Homebrew Analytics Commands (365 days)

Homebrew Commands Events (365 days)

Period: 2025-11-11 to 2026-11-11, with 1,083,510,215 reported events.

Source and definitions

Source: Homebrew’s InfluxDB analytics, with notice and an opportunity to opt out before events are sent; JSON and collection details.

Category: Reported command, not a unique user or machine.

Events: Reported occurrences grouped by this category.

Unreported events are excluded; counts do not establish unique users or successful formula installations.

Rank Command Events %
#1 install 174,682,367 16.1%
#2 upgrade 133,380,837 12.3%
#3 update-report 119,173,411 11%
#4 list 79,031,701 7.3%
#5 info 64,492,736 6.0%
#6 services 56,046,244 5.2%
#7 outdated 54,998,466 5.1%
#8 --env 52,875,379 4.9%
#9 config 40,711,347 3.8%
#10 tap-info 30,040,591 2.8%
#11 --prefix 29,709,499 2.7%
#12 cleanup 28,944,006 2.7%
#13 uninstall 26,121,111 2.4%
#14 bundle 21,773,517 2.0%
#15 tap 21,315,628 2.0%
#16 trust 17,260,949 1.6%
#17 unlink 15,291,650 1.4%
#18 link 14,115,416 1.3%
#19 search 12,419,906 1.2%
#20 leaves 10,359,946 1.0%
#21 doctor 10,077,644 0.9%
#22 reinstall 8,835,852 0.8%
#23 uses 8,744,629 0.8%
#24 autoremove 8,058,270 0.7%
#25 fetch 5,841,783 0.5%
#26 postinstall 5,722,271 0.5%
#27 deps 4,102,132 0.4%
#28 ruby 3,696,162 0.3%
#29 untap 2,722,308 0.3%
#30 linkage 2,382,938 0.2%
#31 analytics 1,649,660 0.2%
#32 pin 1,519,482 0.1%
#33 vulns 1,380,279 0.1%
#34 command-not-found-init 1,299,743 0.1%
#35 test-bot 1,209,392 0.1%
#36 autoupdate 1,150,949 0.1%
#37 test 1,132,972 0.1%
#38 style 1,030,248 0.1%
#39 audit 989,659 0.1%
#40 --caskroom 904,151 0.1%
#41 bottle 712,905 0.1%
#42 cat 634,637 0.1%
#43 formula-analytics 630,068 0.1%
#44 untrust 614,020 0.1%
#45 --cache 550,708 0.1%
#46 install-bundler-gems 524,204 0.1%
#47 --cellar 486,206 0.0%
#48 desc 458,973 0.0%
#49 missing 430,086 0.0%
#50 unpin 408,486 0.0%
#51 tap-new 335,531 0.0%
#52 livecheck 282,192 0.0%
#53 typecheck 255,128 0.0%
#54 commands 249,901 0.0%
#55 extract 198,558 0.0%
#56 developer 198,465 0.0%
#57 tests 194,651 0.0%
#58 readall 150,052 0.0%
#59 edit 117,544 0.0%
#60 bump 100,990 0.0%
#61 home 84,831 0.0%
#62 formula 73,761 0.0%
#63 lgtm 61,091 0.0%
#64 log 57,219 0.0%
#65 completions 45,880 0%
#66 options 42,518 0%
#67 command 29,974 0%
#68 bump-formula-pr 27,944 0%
#69 update-test 26,642 0%
#70 bump-cask-pr 24,864 0%
#71 sh 21,378 0%
#72 pr-automerge 20,090 0%
#73 generate-analytics-api 19,265 0%
#74 pr-pull 18,218 0%
#75 create 17,172 0%
#76 pr-upload 16,881 0%
#77 tab 15,455 0%
#78 version-install 13,724 0%
#79 generate-man-completions 13,654 0%
#80 alias 11,129 0%
#81 which-formula 10,803 0%
#82 pyenv-sync 9,941 0%
#83 determine-rebottle-runners 9,769 0%
#84 formulae 8,520 0%
#85 rmtree 8,062 0%
#86 update-python-resources 7,882 0%
