Homebrew Tap for ArcBox

Official Homebrew tap for ArcBox, a high-performance container and VM runtime for macOS.

Install

brew install --cask arcboxlabs/tap/arcbox

Then open ArcBox from your Applications folder to complete setup.

Upgrade

ArcBox includes automatic updates via Sparkle. To upgrade manually:

brew upgrade --cask arcbox

Uninstall

brew uninstall --cask arcbox

To also remove all data (~/.arcbox):

brew zap arcbox

Migrating from install.sh

If you previously installed ArcBox via curl | sh:

# Stop old daemon
launchctl bootout gui/$(id -u)/com.arcboxlabs.desktop.daemon 2>/dev/null
launchctl bootout gui/$(id -u)/dev.arcbox.daemon 2>/dev/null

# Remove old plist and binaries
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.arcboxlabs.desktop.daemon.plist
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/dev.arcbox.daemon.plist
rm -f /usr/local/bin/abctl /usr/local/bin/arcbox-daemon

# Install via Homebrew
brew install --cask arcboxlabs/tap/arcbox

Your data (~/.arcbox) is preserved — containers, images, and VM data are unaffected.