tldr/pages/common/brew-leaves.md

brew leaves

List installed formulas that are not dependencies of another installed formula or cask. More information: https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#leaves---installed-on-request---installed-as-dependency.

• List installed formulas that are not dependent on other installed formulas or casks:

brew leaves

• Only list leaves that were manually installed:

brew leaves {{[-r|--installed-on-request]}}

• Only list leaves that were installed as dependencies:

brew leaves {{[-p|--installed-as-dependency]}}

• Display help:

brew leaves {{[-h|--help]}}