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

sapphire‑core Core library: fetching, dependency resolution, archive extraction, artifact handling (apps, binaries, pkg installers, fonts, plugins, zap/preflight/uninstall stanzas, etc.)

sapphire‑cli Command‑line interface: sapphire executable 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/sapphire as standalone layout
sapphire init helper to bootstrap your environment
Ongoing Bug fixes and stability improvements

📦 Usage

# Print help
sapphire –help

# Update metadata
sapphire update

# Search for packages
sapphire search

# Get package info
sapphire info

# Install bottles or casks
sapphire install

# Build and install a formula from source
sapphire install –build-from-source

# Uninstall
sapphire uninstall

# (coming soon)
sapphire upgrade [–all]
sapphire cleanup
sapphire init

🏗️ Building from Source

Prerequisites: Rust toolchain (stable).

git clone
cd sapphire
cargo build –release
The 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.