-lfs - Git extension for versioning large files