Paste your brew list output, get a personalised migration report in 3 minutes. No terminal wizardry needed.
Last week’s Homebrew 6.0.0 release on Hacker News sparked 353 comments and 1,438 upvotes — and the dominant emotion wasn’t excitement, it was fear. Developers are asking: “Will my CI break? Will my old formula stop working? Do I need to rewrite my provisioning scripts?” The official changelog lists 47 breaking changes, but it doesn’t tell you which ones affect your specific setup. That uncertainty is costing teams hours of manual testing and anxiety.
Existing solutions fall short. brew doctor dumps hundreds of lines of warnings but offers no prioritised action plan. Reddit threads are fragmented and often outdated. Paid MacAdmin consultants are too slow and too expensive for a single upgrade. The community is crying out for a structured, personalised checklist that maps 6.0.0’s changes to your installed packages — and tells you exactly what to do.
Now is the perfect moment. The upgrade wave is just beginning: early adopters are hitting issues, and the rest of the macOS developer community is watching. Within the next 72 hours, the conversation will shift from “should I upgrade?” to “how do I fix this?”. BrewCheck captures that urgency by giving you a clear, actionable report before you run brew upgrade. No guesswork, no forum‑hopping — just a 3‑minute check that saves you from a broken environment.
Open your terminal and run brew list --formula. Copy the output — it’s a simple list of every package Homebrew manages on your machine. Paste it into the field above. No sign‑up, no uploads, no hidden data collection.
Our engine cross‑references each package against a hand‑curated database of Homebrew 6.0.0 breaking changes, deprecated formulae, and known community issues. You’ll see a colour‑coded compatibility score (green / yellow / red) with direct links to official migration notes and GitHub discussions.
Every red or yellow package comes with a step‑by‑step fix: which flag to add, which formula to pin, or which alternative to install. The checklist is ordered by risk, so you can upgrade safely without breaking your daily workflow. Done in under 10 minutes.
No generic advice. BrewCheck analyses your exact formula list and highlights only the packages affected by 6.0.0 changes. You skip irrelevant warnings and focus on what actually matters for your machine.
Our database is built from the official 6.0.0 changelog, 350+ HN comments, and active GitHub issues. Every compatibility note is verified and linked to the source, so you’re not relying on guesswork.
Each flagged package includes a direct link to the relevant migration guide, GitHub issue, or community workaround. No more digging through forums — one click takes you to the exact solution.