brew install option

[ghuh]

It would be awesome to get Homebrew package manager support.

Thanks for the great project!

[RivoLink]

Hi,
Thanks for your feedback!
I'm working on it, and it will be available soon.

[ghuh]

Thanks!

[z-Fng]

Installation via Homebrew has been supported for a few months under the package name leaf-md. It would be fine to just update the documentation accordingly.

[RivoLink]

Hi,

You're right, but leaf already has an AUR package named leaf-markdown-viewer. Adding a Homebrew package named leaf-md could be confusing.

That's why I'm working on a Homebrew tap instead, so users can install it with:

brew install rivolink/tap/leaf

This also keeps the package name consistent across platforms

[z-Fng]

Ah, got it! Thanks for clearing that up.

I actually came over from PR ScoopInstaller/Main#8336. If we're distributing the Windows release via Scoop, what would be an appropriate package name? leaf-markdown-viewer or leaf-md?

[ghuh]

Heads up that taps have a lower level of trust within the Homebrew ecosystem. For instance, they have to be explicitly trusted to work in Brewfiles or with updates. Not to mention extra steps to install.

The increased friction will probably hurt project usage rates a bit.

Since there is already a formula in homebrew main, and that is the gold standard. Is there any way to get that renamed?

[RivoLink]

Thanks for the clarification! I'll check whether we can rename it.

[RivoLink]

@z-Fng
The preferred package name is leaf-markdown-viewer.

[RivoLink]

Hi all,

The leaf Homebrew formula has finally been renamed to leaf-markdown-viewer!

It's now available as an official Homebrew package:
https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/leaf-markdown-viewer

You can install it with:

brew install leaf-markdown-viewer

Thank you all so much for your help!

[ghuh]

Thanks!