For node.js-based packages install npm ( brew install npm ). Bash 1 2 $ brew install bash ... pbcopy, pbpaste - interacts with pasteboard, which is Mac’s clipboard. Bash 1 2 $ open -a "Keychain Access" ... To list all the applications installed on the system use (taken from source) Bash 1 2 $ system_profiler SPApplicationsDataType -xml ... (system_profiler in general, is a pretty useful command as well).