# chromebrew/chromebrew

Package manager for Chrome OS

Repository: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chromebrew
Homepage: https://chromebrew.github.io
Language: Ruby
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chromeos, chromebook, crew, linux, package-manager, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:48:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4776, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2507, forks 421 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.183013+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, cli, build-tool
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cli
- tags: chromeos, chromebook, crew, ruby, source-builder, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- chromebrew/chromebrew (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.183013+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:26:41.448497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.183013+00:00, sha f555d345a0e9)
  - homepage: https://chromebrew.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:48.405061+00:00, sha 39e3ba4a375e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.