A simple replacement for homebrew for installing binary packages on MacOS written in Go.

I built Kelp to scratch my own itch:

• No waiting for a formula to become available on homebrew
• Keep all your computers up to date with a single installation manifest
• Install multiple packages at one time.

Go to the releases page. Download the latest release

1. Initialize Kelp

   kelp init

2. Add kelp binary path to your PATH

   export PATH=~/.kelp/bin/:$PATH >> ~/.bash_profile

3. Add a new package

   kelp add ogham/exa

   To use a specific version other than latest use the -r flag

   kelp add ogham/exa -r 1.0.0

4. Install

   kelp install exa

It downloads all github releases packages defined in the config file ~/.kelp/kelp.json to ~/.kelp/bin.

1. Edit ~/.kelp/kelp.json and add all your favorite packages there. For example mine looks this

2. Run kelp

   kelp install --all

Easy. Just add the http(s) link to the binary

ie:

kelp add hashicorp/terraform -r https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.13/terraform_0.11.13_darwin_amd64.zip

Use inspect the cache and bin directories for your package

kelp inspect

Kelp looks for binaries made for MacOS, if it finds a binary for linux or windows it will skip downloading it.

To see what binaries exist use:

kelp doctor

To see whats in your config use:

kelp ls

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