Homebrew Formulae Scraper
Pricing
Pay per usage
Extract Homebrew formula metadata, cask details, and install analytics instantly. Gather software versions, licenses, and download metrics into a clean dataset ready for JSON, CSV, or Excel export without any setup
formula loads GET /api/formula/{name}.json for each name. cask loads GET /api/cask/{token}.json. analytics loads GET /api/analytics/install/{30d|90d|365d}.json. all is listed for compatibility and does not call the unverified full catalogue URL.
Homebrew formula names for formula mode, one per line. Example: wget. Names are URL-encoded. Duplicates in one run are requested once.
Install window for analytics mode. Requests https://formulae.brew.sh/api/analytics/install/{period}.json. The count is stored on install_30d for every period.
Seconds to wait before each request. A short burst of the public endpoints returned 2xx with no rate-limit headers, and the actor still waits. One request runs at a time.
User-Agent sent on every request. Include an app name and a contact so the host can identify the client.
Stop the run after this many seconds and keep rows already collected. Default 300. Maximum 3600.
How long to wait for one response before treating that call as failed. Default 30 seconds.
