Let's see if we can get the elegance, simplicity, and speed of Homebrew for the installation and management of GUI Mac applications such as Google Chrome and Adium.
As of December 2015, cask comes installed with Homebrew directly.
$ brew cask install google-chrome
It is really simple to check if the app is supported by cask by going to the search page on Caskroom
Some plugins to enable different files to work with Mac Quicklook. Includes features like syntax highlighting, markdown rendering, preview of jsons, patch files, csv, zip files etc.
$ brew cask install qlcolorcode
$ brew cask install qlstephen
$ brew cask install qlmarkdown
$ brew cask install quicklook-json
$ brew cask install qlprettypatch
$ brew cask install quicklook-csv
$ brew cask install betterzipql
$ brew cask install webpquicklook
$ brew cask install suspicious-package
I'll now cover installation of the apps that I have mentioned in the apps section using cask.
$ brew cask install alfred
$ brew cask install android-file-transfer
$ brew cask install asepsis
$ brew cask install appcleaner
$ brew cask install caffeine
$ brew cask install cheatsheet
$ brew cask install doubletwist
$ brew cask install dropbox
$ brew cask install google-chrome
$ brew cask install google-drive
$ brew cask install google-hangouts
$ brew cask install flux
$ brew cask install latexian
$ brew cask install 1password
$ brew cask install pdftk
$ brew cask install spectacle
$ brew cask install sublime-text
$ brew cask install superduper
$ brew cask install totalfinder
$ brew cask install transmission
$ brew cask install valentina-studio
$ brew cask install vlc