jakewmeyer/Brewfile-Generator

Generates a Homebrew Brewfile from currently installed formula for easy backup/migration to a new macOS system

Archive Notes

Homebrew brew bundle dump command offers the same functionality, see this article for an example.

Brewfile Generator

CLI utility for autogenerating .gitignore files to STDOUT

Purpose

• Written to provide an easy way of generating a brewfile from currently installed brews/casks
• Generating brewfiles makes it easy to migrate to a new mac without forgetting Homebrew packages

Install / Setup

$ gem install brewfile

Usage

Overwrite existing brewfile

$ brewfile > ~/brewfile

Append existing brewfile

$ brewfile >> ~/brewfile

Install brews/casks from brewfile

$ cd ~
$ brew bundle

Sample Output

tap 'caskroom/cask'

# Core Homebrew
brew 'autoconf'
brew 'automake'
brew 'bats'
brew 'bdw-gc'
brew 'cmake'
brew 'coreutils'
brew 'crystal-lang'
brew 'curl'
brew 'dosbox'
brew 'findutils'
brew 'fish'
brew 'gdbm'
brew 'geo'
brew 'gettext'
brew 'git'
brew 'gmp'
brew 'go'
brew 'gradle'
brew 'grep'
brew 'gzip'
brew 'icu4c'
brew 'jq'
brew 'libevent'
brew 'libffi'
brew 'libgpg-error'
brew 'libidn2'
brew 'libksba'
brew 'libogg'
brew 'libpng'
brew 'libtool'
brew 'libunistring'
brew 'libvorbis'
brew 'libyaml'
brew 'libzip'
brew 'llvm'
brew 'mas'
brew 'maven'
brew 'nasm'
brew 'nginx'
brew 'nmap'
brew 'node'
brew 'oniguruma'
brew 'openssl'
brew 'openssl@1.1'
brew 'pcre'
brew 'pcre2'
brew 'perl'
brew 'pkg-config'
brew 'python'
brew 'python3'
brew 'readline'
brew 'redis'
brew 'ruby'
brew 'sdl'
brew 'sdl_net'
brew 'sdl_sound'
brew 'sqlite'
brew 'terraform'
brew 'tldr'
brew 'tmux'
brew 'unrar'
brew 'vim'
brew 'w3m'
brew 'wget'
brew 'xz'

# Cask Apps
cask 'docker-toolbox'
cask 'google-chrome'
cask 'hyper'
cask 'java'
cask 'robo-3t'
cask 'sequel-pro'
cask 'slack'
cask 'spotify'
cask 'vagrant'
cask 'virtualbox'
cask 'wireshark'