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Frequently Asked Questions about Homebrew Formulae Analytics

What kind of data is presented in this source?

This source provides analytics data for various software packages, referred to as "formulae," available through the Homebrew package manager. The data includes statistics on how many times each formula has been downloaded or accessed within the last 30, 90, and 365 days. Additionally, it offers a brief description of each formula, its official homepage URL, and the method by which Homebrew fetches the package (typically "homebrew" or "repo_direct" for formulae from specific taps). Some formulae also include information about their definition file path within their respective repositories and their current version.

What does the "formula" type indicate?

In the context of Homebrew, a "formula" is a Ruby script that describes how to download, build, and install a particular piece of software. The prevalence of the "formula" type in this data suggests that it primarily tracks popular software pa

Setting up a local only LLM (Qwen/Llama3/etc.) on macOS with Ollama, Continue and VSCode

As with a lot of organisations, the idea of using LLM's is a reasonably frightning concept, as people freely hand over internal IP and sensitive comms to remote entities that are heavily data bound by nature. I know it was on our minds when deciding on LLM's and their role within the team and wider company. 6 months ago, I set out to explore what offerings were like in the self-hosted and/or OSS space, and if anything could be achieved locally. After using this setup since then, and after getting a lot of questions on it, I thought I might share some of the things I've come across and getting it all setup.

Que in Ollama and Continue. Ollama is an easy way to locally download, manage and run models. Its very familiar to Docker in its usuage, and can probably be most conceptually aligned with it in how it operates, think imag

	#!/bin/zsh
	for file in $(curl -# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-16beta-1.sucatalog \| grep com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate.plist \| grep -Evw '(com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate.plist.integrityDataV1)' \| sed -e s/"<string>"//g -e s/"<\/string>"//g -e s/\ //g); do
	curl -s $file \| egrep -A 1 -m 2 '(>Build<\|OSVersion)' \| sed -e s/"<string>"//g -e s/"<\/string>"//g -e s/\ //g \| sed -e s/"<key>"//g -e s/"<\/key>"//g -e s/\ //g
	echo $file \| sed -e "s/com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate.plist/InstallAssistant.pkg/g"
	done

	#!/bin/zsh
	# Get Sequoia InstallAssistant.pkg links from Apple
	# Since macOS 11 (Big Sur), Apple provides the Install macOS ___.app packaged as InstallAssistant.pkg
	# The links for the InstallAssistant packages are listed in the seed catalogs
	# The seed catalogs are listed in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SeedCatalogs.plist
	# For macOS 15 Sequoia the seed catalogs are:
	# CustomerSeed
	# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-15customerseed-15-14-13-12-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog
	# DeveloperSeed
	# https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-15seed-15-14-13-12-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog

	#!/bin/zsh
	# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
	# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
	# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13), macOS Sonoma (14) and macOS Sequoia (15)
	# Disabling SIP is required ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
	# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
	# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


	# user

	import Foundation;

	/// Copy the list of in-use network ports — optionally filtering by the ports' state.
	/// - Parameters:
	/// - buffer: The buffer into which the port list will populate
	/// - state: The port state by which to filter.
	/// - Returns: Expect `KERN_SUCCESS` if the operation was successful.
	@discardableResult
	func sysctl_inet_ports_list_copy(_ buffer: UnsafeMutablePointer<[UInt16]>, _ state: Int32? = nil) -> kern_return_t {
	var kern_return: kern_return_t;

	https://www.apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia/
	Published Date: June 10, 2024
	Updated November 8, 2024
	Updated May 28, 2025

	Verification: https://regex101.com/r/bNOMXz/10

	1) Exact regex — Matches major model identifier numbers based on Apple's knowledge base article (more accurate):

	^(Mac(1[3-6]\|BookPro1[5-8]\|BookAir(9\|10)\|Pro7)\|iMac(Pro1\|(19\|2[01]))\|Macmini[89]),\d+$

	use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
	use scripting additions

	(*
	Original script: John Gruber (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/12/05/an-applescript-for-safari-split-tabs-to-new-window)
	Much more elegant version: Leon Cowle (https://github.com/leoncowle)
	Even more elegant version: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54066100/applescript-to-split-safari-tabs-into-new-window/54089865#54089865

	Worth a warning: "moving" tabs with this script doesn't actually move them like
	drag-and-drop does. The tabs "moved" by this script will reload in the new window,

	import sqlite3
	import os

	# Connect to the SQLite database
	db_path = "dash snippets.dash" # Path to the SQLite database file
	conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
	cursor = conn.cursor()

	# Query to retrieve records from the "snippets" table
	cursor.execute("SELECT sid, title, body, syntax FROM snippets")