buresdv/Cork
Cork
Cork is a native macOS desktop application that provides a graphical interface for the Homebrew package manager. It serves as a GUI for searching, installing, and updating software packages and functions as a service controller for managing background system services.
The application includes a dedicated menu bar utility for triggering package updates and management tasks directly from the macOS status menu. It also features a system for assigning custom tags to packages to group and organize software installations.
The software covers package lifecycle management, including dependency analysis to identify required software and a cache management system to clear downloaded installation files. It also provides a visual interface to start and stop background system services.
Features
- Graphical Management Interfaces - Provides a graphical interface for searching, installing, and updating software packages via Homebrew.
- Graphical Package Managers - Ships a desktop interface for managing the full lifecycle of packages and system updates.
- CLI Wrappers - Executes Homebrew commands by invoking system shell processes and parsing standard output for state updates.
- Package Manager Installers - Provides a graphical interface to search for and install software packages, replacing manual command line interaction.
- Background Service Managers - Provides a graphical interface to start, stop, and manage the lifecycle of background system services installed via Homebrew.
- Homebrew Cask Management - Provides a graphical interface for managing the installation and updates of macOS software via Homebrew.
- Homebrew Service Controllers - Provides a visual tool for starting, stopping, and managing background system services installed through Homebrew.
- macOS Launchd Service Managers - Provides a visual interface to start, stop, and manage background system services installed via Homebrew.
- Cache Clearing - Enables manual removal of stored binaries and artifacts from the local download cache to reclaim disk space.
- Dependency Analysis - Identifies which software packages are required by other apps and tracks manually installed tools.
- Package Dependency Managers - Analyzes package dependencies to determine which system items rely on specific pieces of software.
- Dependency Graph Visualizations - Provides visualizations of the structural relationships and dependencies between installed software packages.
- Download Cache Management - Provides utilities to locate and delete temporary download files stored in the local package cache.
- Menu Bar Utilities - Maintains a persistent background process to trigger system actions directly from the macOS status menu.
- Developer Utilities - Intuitive graphical interface for managing Homebrew packages.
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