homebrew.brews

List of Homebrew formulae to install.

Formulae defined as strings, e.g., "imagemagick", are a shorthand for:

{ name = "imagemagick"; }

Type

list of ((submodule) or string convertible to it)

Default

[ ]

Example

# Adapted from https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile
[
  # `brew install`
  "imagemagick"

  # `brew install --with-rmtp`, `brew services restart` on version changes
  {
    name = "denji/nginx/nginx-full";
    args = [ "with-rmtp" ];
    restart_service = "changed";
  }

  # `brew install`, always `brew services restart`, `brew link`, `brew unlink mysql` (if it is installed)
  {
    name = "mysql@5.6";
    restart_service = true;
    link = true;
    conflicts_with = [ "mysql" ];
  }

  # `brew install`, run a post-install command on version changes
  {
    name = "postgresql@16";
    postinstall = "\${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/postgresql@16/bin/postgres -D \${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/var/postgresql@16";
  }
]

Declared

<nix-darwin/modules/homebrew.nix>