# Linuxbrew

:beer::penguin: The Homebrew package manager for Linux

Repository: https://github.com/Linuxbrew/brew
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linuxbrew
Homepage: https://linuxbrew.sh
Language: Ruby
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: brew, linuxbrew, homebrew, linux, macos, package-manager, ruby
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-02-20T19:57:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3784, "days_push": 2751, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2654, forks 233 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:07.221088+00:00)

## What it is
Linuxbrew is the port of the Homebrew package manager to Linux and Windows 10 (WSL), allowing sudo-free installation of software in the user's home directory. It was merged into Homebrew 2.0 in 2019 and this repository is no longer updated.

## Use cases
- install packages on linux without sudo
- use homebrew on linux
- install newer software versions than my distro provides
- manage packages the same way on macos and linux
- install packages on windows wsl

## When to choose
- you need the historical Linuxbrew codebase for reference or legacy migration
- you are researching how Homebrew supported Linux before the 2.0 merge

## When to avoid
- you want a package manager for Linux today - use Homebrew/brew instead
- you need an actively maintained tool
- your distro's native package manager already covers your needs

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cli, windows
- tags: homebrew, wsl, ruby, merged-into-homebrew, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- Linuxbrew/brew (main) score 10
- Linuxbrew/legacy-linuxbrew (mirror) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.221088+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 2026-08-30T02:18:30.492192+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Linuxbrew/brew (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.221088+00:00, sha b3452f018c23)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.