zerobrewhq/zerobrew
- Total stars
- 7,689
- Today · UTC
- +101since 05:39 UTC
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About the project
zerobrew is a Rust-based Homebrew alternative for macOS and Linux with a uv-style architecture that installs Homebrew packages much faster via caching and a shared store.
Useful for
- Install packages from a Brewfile with zb bundle
- Speed up repeated package installs using the cache (zb install)
- Run a package without linking it via zbx
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.
Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 8, 2026, 08:03 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show daily stars; the line is a moving average of the available history. Short histories do not yet establish a reliable usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-08 (UTC), 05:39–07:48: 7588 → 7689 stars (+101). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +218 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 2 per day.
- Hacker News: “A 100x faster* alternative to homebrew” — 70 points, 4 h ago.
Three GitHub discoveries in each edition
What they do, why they are gaining interest, and what to check before using them.
Editions at 10:00, 16:00, 22:00 MSK.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 7,689
- Today
- +101 stars measured 2026-10-08, 05:39–07:48 UTC, ≈ 218 by evening
- Forks
- 181
- Issues and pull requests
- 435
- Watchers
- 16
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- v0.4.0 · October 8, 2026
- Created
- January 19, 2026
- Last push
- October 8, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- A 100x faster* alternative to homebrew70 points, October 8, 2026
Spotted in
- October 8, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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