Applite for Mac
User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks.
By milanvarady. Free and open source, MIT licence.
Applite at a glance
- Version
- 1.4.2
- Released
- 5 September 2026
- Download size
- 7.6 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Internet and Networking
- Developer
- milanvarady
- GitHub stars
- 7.1K
About Applite
A native macOS app store for software that isn't on the App Store, backed by Homebrew Cask
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How to install Applite on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for Applite and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.4.2 from milanvarady's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to Applite show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Applite.dmg (7.6 MB).
What is new in Applite 1.4.2
<!-- The GitHub release body. Reference: changelog-raw.md --> <!-- Delete any section you don't need; empty ones are dropped automatically. --> **This is a critical update and is advised for all users.** ### Fixes - **Applite's built-in Homebrew works again.** Homebrew retired the `master` branch Applite downloaded it from on 4 September, which broke new installs immediately and existing ones within three days. - **A broken installation repairs itself.** If yours is already affected, just open Applite — it repairs in place and keeps every app you have installed. - **Updates are detected again.** 1.4.0 could show an empty Updates tab while updates were available. Reported by @TianLi-520, traced by @bunnysayzz. (#159) ### New Features - **See the download size before you install.** Get Info now shows how large an app's download is. ### Known Issues - 1.4.1 was published briefly on 5 September and withdrawn the same day; it predates the Homebrew fix above. If you downloaded it, this update replaces it. **Full changelog**: https://github.com/milanvarady/Applite/compare/v1.4.0...v1.4.2
