I don't doubt there's a crowd that would pay for this tool, but not sure HN is the right target audience. Maybe /r/macapps?
I feel like people here likely aren't willing to pay for UIs on top of ffmpeg, brew, git, etc.
Especially with open source versions:
https://github.com/buresdv/Cork https://github.com/brunophilipe/Cakebrew
Just my take- could be totally wrong / have a poor perception of who uses HN these days.
Free alternative available here: https://www.cakebrew.com/
Repo link: https://github.com/brunophilipe/Cakebrew
OP, please do not be discouraged by the pessimism in some of these comments. I don't think they are representative of your target audience for this app.
Those who know how much had work it takes to build and launch a product like this - especially such a nice looking one, appreciate your work!
> pixel perfect design
This phrase has lost all meaning. We can see from your screenshots that the table titles are misaligned from the items, as is the “Search” text.
Don’t call something “pixel perfect” unless you really went in there and manually nudged every element pixel by pixel.
I'm clearly not in the demographic for this. However, I'm immediately dubious about any "maintenance scripts claims". That sounds very opaque. Does your app have any rollback / contingencies in place in case your maintenance scripts break something?
• Automatic replacement of apps installed without Homebrew
Does that mean your app would look in the homebrew repo to find similar apps and links it?
it does look very nice, but as a long time mac user who does often pay for conveniences like these... $49 once is already far too much for the value it provides and there's no way in hell that i'd be willing to pay the annual subscription for updates.
if this was a one off $20-$25, i would buy it.
Isn’t there already a client for homebrew on macOS that you trigger by the command brew?
Pricing comments aside, this looks very nicely designed and executed.
All the best, but… yeah I don’t see myself and in fact anybody paying for this, even less a “subscription” amount. We are not talking about git or some command with hundreds os options and combinations, but brew, which is so simple that any abstraction on top seems to me like overkill.
I really hate those "How dare you charge money for software" comments, when we’re talking about something that looks neat, comes from friendly people who respond to comments, and costs around two cocktails in Miami
I clicked on this really fast because this would be nice... but I really have to complain about the pricing model. $49 "once" is a scam when it only comes with 1 year of updates but an extra year of updates for $29 (60% more!!). Exactly how many features can one add to a Home-brew UI in the space of 2 years? There's no detail on what's in the roadmap to warrant such a price (on the website) nor is there the option of a trial. I shouldn't have to email for a refund (as advertised) if I feel like $50 was a rip-off. Honestly, if this was $10-20, I would already have paid.