Tavern is a modern, fast, and beautiful Homebrew client for Linux, built with Python, GTK 4, and Libadwaita. It provides a premium "App Store" experience for managing your Homebrew formulae and casks.

Flatpak (Linux, recommended, with automatic updates):

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists tuna-os oci+https://tuna-os.github.io/Tavern
flatpak install --user tuna-os org.tunaos.tavern

Homebrew (macOS + Linux):

brew tap hanthor/homebrew-tap && brew install --cask hanthor/tap/tavern

On macOS this installs Tavern.app; on Linux it installs a prebuilt AppImage and symlinks it as tavern on your PATH.

• 🏠 Curated Browse: Popular formulae and casks ranked by real install analytics, plus a daily Discover rotation.
• 🔍 Fast Search: Instant, off-main-thread searching across tens of thousands of formulae and casks (Ctrl+F), plus GNOME Shell search integration.
• 📦 Package Details: Rich information including descriptions, versions, dependencies, READMEs, screenshots, and install statistics.
• 🔤 Font Previews: Font casks render live pangram previews right on the details page.
• 📌 Version Pinning: Pin formulae and casks to their installed version; pinned packages stay out of update prompts.
• 📄 Brewfile Support: Open and manage .Brewfiles to bulk-install or remove entire environments.
• ⚡ Task Management: Queued installs, removals, and upgrades with per-package progress and a task panel.
• 🫖 Tap Manager: Add, remove, update, and trust Homebrew taps; browse tap contents.
• 🌗 Native Design: Libadwaita interface following the GNOME HIG — dark mode, adaptive layouts, keyboard shortcuts, and a preferences dialog.
• 🐧 Linux First: Smart filtering to hide macOS-only casks on Linux systems.

The easiest way to install Tavern is via Homebrew using the hanthor/tap:

brew tap hanthor/homebrew-tap
brew install --cask hanthor/tap/tavern

The cask handles both platforms: Tavern.app on macOS and a prebuilt AppImage on Linux, so you don't need Tavern's build dependencies on your machine. If you'd prefer a sandboxed install on Linux, use the Flatpak instead (see below).

• Homebrew installed and in your PATH.
• Python 3.10+
• GTK 4 and Libadwaita development headers.

brew install gtk4 libadwaita meson ninja pygobject3 gettext desktop-file-utils blueprint-compiler

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/tuna-os/Tavern.git
   cd Tavern

2. Run the build and launch script:

   ./run.sh

meson setup builddir
meson compile -C builddir

meson compile -C builddir run

To get automatic updates directly through your software center (like GNOME Software or KDE Discover) or CLI, add the official tuna-os OCI remote:

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists tuna-os oci+https://tuna-os.github.io/Tavern
flatpak install --user tuna-os org.tunaos.tavern

If you prefer to install a one-off nightly build from the main branch:

wget https://nightly.link/tuna-os/Tavern/workflows/flatpak/main/Tavern-Linux-CI.zip
unzip Tavern-Linux-CI.zip
flatpak install --user --reinstall Tavern-Linux-CI.flatpak

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for dev setup, tests, and PR guidelines.

Tavern is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license. See LICENSE for details.

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