Submit to Homebrew
I use Homebrew to install allmost all of my macOS apps, both CLI tools and applications ending up in /Applications.
I keep track of what I have installed using a Brewfile. This allows me to reinstall a machine very fast.
Please submit MuteDeck to Homebrew as a Cask in https://github.com/homebrew/homebrew-cask or create a separate cask repository in your own Github organization.
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While it's possible to put up a brew package, the installer package is unable to run on the CLI without popping up the installer window. I'd said that defeats the purpose, but what do you think?
I'd still vote for this because I like to keep the list of what I want to install for my new machine as a list of brew packages & casks. Even if it's not hands off, having brew manage the list of packages and downloading and running the installers is still worthwhile.
Martijn, is it an option to convert your installer to a macOS pkg format? This type of package can silently install via Homebrew.
A good example is Google Drive, which provides a disk image (dmg), containing a pkg file. This pkg contains background process (launchctl) and kernel extensions (pkgutil). A lot is possible here.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/g/google-drive.rb
Ringo De Smet: Hi, thanks for your suggestion - but repackaging isn't a feasible solution. MuteDeck depends on the installer for its updates as well. Check out my general update, though. 😊
Happy to announce you can now install MuteDeck via Homebrew using: brew install --cask mutedeck/mutedeck/mutedeck
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- Mar 21, 2026
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