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Distributing your own scripts via Homebrew

I use Homebrew all the time. Whenever I see a new CLI that offers an npm or uv install path alongside a brew one, I choose brew every single time. And yet, when…

Importantly, and a big reason to distribute via Homebrew as opposed to a language-specific package manager, is that I could theoretically swap out the implementation for some other language entirely without disrupting users' ability to upgrade. Now, I will grant that Homebrew ships with a for each formula update and some guy wrapped it in a GitHub action, but both assume you want to daintily fork the tap and humbly submit a pull request to yourself. The best part is that once your tap is set up and configured and you have a single working formula to serve as an example, publishing additional CLI tools in the future becomes almost trivial.

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