chromebrew/chromebrew
Package manager for Chrome OS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4776
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2507 stars · 421 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Chromebrew is a package manager for Chrome OS that installs prebuilt packages and builds software from source on Chromebooks with developer mode enabled. It provides the 'crew' command-line tool to install, remove, search, and upgrade packages along with their dependencies.
Use cases
- install linux packages on a chromebook
- get gcc and make on chrome os
- manage software dependencies on chrome os
- build packages from source on a chromebook
- remove installed software cleanly on chrome os
- search for available packages on chromebook
When to choose
- you have a Chromebook in developer mode and need CLI or GUI tools not provided by Google
- you want a lightweight package manager without installing a full Linux container like Crouton
- you need gcc, make, and build tooling directly on Chrome OS
When to avoid
- your Chromebook is not in developer mode or runs beta/dev/Canary ChromeOS channels
- you want a full Linux desktop environment (use Crouton or the Linux/Crostini container instead)
- you need aarch64 GUI packages or i686 GUI support, which have limited support
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
package-manager cli build-tool developer-tools operating-systems cli chromeos chromebook crew ruby source-builder command-line linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew · fetched 2026-08-28 · f555d345a0e9
- homepage: https://chromebrew.github.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 39e3ba4a375e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| chromebrew/chromebrew | main | 67 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="chromebrew/chromebrew")
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