Is there any way to request Applite only show notarized casks? I saw notarized casks mentioned in the FAQ, but no mention of a setting for only showing them.
Homebrew only provides support for Apple-supported macOS versions though.
I found out the hard way when a brew upgrade on Mojave (the last macOS version to support 32-bit apps) took hours to complete, because it was compiling plenty of stuff from source.
This isn't a complaint. I understand that it doesn't make much sense to provide precompiled binaries for obsolete macOS versions that are likely to have security vulnerabilities.
If you are the kind of user who doesn't fall into this category, it's a feature not a bug that you can still build the catalog from source on your own dime.
Otherwise as a user you end up clicking on the info icon to go to the app home page for every app before installing.
If that is not possible, a direct link to the app home page would save a click and would be highly appreciated.
Folllows sample output for "brew info mc"
==> midnight-commander: stable 4.8.33 (bottled), HEAD
Terminal-based visual file manager
https://www.midnight-commander.org/
Conflicts with:
minio-mc (because both install an `mc` binary)
Installed
/usr/local/Cellar/midnight-commander/4.8.33 (357 files, 7.8MB) \*
Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2025-02-03 at 09:30:23
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/m/midnight-commander.rb
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
==> Dependencies
Build: pkgconf
Required: glib , libssh2 , openssl@3 , s-lang , diffutils , gettext
==> Options
--HEAD
Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 3,043 (30 days), 10,456 (90 days), 65,490 (365 days)
install-on-request: 3,043 (30 days), 10,451 (90 days), 65,472 (365 days)
build-error: 0 (30 days)Having used Homebrew, I know installations can sometimes hit snags. I'm really curious to see how you've handled error reporting and debugging for users.
"Any application that can be found in the Homebrew Catalog is available on Applite. Use the search function to find all applications in Applite."
and
"Can I use Applite with my existing Homebrew installation? Yes, you can."
Well, it is open source. Perhaps its primary developers are amenable to major feature PRs.
I'd like to see an "All Casks" category that allows all apps to be browsed rather than just the curated casks appearing in the existing category panes. Presuming that all formulae eventually get supported, then an "All Bottles" category would also make sense.
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