Homebrew

Taps Commands

Extend Homebrew with third-party taps. Learn to add custom repositories for additional formulae and casks.

9 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'brew tap-info --installed' to see details about all installed taps.

Official taps like 'homebrew/cask-fonts' provide additional specialized packages.

Common Mistakes

Third-party taps are not audited by Homebrew. Only add taps from trusted sources.

Commands

List taps

$ brew tap

List all current taps.

Add tap

$ brew tap user/repo

Add a third-party tap.

Remove tap

$ brew untap user/repo

Remove a tap.

Tap info

$ brew tap-info user/repo

Show info about a tap.

All tap info

$ brew tap-info --installed

Show info about all installed taps.

Tap from URL

$ brew tap user/repo https://github.com/user/homebrew-repo

Add tap from specific URL.

Fonts tap

$ brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts

Add official fonts tap.

Versions tap

$ brew tap homebrew/cask-versions

Add tap for alternate app versions.

List tap formulae

$ brew tap-info --json user/repo | jq '.formulae'

Show formulae provided by tap.