Description

Add an official Homebrew tap to distribute the Packmind CLI on macOS and Linux, allowing users to install and update it via brew.

Demonstration/Example

Thanks to this repo: https://github.com/davidaparicio/homebrew-packmind, I was able to install packmind-cli with these commands, instead the classical curl <URL> | sh

❯ brew tap davidaparicio/packmind
brew install packmind-cli
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==> Tapping davidaparicio/packmind
Cloning into '/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/davidaparicio/homebrew-packmind'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 7, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (7/7), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 7 (delta 0), reused 7 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (7/7), done.
Tapped 1 formula (15 files, 17KB).
==> Fetching downloads for: packmind-cli
✔︎ Formula packmind-cli (0.20.0)                      Verified    100.8MB/100.8MB
==> Installing packmind-cli from davidaparicio/packmind
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/packmind-cli/0.20.0: 4 files, 100.9MB, built in 1 second
==> Running `brew cleanup packmind-cli`...
Disable this behaviour by setting `HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1`.
Hide these hints with `HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1` (see `man brew`).

homebrew-packmind on  main via 💎 v2.6.10 took 6m34s
❯ packmind-cli --help
packmind-cli <subcommand>
> Packmind CLI tool
where <subcommand> can be one of:

Use Case

Currently, installing the Packmind CLI requires piping a shell script from the internet:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PackmindHub/packmind/main/apps/cli/scripts/install.sh | sh

This approach is fine for quick onboarding but is not ideal for teams and developers who:

• Manage their toolchain with Homebrew
• Want reproducible, auditable installs
• Need easy upgrades via brew upgrade
• Use tools like brew bundle / Brewfile to declare dependencies

Proposed Solution

Publish an official Homebrew tap (e.g. PackmindHub/packmind) with a formula for packmind-cli.

Installation would become:

brew tap PackmindHub/packmind
brew install packmind-cli

The tap would include:

• A Formula/packmind-cli.rb targeting existing release assets (macOS arm64, Linux x64/arm64) already published on GitHub Releases under the release-cli/X.Y.Z tags
• A GitHub Actions workflow to automatically bump the formula and open a PR on every new CLI release

A working proof of concept is already available, including:

• The Homebrew formula with correct SHA-256 checksums for all platforms
• The automated bump workflow using repository_dispatch to trigger on new releases
• A README.md for the tap repository

Alternatives Considered

• Keeping the curl | sh installer only — works but not idiomatic for Homebrew users and harder to audit.
• Submitting to homebrew-core — requires significant project notoriety and a stricter review process; a dedicated tap is faster to ship and easier to maintain.

TODO

• Documentation updated
• Update changelog