nanobrew: A High-Speed macOS Package Manager Written in Zig
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syrusakbary
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
nanobrew is a new macOS package manager written in Zig that claims to be significantly faster than Homebrew, with warm installs taking 39ms (230x faster than Homebrew) and cold installs being 7.6x faster. The tool is positioned as the fastest macOS package manager with performance benchmarks showing dramatic speed improvements over the established Homebrew package manager.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledThe fastest macOS package manager. Written in Zig.
39ms warm install · with full security checks
230x faster than Homebrew · 0.1ms for no-ops
7.6x fast
3.5ms warm installs
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