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An MCP server for the Homebrew package manager.

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Author: Homebrew
Downloads: 424
Categories: Other

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below

Plugin Name Homebrew

Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Install Homebrew via the command on the homepage, then use brew install to install packages, brew update to update Homebrew itself, and brew doctor to troubleshoot issues. Browse available packages with brew formulae or online at formulae.brew.sh.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "homebrew": {
            "homebrew": {
                "command": "brew",
                "args": [
                    "mcp-server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "homebrew": {
        "command": "brew",
        "args": [
            "mcp-server"
        ]
    }
}

Homebrew

Features, usage and installation instructions are summarised on the homepage. Terminology (e.g. the difference between a Cellar, Tap, Cask and so forth) is explained here.

What Packages Are Available?

1. Type brew formulae for a list.
2. Or visit formulae.brew.sh to browse packages online.

Troubleshooting

First, please run brew update and brew doctor.

Second, read the Troubleshooting Checklist.

If you don't read these it will take us far longer to help you with your problem.

Donations

Homebrew is a non-profit project run entirely by unpaid volunteers. We need your funds to pay for software, hardware and hosting around continuous integration and future improvements to the project. Every donation will be spent on making Homebrew better for our users.

Please consider a regular donation through GitHub Sponsors, Open Collective or Patreon. Homebrew is fiscally hosted by the Open Source Collective.

For questions about donations, including corporate giving, please email the Homebrew PLC at plc@brew.sh.

Community

- Homebrew/discussions (forum)
- @homebrew@fosstodon.org (Mastodon)
- @brew.sh (Bluesky)
- @MacHomebrew (𝕏 (formerly known as Twitter))

Contributing

We'd love you to contribute to Homebrew. First, please read our Contribution Guide and Code of Conduct.

We explicitly welcome contributions from people who have never contributed to open-source before: we were all beginners once! We can help build on a partially working pull request with the aim of getting it merged. We are also actively seeking to diversify our contributors and especially welcome contributions from women from all backgrounds and people of colour.

A good starting point for contributing is to first tap homebrew/core, then run brew audit --strict with some of the packages you use (e.g. brew audit --strict wget if you use wget) and read through the warnings. Try to fix them until brew audit --strict shows no results and submit a pull request. If no formulae you use have warnings you can run brew audit --strict without arguments to have it run on all packages and pick one.

Alternatively, for something more substantial, check out one of the issues labelled help wanted in Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/homebrew-core.

Good luck!

Security

Please report security issues by filling in the security advisory form.

Who We Are

Homebrew's Project Leader is Mike McQuaid.

Homebrew's Project Leadership Committee is Colin Dean, Michka Popoff, Mike McQuaid, Patrick Linnane and Vanessa Gennarelli.

Homebrew's Technical Steering Committee is Bo Anderson, Issy Long, Michael Cho, Mike McQuaid and Ruoyu Zhong.

Homebrew's maintainers are Alexander Bayandin, Bevan Kay, Bo Anderson, Branch Vincent, Caleb Xu, Carlo Cabrera, Daeho Ro, Douglas Eichelberger, Dustin Rodrigues, Eric Knibbe, FX Coudert, Issy Long, Justin Krehel, Klaus Hipp, Markus Reiter, Michael Cho, Michka Popoff, Mike McQuaid, Nanda H Krishna, Patrick Linnane, Rui Chen, Ruoyu Zhong, Rylan Polster, Sam Ford, Sean Molenaar, Štefan Baebler, Thierry Moisan, Timothy Sutton and William Woodruff.

Former maintainers with significant contributions include Miccal Matthews, Misty De Méo, Shaun Jackman, Vítor Galvão, Claudia Pellegrino, Seeker, Jan Viljanen, JCount, commitay, Dominyk Tiller, Tim Smith, Baptiste Fontaine, Xu Cheng, Martin Afanasjew, Brett Koonce, Charlie Sharpsteen, Jack Nagel, Adam Vandenberg, Andrew Janke, Alex Dunn, neutric, Tomasz Pajor, Uladzislau Shablinski, Alyssa Ross, ilovezfs, Chongyu Zhu and Homebrew's creator: Max Howell.

License

Code is under the BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License.
Documentation is under the Creative Commons Attribution license.

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From the repository

Claude Desktop / Cursor

McpServers

Homebrew

What Packages Are Available?

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Who We Are

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Setting up with Highlight

From the repository

Claude Desktop / Cursor

McpServers

Homebrew

What Packages Are Available?

More Documentation

Troubleshooting

Donations

Community

Contributing

Security

Who We Are

License

Sponsors

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