Workbrew is the secure software delivery platform for workplaces of all sizes, from small teams to large enterprises. Its foundation is Homebrew (Read their announcement and FAQ), the ubiquitous and Open Source package manager for macOS (and Linux).

Secure software delivery for teams

Today, Workbrew is graduating from beta to 1.0 and is generally available, including a Free plan with support for unlimited users and devices. With this milestone, there’s finally a way to deploy, manage, and secure brew at scale. Increased developer productivity no longer comes at the expense of a weakened security posture for organizations.

With Workbrew, developers get the tools they need to do their jobs, while IT and security teams gain peace of mind from a software delivery platform with zero-touch deployment, analytics, observability, remote management, policies, and vulnerability detection baked-in.

Building the software delivery platform for everyone

Developer tools are our passion, and we’ve worked on some of the best around – Twilio, GitHub, Scratch, and of course, Homebrew:

• John Britton, Workbrew’s CEO, has been a Homebrew user since 2009 and a project contributor since 2014.

• Vanessa Gennarelli, Workbrew’s COO, serves on the Homebrew Project Leadership Committee. 

• Mike McQuaid, Workbrew’s CTO, is the Homebrew Project Leader and its longest-serving maintainer with 15 years of service to the project.

We’ve seen how top engineering teams deliver a competitive edge through superior tools, workflows, and developer experience. We want to bring that level of quality, insight, and flow to every team, everywhere. We’re on a mission to unlock the freedom of tool choice at scale by making all the world’s software discoverable and instantly available to everyone.

The first step is to build the essential tools teams need to unlock the full potential of brew. Supported by $5 million in funding — led by the developer-focused VC fund, Heavybit, with participation from Operator Collective and Essence VC—we’ve begun delivering on our mission.

Workbrew is also backed by an incredible group of industry leaders, including Tom Preston-Werner (Founder and former CEO of GitHub), Nate Smith (Founder of Lever and Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator), Zach Holman (GitHub’s second developer), Zach Lloyd (Founder and CEO of Warp), and Till Pieper (Founder of CoScreen and Director of Product Management at Datadog), among others.

The `brew` you know, now with more power

For developers, it’s second nature to install software via the CLI command brew install. It’s a fast, efficient workflow that unlocks access to an up-to-date library of 14,000 software packages.

Workbrew supercharges brew, enhancing it with tools for teams and enterprises:

• Streamlined developer experience: Get your team up and running faster than ever with an easy way to set, share, and roll out developer environments to the whole fleet.

• Standard user support: Non-admin users get the full brew experience without requiring elevated privileges, making it ideal for companies in regulated industries like finance and healthcare.

• Vetted commands: Workspace admins can configure and run security and compliance checks whenever brew is executed.

• Flexible access control: With its isolated brew installation, Workbrew lets you set various policies and choose the access control model (restricted, managed, or guided) that suits your needs.

Gain real-time insights from your fleet

IT and Security professionals need clear, real-time visibility into the systems they manage. Workbrew delivers comprehensive insights into the use of brew within your organization, offering a centralized view of your software supply chain. It’s easy to track installed packages, versions, third-party sources, software licenses, and potential vulnerabilities — all in one place.

• Package visibility: track all packages and versions across your fleet, including third-party sources.

• License tracking: ensure compliance and reduce legal risks with software license visibility.

• Command analytics: analyze brew usage to streamline workflows and boost productivity.

• Vulnerability alerts: identify and respond to vulnerabilities in installed packages.

Remote management: simplified across your organization

Workbrew centralizes remote management of brew across all your devices, letting you easily run commands and configure defaults — whether for the entire fleet, specific groups, or individual machines. It’s a streamlined way to oversee and optimize brew usage organization-wide.

• Fleet-wide commands: execute any brew command (install, uninstall, upgrade, pin, etc.) with a single action.

• Configure defaults: ensure a standardized environment by setting default packages and configuration options.

• Device grouping: easily organize devices into groups for efficient, targeted management and configuration.

• One-click actions: streamline fleet management with one-click resolutions for known vulnerabilities and outdated packages.

Protect your software supply chain with policies

Blocking access to brew isn’t a practical solution — leaders and developers alike understand the need for the freedom to use the right tools to stay productive. Workbrew allows you to support this flexibility while putting essential policies in place, so teams can work efficiently without security risks or compliance gaps.

• Compliance guardrails: define policies to restrict specific licenses, packages, and third-party sources (“Taps” in Homebrew’s terminology) in line with organizational requirements, ensuring compliance and reducing risk.

• Configuration management: standardize and enforce settings across your fleet, creating a consistent and secure environment.

• Policy checks: verify devices against compliance policies and surface deviations so issues can be resolved proactively.

• Flexible targeting: apply policies to individual devices, specific device groups, or across the entire fleet, allowing precise control over configurations and compliance settings.

Zero-touch deployment with your preferred MDM

Workbrew is the fastest and easiest way to deploy brew for teams. Simply deploy the package with your existing mobile device management (MDM) tool. As new devices connect to your MDM, Workbrew is installed automatically. For existing devices already using Homebrew in production, Workbrew provides a smooth upgrade that maintains installed packages, and does not interrupt developer workflows.

For teams who don’t use an MDM tool, Workbrew Bootstrap provides an alternative install method that’s just a single command.

Inventory sync from Jamf, Kandji, Fleet, and SimpleMDM

While you can deploy Workbrew with any MDM, we’ve enabled a deeper integration with several of the most popular MDM tools: Jamf, Kandji, Fleet, and SimpleMDM. By connecting with your MDM provider,  your device inventory and ownership data will be automatically populated in Workbrew, making it simple to identify all of the devices in your fleet.

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Get started with Workbrew today, for free

Workbrew is available today. Teams from startups to enterprises now have a simple and secure way to deploy brew at scale, standardize developer environments, and gain visibility into their software supply chain.

• Workbrew Free simplifies installing brew with zero-touch deployment, and gives IT and security teams full visibility into the packages and versions being used across your organization.

• Workbrew Pro brings remote management capabilities, custom configurations, and access controls to improve your endpoint security posture.

• Workbrew Enterprise is built for organizations with sophisticated security and compliance requirements, especially companies in regulated industries like finance, healthcare, insurance, and government.

Looking to the future

Workbrew 1.0 marks a key milestone in secure, scalable software delivery for teams of all sizes. Built on the foundation of Homebrew, Workbrew empowers organizations by combining the productivity of brew with robust security features. IT and security teams can support developers without sacrificing peace of mind.

Deploy Workbrew today to unlimited users and devices, for free.