List top-level packages installed with Brew

  • List installed formulae that are not dependencies of another installed formula alongside their description:

$ brew leaves --installed-on-request | xargs -n1 brew desc
  • List the dependency tree of installed formulae that are not dependencies of another installed formula:

$ brew deps --tree $(brew leaves --installed-on-request)

⚠️ brew leaves does not output packages installed with Cask.

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