Chromebrew

The Missing Package Manager For Chrome OS

Chromebooks with ChromeOS run a Linux kernel. The only missing pieces to use them as full-featured Linux distro were gcc and make with their dependencies. Well, these pieces aren't missing anymore. Say hello to Chromebrew!

You will need a Chromebook with developer mode enabled. To do so, select your device on the ChromiumOS Wiki and follow the instructions listed there.

sudo chromeos-setdevpasswd
sudo crossystem dev_boot_signed_only=1

* We can only provide limited support for i686 since Google has discontinued support. Although we can no longer support GUI apps, we will try to continue to support CLI programs.

Open a VT-2 terminal session with Ctrl+Alt+-> and login with the chronos user and password if set above. (if you are unable to do this, please have a second look at the prerequisites and make sure your Chromebook is in developer mode)

Then run the installation script below:

bash <(curl -L git.io/vddgY) && . ~/.bashrc

Please check out the wiki to find out more information about Chromebrew including helpful tips, resource links and frequently asked questions.

Also please check existing issues before submitting a new one.

crew <command> <package1> [<package2> ...]

Where available commands are:

Available packages are listed in the packages directory.

Chromebrew will wipe its BREW_DIR (/usr/local/tmp/crew by default) after installation unless you pass -k or --keep when running crew install.

crew install --keep [...]

Copyright 2013-2025 Michal Siwek and all the awesome contributors.

This project including all of its source files is released under the terms of GNU General Public License (version 3 or later). This project embeds docopt.rb at lib/docopt.rb. We retain its MIT license.