Homebrew Analytics Commands (90 days)

Homebrew Commands Events (90 days)

Period: 2026-08-13 to 2026-11-11, with 421,312,224 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 95,148,961 22.6%
#2 upgrade 74,930,859 17.8%
#3 update-report 64,965,447 15.4%
#4 list 19,899,179 4.7%
#5 info 16,612,522 3.9%
#6 config 16,373,985 3.9%
#7 services 15,032,966 3.6%
#8 outdated 14,236,587 3.4%
#9 --env 12,860,944 3.1%
#10 trust 10,306,949 2.5%
#11 --prefix 8,860,556 2.1%
#12 tap-info 8,160,283 1.9%
#13 cleanup 7,911,170 1.9%
#14 uninstall 6,049,028 1.4%
#15 bundle 5,829,940 1.4%
#16 tap 4,412,676 1.1%
#17 doctor 3,462,764 0.8%
#18 leaves 3,432,855 0.8%
#19 link 3,162,255 0.8%
#20 uses 2,982,699 0.7%
#21 search 2,949,533 0.7%
#22 reinstall 2,808,994 0.7%
#23 autoremove 2,596,713 0.6%
#24 postinstall 2,225,796 0.5%
#25 unlink 2,037,830 0.5%
#26 deps 1,642,526 0.4%
#27 fetch 1,604,529 0.4%
#28 vulns 1,371,568 0.3%
#29 ruby 1,340,426 0.3%
#30 pin 934,292 0.2%
#31 --caskroom 822,635 0.2%
#32 linkage 754,472 0.2%
#33 untrust 589,691 0.1%
#34 untap 578,110 0.1%
#35 analytics 440,430 0.1%
#36 cat 348,634 0.1%
#37 style 334,088 0.1%
#38 audit 312,137 0.1%
#39 test-bot 306,952 0.1%
#40 command-not-found-init 301,527 0.1%
#41 --cache 268,322 0.1%
#42 test 249,917 0.1%
#43 unpin 242,651 0.1%
#44 bottle 181,296 0.0%
#45 missing 157,665 0.0%
#46 desc 133,693 0.0%
#47 install-bundler-gems 130,514 0.0%
#48 commands 116,475 0.0%
#49 tap-new 90,097 0.0%
#50 developer 89,611 0.0%
#51 livecheck 76,798 0.0%
#52 autoupdate 70,776 0.0%
#53 tests 55,993 0.0%
#54 typecheck 55,165 0.0%
#55 --cellar 50,606 0.0%
#56 readall 50,415 0.0%
#57 formula-analytics 39,368 0.0%
#58 bump 38,280 0.0%
#59 lgtm 36,549 0.0%
#60 extract 35,741 0.0%
#61 edit 18,934 0%
#62 log 17,464 0%
#63 home 16,326 0%
#64 formula 12,847 0%
#65 completions 11,917 0%
#66 determine-rebottle-runners 9,741 0%
#67 tab 9,026 0%
#68 formulae 8,484 0%
#69 options 7,527 0%
#70 version-install 7,396 0%
#71 bump-formula-pr 6,279 0%
#72 bump-cask-pr 6,265 0%
#73 pr-pull 6,136 0%
#74 update-test 6,067 0%
#75 pr-upload 5,914 0%
#76 sh 5,175 0%
#77 casks 4,930 0%
#78 --repository 3,863 0%
#79 update-python-resources 3,645 0%
#80 generate-man-completions 3,561 0%
#81 pr-automerge 3,514 0%
#82 alias 3,121 0%
#83 verify 3,106 0%
#84 command 2,176 0%
#85 create 2,145 0%
#86 pyenv-sync 2,006 0%
#87 generate-analytics-api 1,892 0%
#88 migrate 1,676 0%
#89 advisory-match 1,663 0%
#90 rmtree 1,479 0%
#91 nodenv-sync 1,260 0%
#92 unpack 1,026 0%
#93 brewer-tap-content-info 761 0%
#94 check-bottle-modification 630 0%
#95 generate-zap 570 0%
#96 rv-package 537 0%
#97 unbottled 531 0%
#98 sandbox-exec 463 0%
#99 bump-revision 454 0%
#100 irb 442 0%
#101 postgresql-upgrade-database 377 0%
#102 source 326 0%
#103 gist-logs 308 0%
#104 pr-publish 301 0%
#105 which-formula 289 0%
#106 determine-test-runners 279 0%
#107 check-ci-status 267 0%
#108 contributions 264 0%
#109 caveats 263 0%
#110 update-sponsors 248 0%
#111 update-maintainers 247 0%
#112 aspell-dictionaries 246 0%
#113 upgrade-timed 242 0%
#114 sync 230 0%
#115 upkeep 228 0%
#116 changelog 189 0%
#117 docs 188 0%
#118 rv-upload 167 0%
