Homebrew Starcat

Official Homebrew tap for installing and updating Starcat.

Starcat is a native macOS app that turns GitHub Stars into a searchable, organized and AI-assisted local knowledge base, with a broader ecosystem of desktop clients, plugins, CLI tools, and self-hostable services.

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Preferred install method:

brew tap starcat-app/starcat
brew trust starcat-app/starcat
brew install --cask starcat

Useful links:

• Home and downloads: https://starcat.ink
• Mac App Store: search for Starcat for GitHub
• Public support and release notes: https://github.com/starcat-app/starcat-pro
• Starcat App Homebrew tap: https://github.com/starcat-app/homebrew-starcat
• CLI / MCP: starcat-cli / Homebrew tap
• AI Agent Skill: https://github.com/starcat-app/starcat-skill
• Browser plugins: Chrome / Safari
• Launcher integrations: Alfred / uTools / Raycast
• Documentation: https://github.com/starcat-app/starcat-docs
• Website source: https://github.com/starcat-app/starcat-site
• Localization: https://github.com/starcat-app/starcat-localization

Self-hostable support APIs:

• starcat-sharing-api
• starcat-trending-api
• starcat-weekly-api
• starcat-wiki-api
• starcat-recommend-api
• starcat-discovery-api

Install

Homebrew is the preferred installation method for the Direct build:

brew tap starcat-app/starcat
brew trust starcat-app/starcat
brew install --cask starcat

The tap name is starcat-app/starcat; the GitHub repository is starcat-app/homebrew-starcat, following Homebrew's tap naming convention.

Upgrade

brew update
brew upgrade --cask starcat

The cask uses Starcat's Sparkle appcast for livecheck:

livecheck do
  url "https://starcat.ink/appcast.xml"
  strategy :sparkle
end

Homebrew uses the Sparkle feed to detect new versions, then downloads the versioned DMG declared in the cask:

url "https://starcat.ink/downloads/Starcat-#{version}-arm64.dmg"

The app's own in-app updates also use the Sparkle appcast. Homebrew and Sparkle therefore share the same release feed and download host, but Homebrew still performs its own install/upgrade flow.

Uninstall

brew uninstall --cask starcat

The cask zap is scoped to the Direct build bundle id, com.starcat.app.direct.

Requirements

• macOS 15 Sequoia or newer.
• Apple Silicon Mac.

Links

• Website: https://starcat.ink
• Public support and release notes: https://github.com/starcat-app/starcat-pro
• Localization: https://github.com/starcat-app/starcat-localization
• Release notes: https://starcat.ink/changelog.html
• Cask source: Casks/starcat.rb