#87 jdx-package 7,617 0%
#88 --repository 7,266 0%
#89 brewer-tap-content-info 5,245 0%
#90 verify 5,228 0%
#91 casks 4,930 0%
#92 unbottled 3,633 0%
#93 migrate 3,320 0%
#94 nodenv-sync 3,240 0%
#95 unpack 3,131 0%
#96 bump-revision 3,103 0%
#97 rv-package 3,038 0%
#98 irb 2,496 0%
#99 advisory-match 1,676 0%
#100 source 1,673 0%
#101 gist-logs 1,389 0%
#102 update-maintainers 1,194 0%
#103 changelog 1,189 0%
#104 pr-publish 1,183 0%
#105 generate-zap 1,133 0%
#106 caveats 1,064 0%
#107 update-sponsors 1,042 0%
#108 unalias 961 0%
#109 docs 896 0%
#110 determine-test-runners 851 0%
#111 rbenv-sync 817 0%
#112 generate-formula-api 812 0%
#113 contributions 759 0%
#114 fund 688 0%
#115 vendor-gems 657 0%
#116 check-bottle-modification 642 0%
#117 update-license-data 629 0%
#118 upkeep 602 0%
#119 sandbox-exec 585 0%
#120 rv-upload 551 0%
#121 generate-cask-ci-matrix 544 0%
#122 wwdd 429 0%
#123 sync 410 0%
#124 xpkg 401 0%
#125 postgresql-upgrade-database 377 0%
#126 dracula-yaml-json 355 0%
#127 prsync 352 0%
#128 delay-upgrade 338 0%
#129 debugger 322 0%
#130 deprecate-gatekeeper-cask 295 0%
#131 check-ci-status 287 0%
#132 prof 276 0%
#133 rubydoc 274 0%
#134 aspell-dictionaries 271 0%
#135 generate-cask-api 264 0%
#136 fetch-synergy3-pkgs-for-version-from-web 257 0%
#137 upgrade-timed 242 0%
#138 man 239 0%
#139 safe-outdated 238 0%
#140 release 212 0%
#141 find-appcast 197 0%
#142 generate-package-api 170 0%
#143 audit-signing-batch 159 0%
#144 usage 142 0%
#145 preview 140 0%
#146 size 138 0%
#147 purge-quarantine 136 0%
#148 health 134 0%
#149 impact 133 0%
#150 stats 120 0%
#151 update-perl-resources 118 0%
#152 which-update 117 0%
#153 surf 116 0%
#154 cask-ci 113 0%
#155 generate-cask-token 110 0%
#156 build-times 109 0%
#157 cask-sync 109 0%
#158 switch 107 0%
#159 disable-deprecated-packages 100 0%
#160 treasure 99 0%
#161 upgrade-mature 99 0%
#162 licenses 92 0%
#163 fonts 90 0%
#164 upup 85 0%
#165 download 81 0%
#166 newest 74 0%
#167 upm 74 0%
#168 dispatch-build-bottle 73 0%
#169 check-synced-versions 72 0%
#170 update-portable-ruby 69 0%
#171 benchmark 56 0%
#172 added 55 0%
#173 review 55 0%
#174 ls-no-autobump 53 0%
#175 font-casker 52 0%
#176 determine-rebottle-runners-baseline 46 0%
#177 installs 45 0%
#178 safe-upgrade 44 0%
#179 jdx-upload 44 0%
#180 dependency-tree 43 0%
#181 list-running-app-ids 43 0%
#182 bins 42 0%
#183 update-advisor 41 0%
#184 nx-auth 38 0%
#185 deadcode 36 0%
#186 app 35 0%
#187 list-url-attributes-on-file 33 0%
#188 overlay-sync 31 0%
#189 update 30 0%
#190 generate-internal-api 29 0%
#191 ruby-sh 29 0%
#192 install-timed 29 0%
#193 bottles 28 0%
#194 keg 27 0%
#195 sync-tap-workflows 27 0%
#196 caskdev-test 26 0%
#197 check-ci-status-baseline 26 0%
#198 cooldown 26 0%
#199 bump-compatibility-version 25 0%
