Sapphire: Rust based package manager for macOS (homebrew replacement)
Sapphire
WARNING: ALPHA SOFTWARE > Sapphire is experimental, under heavy development, and may be unstable. Use at your own risk!
Uninstalling a cask with brew then reinstalling it with Sapphire will have it installed with slightly different paths, your user settings etc. will not be migrated automatically.
Sapphire is a next‑generation, Rust‑powered package manager inspired by Homebrew. It installs and manages:
- Formulae: command‑line tools, libraries, and languages
- Casks: desktop applications and related artifacts on macOS
ARM only for now, might add x86 support eventually
⚙️ Project Structure
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sapphire‑core Core library: fetching, dependency resolution, archive extraction, artifact handling (apps, binaries, pkg installers, fonts, plugins, zap/preflight/uninstall stanzas, etc.)
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sapphire‑cli Command‑line interface:
sapphireexecutable wrapping the core library.
🚧 Current Status
- Bottle installation and uninstallation
- Cask installation and uninstallation
- Parallel downloads and installs for speed
- Automatic dependency resolution and installation
- Building Formulae from source (very early impl)
🚀 Roadmap
- Upgrade command to update installed packages
- Cleanup old downloads, versions, caches
- Reinstall command for quick re‑pours
- Prefix isolation: support
/opt/sapphireas standalone layout sapphire inithelper to bootstrap your environment- Ongoing Bug fixes and stability improvements
📦 Usage
🏗️ Building from Source
Prerequisites: Rust toolchain (stable).
sapphire binary will be at target/release/sapphire. Add it to your PATH.
🤝 Contributing
Sapphire lives and grows by your feedback and code! We’re particularly looking for:
- Testing and bug reports for Cask & Bottle installation +
--build-from-source - Test coverage for core and cask modules
- CLI UI/UX improvements
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
Feel free to open issues or PRs. Every contribution helps!
📄 License
- Sapphire: BSD‑3‑Clause – see LICENSE.md
- Inspired by Homebrew BSD‑2‑Clause — see NOTICE.md
Alpha software. No guarantees. Use responsibly.
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