Workbrew is a secure software delivery platform — a control center for all of the software packages installed on the endpoints at your organization. It’s also the best way for teams familiar with Homebrew to deploy, manage, and secure brew at scale.
Workbrew sits on top of Homebrew, so to understand Workbrew you need to first understand Homebrew.
Homebrew is an open-source package manager with an extensive library of official packages. It’s installed on tens of millions of devices and it’s nearly ubiquitous on macOS. Homebrew is also supported on Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), although these users are less common. For our purposes, it’s useful to focus on two primary components:
The brew CLI provides the underlying infrastructure for installing packages onto the target system. It has a variety of useful subcommands and configuration options, you can read more about how to use brew in the official documentation.
Taps provide the underlying definitions and instructions for installing specific software packages onto the system. Homebrew has two official Taps: homebrew/homebrew-core and homebrew/homebrew-cask. In addition to the official Taps, it’s possible to use unofficial third-party Taps and even to create your own.
Read more in our post What is Homebrew.
This all adds up to secure software delivery platform that:
So then, Workbrew is for any business or organization that wants to:
They don’t need to learn a new tool and they don’t need to spend time working around corporate security measures.
Workbrew automates a large portion of device setup, and drastically reduces touchpoints for the remainder.
With Workbrew’s ability to remotely manage policies on their entire fleet, they can easily do preventative maintenance and are able to quickly respond to situations.
It automates maintenance for software, security, and compliance. They can just keep on doing their thing while Workbrew works its magic to keep their software secure and up to date.
Start using brew at work with our Free Plan. Deploy to unlimited devices via our hassle-free installer, seamlessly integrated with your MDM for zero-touch setup. Workbrew’s Secure CLI preserves the familiar brew experience for developers, while giving IT total visibility into packages and versions across your fleet.