#200 provenance 24 0%
#201 cache 24 0%
#202 last 23 0%
#203 count 23 0%
#204 egctl-update 23 0%
#205 strip-quarantine 22 0%
#206 check-functional-tests 21 0%
#207 upgrade-sources 21 0%
#208 list-ids-in-pkg 21 0%
#209 xdg 21 0%
#210 sign 20 0%
#211 check-synced-versions-drift 20 0%
#212 incidents 20 0%
#213 check-name-resolution 20 0%
#214 jobsearch-key 19 0%
#215 font-artifact-updater 18 0%
#216 bump-unversioned-casks 18 0%
#217 check-registry-drift 17 0%
#218 generate-tap-man-completions 16 0%
#219 list-recent-pkg-ids 16 0%
#220 portable-package 16 0%
#221 audit-versioned-aliases 15 0%
#222 unquarantine 15 0%
#223 cask-extract 15 0%
#224 trim 15 0%
#225 check-formula-renames 14 0%
#226 list-apps-in-pkg 13 0%
#227 open-repo 13 0%
#228 purge-quarantine-ghb 13 0%
#229 update-swift 12 0%
#230 dbr 11 0%
#231 prvarchiveurl 11 0%
#232 --taps 11 0%
#233 list-ids-in-app 11 0%
#234 skill 10 0%
#235 undeprecate-gatekeeper-cask 10 0%
#236 generate-vulns-advisories 10 0%
#237 check-bottle-modification-baseline 10 0%
#238 reinstall-timed 9 0%
#239 get-source 9 0%
#240 which-entry 9 0%
#241 unq 9 0%
#242 probe 8 0%
#243 touched 8 0%
#244 lanao-login 8 0%
#245 list-loaded-launchjob-ids 8 0%
#246 amazon-upload 7 0%
#247 probe-me 7 0%
#248 vconflicts 7 0%
#249 determine-rebottle-runners2 7 0%
#250 footprint 7 0%
#251 aspell-dictionaries-baseline 7 0%
#252 generate-uninstall 6 0%
#253 list-login-items-for-app 6 0%
#254 determine-rebottle-runners-v2 6 0%
#255 pypi-deps 6 0%
#256 test-portable-ruby 6 0%
#257 rebottle-probe 6 0%
#258 patch-release-check 6 0%
#259 purge-quarantine-gh 6 0%
#260 umts-dev-setup 5 0%
#261 pedro 5 0%
#262 list-pkg-ids-by-regexp 5 0%
#263 list-installed-launchjob-ids 5 0%
#264 test-rebottle 5 0%
#265 head 5 0%
#266 list-loaded-kext-ids 4 0%
#267 okay 4 0%
#268 poc-rebottle 4 0%
#269 vulnerability-scan 4 0%
#270 deploy 4 0%
#271 patch-check 4 0%
#272 duckdb-bump 4 0%
#273 generate-advisories-api 3 0%
#274 probe-rebottle 3 0%
#275 rebottle-test 3 0%
#276 update-api 3 0%
#277 apps-check 3 0%
#278 zz-rebottle-test 3 0%
#279 import-google-fonts 3 0%
#280 upgrade-all 3 0%
#281 zzrebottle 2 0%
#282 test-fuse 2 0%
#283 security-audit 2 0%
#284 check-tap-integrity 2 0%
#285 aarch64-closure-report 2 0%
#286 clean-branches 2 0%
#287 repo 2 0%
#288 create-cask 2 0%
#289 generate-resources 2 0%
#290 envprobe 2 0%
#291 gui-install 2 0%
#292 scratchcmd 2 0%
#293 --version 2 0%
#294 move-core-cask 2 0%
#295 probe-dispatch-env 2 0%
#296 check 2 0%
#297 cask-dev-probe 1 0%
#298 bump-python-resources-pr 1 0%
#299 update-reset 1 0%
#300 probe-thing 1 0%
#301 hello-runners 1 0%
#302 ported-test 1 0%
#303 probe-run 1 0%
#304 shellenv 1 0%
#305 caskdev-probe 1 0%
#306 alias-lookup 1 0%
#307 test-abstract 1 0%
#308 dsh-update 1 0%
#309 lser 1 0%
#310 hello 1 0%
#311 spk 1 0%