#119 update-license-data 154 0%
#120 generate-cask-ci-matrix 149 0%
#121 delay-upgrade 132 0%
#122 surf 116 0%
#123 cask-ci 113 0%
#124 generate-cask-token 110 0%
#125 build-times 109 0%
#126 debugger 101 0%
#127 fund 99 0%
#128 treasure 99 0%
#129 xpkg 94 0%
#130 upgrade-mature 88 0%
#131 unalias 85 0%
#132 vendor-gems 84 0%
#133 rbenv-sync 83 0%
#134 upm 74 0%
#135 dracula-yaml-json 73 0%
#136 check-synced-versions 72 0%
#137 find-appcast 72 0%
#138 benchmark 56 0%
#139 review 55 0%
#140 jdx-package 50 0%
#141 determine-rebottle-runners-baseline 46 0%
#142 update-advisor 41 0%
#143 nx-auth 38 0%
#144 audit-signing-batch 38 0%
#145 app 35 0%
#146 release 34 0%
#147 upup 32 0%
#148 overlay-sync 31 0%
#149 install-timed 29 0%
#150 deprecate-gatekeeper-cask 28 0%
#151 update-perl-resources 27 0%
#152 cooldown 26 0%
#153 caskdev-test 26 0%
#154 check-ci-status-baseline 26 0%
#155 egctl-update 23 0%
#156 prof 23 0%
#157 generate-formula-api 23 0%
#158 check-functional-tests 21 0%
#159 check-name-resolution 20 0%
#160 check-synced-versions-drift 20 0%
#161 jobsearch-key 19 0%
#162 generate-cask-api 18 0%
#163 disable-deprecated-packages 17 0%
#164 check-registry-drift 17 0%
#165 list-recent-pkg-ids 16 0%
#166 cask-extract 15 0%
#167 rubydoc 15 0%
#168 which-update 15 0%
#169 audit-versioned-aliases 15 0%
#170 count 14 0%
#171 check-formula-renames 14 0%
#172 list-url-attributes-on-file 13 0%
#173 keg 13 0%
#174 dispatch-build-bottle 13 0%
#175 list-apps-in-pkg 12 0%
#176 dbr 11 0%
#177 list-running-app-ids 11 0%
#178 skill 10 0%
#179 bump-compatibility-version 10 0%
#180 check-bottle-modification-baseline 10 0%
#181 reinstall-timed 9 0%
#182 unq 9 0%
#183 list-ids-in-pkg 9 0%
#184 unquarantine 9 0%
#185 font-artifact-updater 8 0%
#186 switch 8 0%
#187 list-ids-in-app 8 0%
#188 purge-quarantine 8 0%
#189 lanao-login 8 0%
#190 probe 8 0%
#191 bump-unversioned-casks 8 0%
#192 aspell-dictionaries-baseline 7 0%
#193 probe-me 7 0%
#194 determine-rebottle-runners2 7 0%
#195 portable-package 6 0%
#196 newest 6 0%
#197 rebottle-probe 6 0%
#198 determine-rebottle-runners-v2 6 0%
#199 generate-internal-api 6 0%
#200 umts-dev-setup 5 0%
#201 test-rebottle 5 0%
#202 jdx-upload 5 0%
#203 list-installed-launchjob-ids 4 0%
#204 update-portable-ruby 4 0%
#205 poc-rebottle 4 0%
#206 safe-outdated 4 0%
#207 generate-vulns-advisories 4 0%
#208 list-loaded-launchjob-ids 4 0%
#209 duckdb-bump 4 0%
#210 probe-rebottle 3 0%
#211 apps-check 3 0%
#212 zz-rebottle-test 3 0%
#213 update 3 0%
#214 strip-quarantine 3 0%
#215 rebottle-test 3 0%
#216 update-api 3 0%
#217 list-pkg-ids-by-regexp 3 0%
#218 generate-advisories-api 3 0%
#219 check-tap-integrity 2 0%
#220 list-login-items-for-app 2 0%
#221 test-fuse 2 0%
#222 zzrebottle 2 0%
#223 aarch64-closure-report 2 0%
#224 scratchcmd 2 0%
#225 envprobe 2 0%
#226 probe-dispatch-env 2 0%
#227 safe-upgrade 2 0%
#228 open-repo 1 0%
#229 probe-run 1 0%
#230 ported-test 1 0%
#231 probe-thing 1 0%
#232 cask-dev-probe 1 0%
#233 caskdev-probe 1 0%
#234 font-casker 1 0%
#235 bump-python-resources-pr 1 0%
#236 dsh-update 1 0%
#237 spk 1 0%
#238 test-abstract 1 0%
#239 hello-runners 1 0%