Brew MCP

🚀 Homebrew MCP Server

This project enables you to communicate with brew in "natural language". All the most important commands have been implemented:

• [x] Install
• [x] Uninstall
• [x] Get a specific package
• [x] List installed packages and their versions
• [x] Update
• [x] Upgrade
• [x] Info
• [x] Search
• [x] Print configuration

🚀 Quick Start

📦 Installation

Build from the GitHub releases section or download the latest binary. Move the binary to /usr/local/bin/ or any directory in your $PATH.

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

Place the following JSON in your: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (or the specific location for other clients).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brew": {
      "command": "brew-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

Advanced Usage

This tool allows you to enable only specific tools to save context size.

Tools:

• install
• uninstall
• get_package_version
• list_installed_package_versions
• update_brew
• upgrade_specific_package
• info
• search
• config

To enable specific tools, use the -enabled-tools flag and list the tools separated by commas. Example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brew": {
      "command": "brew-mcp-server",
      "args": ["-enabled-tools", "info,search,update_brew"]
    }
  }
}