Homebrew - About the company
Homebrew is an unfunded company based in Brooklyn (United States), founded in 2009. It operates as an Open source software package management system. Homebrew has not raised any funding yet. The company has 42 active competitors, including 5 funded and 5 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Flox, Cloudsmith and Npm.
Company Details
Homebrew is a software package management system. It automates installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for macOS and Linux operating systems. The solution has its formulae written as Ruby scripts, and does not install files outside its prefix. Supports modification reverting and upstream updates merging. It is an open source software.
- Website
- brew.sh
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2009
Location
Brooklyn, United States
Stage
Unfunded
Ranked
3rd among 42 active competitors
Employee Count
8 as on Jul 01, 2024
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Homebrew's funding and investors
Homebrew has not raised any funding rounds yet.
Homebrew's founders and board of directors
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Homebrew has 8 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Homebrew's employee count trend over the years:
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Homebrew's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Homebrew include Flox, Cloudsmith and Npm. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Homebrew, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Flox 2023, New York City (United States), Series B | Cloud based package management platform | $66.4M | 60/100 | |
2nd | Cloudsmith 2005, New York City (United States), Acquired | Cloud based package management platform | $60.7M | 54/100 | |
3rd | Homebrew 2009, Brooklyn (United States), Unfunded | Open source software package management system | - | - | 49/100 |
4th | Npm 2014, Oakland (United States), Acquired | Package manager for JavaScript | $10.6M | 45/100 | |
5th | Helm 2015, St Helena (United States), Funding Raised | Kubernetes application and package management solutions | - | 44/100 | |
6th | Tea 2021, Zug (Switzerland), Seed | Protocol rewarding open-source software contributions through ranking, staking, and vulnerability reporting | $16.9M | 41/100 | |
7th |  Flatpak 2014, Knoxville (United States), Unfunded | Package management solution for Linux | - | - | 38/100 |
8th | Ninite San Francisco (United States), Seed | Package management system | $125K | 33/100 | |
9th | NuGet 2010, Olympia (United States), Unfunded | Package manager for .NET platform | - | - | 31/100 |
10th | Open source based package manager for kubernetes | $500K | 29/100 |
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Homebrew's Investments and acquisitions
Homebrew has not made any acquisitions yet. Homebrew has made 25 investments.Here is the list of latest three $investments:
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Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Oct 04, 2024 | Investments | 2023 | New York City (United States) | |
Sep 13, 2023 | Investments | 2015 | San Diego (United States) | |
May 17, 2023 | Investments | 2022 | Manhattan (United States) |
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News related to Homebrew
Filter this listMedia has covered Homebrew for a total of 6 events in the last 1 year.
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Slang AI just raised $36M: Can its voice AI really handle chaos of private dining better than human host?Tech Funding News•Feb 24, 2026•Slang, Thayer Investment Partners, USVP, Active Capital and 5 others
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Archimetis Raises $11.5M to Transform Industrial Operations with AI-Powered Operational Reasoning SystemAccess Newswire•Feb 12, 2026•MCJ, Borusan Ventures, Inspired Capital, Incite and 2 others
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Brew Expands Iowa Presence with Acquisition of Convenience Stores from DANLEE CorporationMobilityplaza•Dec 04, 2025•Homebrew
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Scrunch AI Secures $15M to Enhance Brand Visibility in AI SearchTechStartups.com•Jul 22, 2025•Scrunch AI, Decibel, Mayfield, Homebrew
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Extend Secures $17 Million to Advance Document Processing CloudFintech Finance•Jun 18, 2025•Extend AI, Innovation Endeavors, Y Combinator, Homebrew and 1 other
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Finix: Full-Stack Payment Processor Company Secures $75 Million (Series C)Pulse 2.0•Oct 31, 2024•Finix, Acrew Capital, Leap Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners and 6 others
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Finix raises $75 million to take on Stripe as a payment processorTechCrunch+•Oct 24, 2024•Finix, Stripe, Cap Table Coalition, Inspired Capital and 9 others
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After selling Anchor to Spotify, co-founders reunite to build AI educational startup OboeTechCrunch+•Oct 24, 2024•Oboe, Eniac Ventures, deepset, Factorial and 2 others
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