The plugin adds several aliases for common brew commands.
To use it, add brew to the plugins array of your zshrc file:
plugins=(... brew)If brew is not found in the PATH, this plugin will attempt to find it in common locations, and execute
brew shellenv to set the environment appropriately. This plugin will also export
HOMEBREW_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix)" if not previously defined for convenience.
In case you installed brew in a non-common location, you can still set BREW_LOCATION variable pointing to
the brew binary before sourcing oh-my-zsh.sh and it'll set up the environment.
| Alias | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
ba |
brew autoremove |
Uninstall unnecessary formulae. |
bci |
brew info --cask |
Display information about the given cask. |
bcin |
brew install --cask |
Install the given cask. |
bcl |
brew list --cask |
List installed casks. |
bcn |
brew cleanup |
Run cleanup. |
bco |
brew outdated --cask |
Report all outdated casks. |
bcrin |
brew reinstall --cask |
Reinstall the given cask. |
bcubc |
brew upgrade --cask && brew cleanup |
Upgrade outdated casks, then run cleanup. |
bcubo |
brew update && brew outdated --cask |
Update Homebrew data, then list outdated casks. |
bcup |
brew upgrade --cask |
Upgrade all outdated casks. |
bfu |
brew upgrade --formula |
Upgrade only formulae (not casks). |
bi |
brew install |
Install a formula. |
bl |
brew list |
List all installed formulae. |
bo |
brew outdated |
List installed formulae that have an updated version available. |
brewp |
brew pin |
Pin a specified formula so that it's not upgraded. |
brews |
brew list -1 |
List installed formulae or the installed files for a given formula. |
brewsp |
brew list --pinned |
List pinned formulae, or show the version of a given formula. |
bsl |
brew services list |
List all running services. |
bsoff |
brew services stop |
Stop the service and unregister it from launching at login (or boot). |
bsoffa |
bsoff --all |
Stop all started services. |
bson |
brew services start |
Start the service and register it to launch at login (or boot). |
bsona |
bson --all |
Start all stopped services. |
bsr |
brew services run |
Run the service without registering to launch at login (or boot). |
bsra |
bsr --all |
Run all stopped services. |
bu |
brew update |
Update brew and all installed formulae. |
bubo |
brew update && brew outdated |
Update Homebrew data, then list outdated formulae and casks. |
bubu |
bubo && bup |
Do the last two operations above. |
bugbc |
brew upgrade --greedy && brew cleanup |
Upgrade outdated formulae and casks (greedy), then run cleanup. |
bup |
brew upgrade |
Upgrade outdated, unpinned brews. |
buz |
brew uninstall --zap |
Remove all files associated with a cask. |
This plugin configures paths with Homebrew's completion functions automatically, so you don't need to do it manually. See: https://docs.brew.sh/Shell-Completion#configuring-completions-in-zsh.
With the release of Homebrew 1.0, they decided to bundle the zsh completion as part of the brew installation, so we no longer ship it with the brew plugin; now it only has brew aliases. If you find that brew completion no longer works, make sure you have your Homebrew installation fully up to date.