Homebrew
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Homebrew is a popular open-source package manager that simplifies installing and managing software on macOS (and Linux) via the command line.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homebrew canonical | 8 |
| Homebrew package manager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T321754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homebrew Context triple: [macOS, hasThirdPartyPackageManager, Homebrew]
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A.
Mocha
Mocha is a popular JavaScript test framework used primarily for running unit and integration tests in Node.js and browser-based applications.
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B.
The Bean
The Bean is a famous stainless steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor located in Chicago’s Millennium Park, renowned for its highly polished, reflective surface and iconic, bean-like shape.
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C.
Brewmaster’s Castle
Brewmaster’s Castle is a historic Washington, D.C. mansion built by German-American brewer Christian Heurich, now preserved as a museum showcasing late 19th-century architecture and brewing-era history.
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D.
Champagne
Champagne is a renowned wine-producing region in northeastern France famous for its sparkling wines made primarily from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier grapes.
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E.
Heineken Experience brewery
The Heineken Experience brewery is a popular interactive museum and former brewery in Amsterdam dedicated to the history and brewing process of Heineken beer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homebrew Target entity description: Homebrew is a popular open-source package manager that simplifies installing and managing software on macOS (and Linux) via the command line.
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A.
Mocha
Mocha is a popular JavaScript test framework used primarily for running unit and integration tests in Node.js and browser-based applications.
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B.
The Bean
The Bean is a famous stainless steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor located in Chicago’s Millennium Park, renowned for its highly polished, reflective surface and iconic, bean-like shape.
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C.
Brewmaster’s Castle
Brewmaster’s Castle is a historic Washington, D.C. mansion built by German-American brewer Christian Heurich, now preserved as a museum showcasing late 19th-century architecture and brewing-era history.
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D.
Champagne
Champagne is a renowned wine-producing region in northeastern France famous for its sparkling wines made primarily from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier grapes.
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E.
Heineken Experience brewery
The Heineken Experience brewery is a popular interactive museum and former brewery in Amsterdam dedicated to the history and brewing process of Heineken beer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line software management tool
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ package manager ⓘ |
| alsoAvailableOn | Linux ⓘ |
| author | Max Howell ⓘ |
| command | brew ⓘ |
| createdBy | Max Howell ⓘ |
| designGoal |
provide a flexible, scriptable package manager for macOS and Linux
ⓘ
simplify installing software on macOS via the command line ⓘ |
| distributionModel | source code hosted on GitHub ⓘ |
| feature |
builds software from source when needed
ⓘ
handles software upgrades ⓘ installs command-line software ⓘ installs graphical applications via casks ⓘ integrates with macOS command line ⓘ manages software dependencies ⓘ provides precompiled binaries (bottles) ⓘ supports custom taps (third-party repositories) ⓘ supports uninstalling packages ⓘ |
| governance | maintained by Homebrew maintainers and contributors ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2009-05-21 ⓘ |
| license |
BSD license
ⓘ
surface form:
BSD 2-Clause License
|
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
macOS ⓘ |
| packageFormat |
casks
ⓘ
formulae ⓘ |
| primaryPlatform | macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Ruby ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/Homebrew/brew ⓘ |
| softwareType |
build automation tool
ⓘ
package manager ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
ARM64
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Apple silicon
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Silicon Macs
Intel-based Macs ⓘ |
| supportsSubcommand |
brew cleanup
ⓘ
brew doctor ⓘ brew info ⓘ brew install ⓘ brew list ⓘ brew search ⓘ brew tap ⓘ brew uninstall ⓘ brew update ⓘ brew upgrade ⓘ |
| targetUser |
developers
ⓘ
power users ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | Ruby ⓘ |
| website | https://brew.sh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Homebrew Description of subject: Homebrew is a popular open-source package manager that simplifies installing and managing software on macOS (and Linux) via the command line.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Homebrew package manager