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Alternate Cask Taps

Background

Homebrew-cask is an open system, built on Homebrew’s Tap conventions.

Anyone can set up alternative Taps to serve Casks which are not part of the main repository.

Uses

Possible uses of this feature include:

  • Private repositories.
  • Testing and development.
  • Casks that have not yet been accepted.
  • Casks that were rejected.1

Instructions

  1. Create a repository on GitHub following the convention homebrew-<tapname>.

  2. Create a directory Casks at the top level of your new repository.

  3. Populate the Casks directory with Cask files.

  4. Push the content to GitHub.

  5. Tap the repository using the command brew tap <github-user>/<tapname>.

1 While we strive to be inclusive, sometimes this does happen: #3954 .