# apple/homebrew-apple

Repository: https://github.com/apple/homebrew-apple
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/homebrew-apple
Homepage: https://developer.apple.com
Language: Ruby
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-06-15T18:20:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 29/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 86
- inputs: {"age_days": 1204, "days_push": 809, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2282, forks 96 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:33.936612+00:00)

## What it is
Apple's official Homebrew tap containing formulae such as the Game Porting Toolkit, which lets developers run Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs. It is installed as an additional tap for the Homebrew package manager.

## Use cases
- install apple's game porting toolkit via homebrew
- run windows games on apple silicon mac
- set up directx to metal translation for game porting
- add apple's official homebrew tap
- test windows games on macos before porting

## When to choose
- you are a game developer evaluating a Windows title on Apple Silicon
- you need Apple's official Game Porting Toolkit distribution via Homebrew

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose macOS packages (use homebrew-core instead)
- you are not on macOS or do not use Homebrew

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, developer-tools, game
- domain: developer-tools, gaming-tools, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cli
- tags: homebrew-tap, game-porting-toolkit, apple, wine, directx, macos

## Member repositories
- apple/homebrew-apple (main) score 29

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.936612+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 2026-08-30T02:41:19.596715+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apple/homebrew-apple (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.936612+00:00, sha 81376d3cadf4)
  - homepage: https://developer.apple.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.363968+00:00, sha e26b2bf074e6)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Updates (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.378342+00:00, sha 1336d1dc7731)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release-notes (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.379860+00:00, sha c5b31e61d432)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.381449+00:00, sha 8ae17f47d030)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/accessibility (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.369775+00:00, sha 94df5ea80da4)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.371656+00:00, sha cf47eb829432)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.373400+00:00, sha 1f6585eacd40)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/TechnologyOverviews (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.374980+00:00, sha bfb1c68bb67b)
  - site_page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/SampleCode (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:37.376739+00:00, sha b8f8095f4ae8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.