Everything you need to deploy, manage, and secure `brew` at scale.
Workbrew lets developers use Homebrew without sudo, reducing risk without compromising developer experience.
Provide developers with fast, secure access to open source tools — maintaining security and compliance with minimal disruption.
Built for regulated industries like finance, AI, and healthcare, Workbrew lets you define policies that balance developer productivity with strict security and compliance.
Workbrew is the easiest way to deploy Homebrew securely across your macOS fleet. It installs silently via your MDM, so developers open their machines with Homebrew ready to go — preconfigured in a managed environment.
Every install is policy-compliant from day one. You control what can be installed without granting full system access. Zero-touch for IT, zero-hassle for developers.
Workbrew works natively with all major MDMs, syncing device names and serial numbers while displaying the most identifiable label available. It also pulls in your MDM’s device groups, so you can target policies or run remote commands using the same structure you already manage elsewhere.
Workbrew lets developers use Homebrew without sudo, reducing risk without compromising developer experience — so that your entire team can now run their devices as macOS Standard Account Users.
Set up devices in either Standard workbrew access mode or Restricted and receive alerts when devices are out-of-policy.
Provide developers with fast, secure access to open source tools — maintaining security and compliance with minimal disruption.
Workbrew looks and feels just like the regular brew CLI. No permissions requests, no separate logins, no surprises.
Built for regulated industries like finance, AI, and healthcare, Workbrew lets you define policies that balance developer productivity with strict security and compliance.
Taps are how Homebrew organizes and distributes packages. Official Homebrew taps follow strict guidelines, reducing the risk of malicious or unmaintained software.
An allowed taps policy adds an extra layer of security by limiting installs to only official or trusted sources.
Building on allowed taps, administrators can further secure their fleet by building a blocking denylist of specific packages and licenses known to pose a risk — with the option to automatically uninstall any existing violations.
Configure an escalation path for developers to request policy exceptions — right from the terminal.
Programmatically ensure your fleet is secure and up-to-date by setting a policy to automatically patch vulnerable and/or outdated packages.
Vulnerabilities are upgraded as soon as a CVE is detected. Outdated packages follow an upgrade schedule that you can set to minimise disruptions.
Get full visibility into Homebrew activity across your fleet — from security issues and policy violations to usage trends and command history.
See key insights at a glance: policy violations, outdated software, vulnerable packages, and more.
Drill into CVEs and affected packages to assess. Remediate with just one-click.
Discover and vet the packages used across your fleet with detailed source and dependency information — so that you can “know the unknown” and adjust your policies accordingly.
Track Homebrew usage by device, including what’s installed, how it’s being used, and how frequently it’s updated.
View which brew commands are run across your org for deeper analysis.
Get notified via Slack, email, or webhooks — so you’re always looped in when something needs attention.
Workbrew gives you powerful, targeted control over your fleet. Run commands, push updates, and apply configurations from a single interface.
Use Workbrew’s command runner to execute Homebrew commands remotely on any device — with full command-line output and smart highlighting to make troubleshooting straightforward.
Pull in groups from your MDM or create them manually to target any remote management action by team, role, or access level.
Run commands on a recurring schedule or set them to trigger at a specific time.
Adjust how Homebrew behaves across your fleet — from update behaviour to CLI defaults.
Workbrew makes it easy to get new machines production-ready.
Define a vetted list of Homebrew packages that every new device should receive on day one — customizing lists by team, role, or stack to ensure instant productivity.
You can use our GitHub Action to create a request & approval process for Default Packages. This way, your whole development team is empowered to configure the core packages each team should have on Day One!
For orgs without an MDM, Workbrew can generate a customized bootstrap script that installs key tools and applies secure macOS settings. It’s everything a new developer machine needs to hit the ground running.
Homebrew gives your developers access to 14k open source developer tools and Workbrew ensures that access is secure and compliant. But what about your companies’ closed source tooling?
Use GitHub to connect a private tap to your workspace and give enrolled devices instant access — no token juggling or custom setup required.
Access everything in your Workbrew workspace — however and wherever you need it. In JSON or CSV format.
Use the API to trigger remote Homebrew commands, build workflows and dashboards, or integrate with your preferred analytics platform.
Download tables or perform full data dumps for offline analysis and auditing.
Workbrew meets the needs of security-conscious organizations with enterprise-grade access controls and deployment flexibility.
Integrate with your identity provider to streamline and secure access across your organization.
Restrict access to approved email domains — for stricter authentication without full SSO.
Assign fine-grained roles to manage who can view, change, or administer your workspace.
Support internal infrastructure, data residency, or compliance requirements with flexible hosting options.
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