您是否考慮尋找 Homebrew 的替代方案 來滿足您的開發需求？轉換到 ServBay 可能是您最佳的決定。ServBay 以其使用者友善的界面、對多個PHP和Node.js版本的廣泛支援，以及一系列內建工具和功能而脫穎而出，簡化了開發工作流程。讓我們比較 ServBay 和 Homebrew，了解為什麼 ServBay 是更優越的選擇。
| Features\Products | ServBay | Homebrew |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing | 🆓 free / 💰 paid | 🆓 free |
| Free version | 5 hosts, Ulimited functions | / |
| Free trial | / | / |
| Functions | ||
| macOS support | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Package upgradeable | ✅ Yes | ❗️manually |
| Security updates | ✅ Yes | ❗️manually |
| Oprating System | ||
| Non-intrusive | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Launch at login | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Start with system | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| CLI support | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| APP UI | ||
| Newbie friendly | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Quick control/Menubar | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Service control panel | ✅ Yes | ❌ No, via CLI |
| Multilingual | ✅ Yes, 11 languages | ❌ No |
| Easy to use APP | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Configurable via UI | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Easy backup | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Hosting | ||
| Multiple Hosts | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Max Hosts | 🆓 5/💰unlimited | ❗️unlimited, manual config |
| Custom Domains | ✅ Yes | ❗️manual config |
| Multiple Domains/Alias | 💰Yes | ❗️manual config |
| SSL support | ✅ Yes | ❗️manually, 💰may cost |
| Local private CA | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install & config, requires 3rd party package |
| Custom PHP Version | ✅ Yes | ❗️manual config |
| Static Web Support | ✅ Yes | ❗️manual config |
| Reverse Proxy | ✅ Yes | ❗️manual config |
| Docker/Node.js Proxy | ✅ Yes | ❗️manual config |
| Redirection | ✅ Yes | ❗️manual config |
| Programing Languages | ||
| PHP support | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Multiple PHP versions | 🆓 5.6 - 8.4 | 8.0 / 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.3 |
| PHP 8.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Multiple PHP instances | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Instantly switch PHP versions | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Node.js support | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Multiple Node.js versions | 🆓 12 - 22 | 14/16/18/20/21 |
| Instantly switch Node.js versions | ✅ Yes | ❗️requires 3rd party package |
| Web Servers | ||
| Apache HTTPd | ❌ No | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| NGINX | ❗️ No, Coming soon | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Caddy | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Databases | ||
| MySQL support | ❌ No | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Multiple MySQL versions | / | ❗️Manual install & config |
| Instantly switch MySQL versions | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| MariaDB support | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Multiple MariaDB versions | 🆓 10.4 - 11.5 | 10.2 - 11.2 |
| Instantly switch MariaDB versions | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| PostgreSQL support | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Multiple PostgreSQL versions | 🆓 10 - 16 | 10 - 16 |
| Instantly switch PostgreSQL versions | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Redis support | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Memcached support | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| SQLite 3 | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Tools | ||
| phpMyAdmin | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Adminer | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| OpenSSL | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Composer | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| cURL | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| npm | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| Mail Server | ||
| Built-in Mail Server | ✅ Yes | ❗️ Yes, Manual install |
| DNS | ||
| Built-in DNS Server | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| host domain resolution via /etc/hosts | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| host domain resolution via local Built-in DNS Server | ✅ Yes | ❗️manual config |
| Common PHP Modules | ||
| APC/APCu | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| xDebug | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| opcache | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| IMAP | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| gd | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| cURL | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| OpenLDAP | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| mysql | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| pgsql | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| sqlite | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| pdo-* | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| sodium | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| MongoDB | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| redis | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| memcache | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| memcached | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| Tunnels/Reverse Proxy | ||
| Cloudflared | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| frpc | ✅ Yes | ❗️Manual install, requires 3rd party package |
| Development tools | ||
| Development Library | ✅ Yes, Independent package | / |
| Re-Compile support | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Support | ||
| Documents | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Community | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| ✅ Yes | ❌ No | |
ServBay 提供一個易於使用的應用程序，具有多語言界面、快速控制選項和使用者友善的服務控制面板，所有這些都可以通過圖形使用者界面訪問。這與 Homebrew 形成鮮明對比，後者主要通過 命令列界面 (CLI) 運行，並經常需要手動配置。與 Homebrew 相比，ServBay 的非侵入式操作系統集成，如登錄時啟動和系統啟動時啟動等功能，進一步增強了其易用性。
ServBay 的托管能力比 Homebrew 更為強大。它免費支援多達 5 個主機，並在其專業版本中支援無限數量的主機，包括自定義域名和SSL支援。Homebrew雖然提供無限主機支援，但需要為每個主機手動配置。與 Homebrew 相比，ServBay 對自定義PHP版本、Docker/Node.js代理和反向代理功能的支援更為流暢，而 Homebrew 對這些功能的要求則更為繁瑣。
ServBay 對多個 PHP (5.6 - 8.4) 和 Node.js (12 - 22) 版本的支援，並能夠在它們之間快速切換，是與 Homebrew 相比的顯著優勢。Homebrew 確實支援 PHP 和 Node.js，但缺乏多個實例和即時切換的便利性。ServBay 內建的 Node.js 支援和同時運行多個 PHP 版本的能力使其成為開發者更為多才多藝的平台。
在資料庫支援方面，ServBay 再次領先，支援多個 MariaDB 和 PostgreSQL 版本，並能夠在它們之間快速切換。Homebrew 需要手動安裝和配置資料庫支援。像 phpMyAdmin、Adminer、Composer 和 npm 這樣的工具在 ServBay 中是 Readily available 的，而 Homebrew 使用者必須手動安裝和配置這些工具。
ServBay 的獨特功能，如內建郵件和DNS伺服器、對常見PHP模組的廣泛支援，以及像Cloudflared和frpc這樣的開發工具，使其與 Homebrew 區分開來。此外，ServBay 提供全面的文件、社群支援，甚至還有付費支援選項，而這在 Homebrew 中是缺失的。
總之，與 Homebrew 相比，ServBay 為開發提供了一個更加一體化、使用者友好且功能豐富的環境。其易用性、強大的托管功能、廣泛的編程語言支援以及各種內建工具，使 ServBay 成為尋求在軟體開發工具包中提高效率和多樣性的開發者的理想選擇。