diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d90321e7fc..96c9e74e71 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,35 +288,6 @@ jobs:
           paths:
             # Save the built output for future
             - dashboard/build/
-  release-service-npm:
-    <<: *node-config
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - npm_install
-      - *attach-workspace
-      - include_dashboard
-      - run:
-          name: Authenticate with registry
-          command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > ~/.npmrc
-      - run:
-          name: Publish package
-          command: |
-            cd garden-service
-            VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r .version)
-            VERSION_LOCK=$(cat package-lock.json | jq -r .version)
-            [ "$VERSION" == "$VERSION_LOCK" ] || (echo "package.json and package-lock.json contain different versions refusing to release"; exit 1)
-            # package.json contains 0.8 and our tagging convention is v0.8
-            [ "v$VERSION" == "$CIRCLE_TAG" ] || (echo "package.json and CIRCLE_TAG contain different versions refusing to release"; exit 1)
-
-            # If version number is a pre-release set npm tag to --tag=beta so it is not installed when you install latest
-            NPM_EXTRA=""
-            if [[ "$CIRCLE_TAG" == *"rc"* ]]; then
-              echo "$CIRCLE_TAG contains rc setting release to --tag=beta";
-              NPM_EXTRA="--tag=beta"
-            fi
-
-            npm publish $NPM_EXTRA
-
   release-service-pkg:
     <<: *node-config
     steps:
@@ -402,9 +373,3 @@ workflows:
           requires:
             - build-service
             - build-dashboard
-      - release-service-npm:
-          <<: *only-tags
-          context: npm
-          requires:
-            - build-service
-            - build-dashboard
diff --git a/garden-service/bin/build-pkg.sh b/garden-service/bin/build-pkg.sh
index bc9347cde4..05f2991b55 100755
--- a/garden-service/bin/build-pkg.sh
+++ b/garden-service/bin/build-pkg.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rsync -r --exclude=.garden --exclude=.git static tmp/dist
 echo "-> Building executables..."
 cd dist
 # note: using the npm package is still preferred on macOS, because it needs the native fsevents library
-pkg --target node10-linux-x64,node10-win-x64 ../tmp/dist
+pkg --target node10-macos-x64,node10-linux-x64,node10-win-x64 ../tmp/dist
 
 echo "-> Preparing packages..."
 
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ tar -czf garden-${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz linux-amd64
 echo "    -> cleaning up tmp files"
 rm -rf linux-amd64
 
+echo "  -> macos-amd64"
+rm -rf macos-amd64
+mkdir macos-amd64
+mv garden-cli-macos macos-amd64/garden
+cp -r ../tmp/dist/static macos-amd64
+# need to include the .node binary for fsevents
+cp ../lib/fsevents/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node macos-amd64
+echo "    -> tar"
+tar -czf garden-${version}-macos-amd64.tar.gz macos-amd64
+echo "    -> cleaning up tmp files"
+rm -rf macos-amd64
+
 echo "  -> windows-amd64"
 rm -rf windows-amd64
 mkdir windows-amd64
diff --git a/garden-service/lib/fsevents/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node b/garden-service/lib/fsevents/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8b96804567
Binary files /dev/null and b/garden-service/lib/fsevents/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node differ
diff --git a/gulpfile.ts b/gulpfile.ts
index ba990e53b1..b2a959c8c8 100644
--- a/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/gulpfile.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import * as execa from "execa"
 import { writeFile, readFile, ensureDir, pathExists, remove } from "fs-extra"
 import { getUrlChecksum } from "./support/support-util"
 import * as handlebars from "handlebars"
-import { isString, clone, extend } from "lodash"
+import { isString, clone, extend, find } from "lodash"
 
+const Octokit = require("@octokit/rest")
 const gulp = require("gulp")
 const checkLicense = require("gulp-license-check")
 
@@ -69,8 +70,7 @@ gulp.task("check-licenses", () =>
  */
 gulp.task("update-brew", async () => {
   // clone the homebrew-garden tap repo
-  const packageJson = require(join(__dirname, "garden-service", "/package.json"))
-
+  console.log("Pulling the homebrew repo")
   await ensureDir(tmpDir)
   const brewRepoDir = resolve(tmpDir, "homebrew-garden")
   if (await pathExists(brewRepoDir)) {
@@ -79,41 +79,54 @@ gulp.task("update-brew", async () => {
   await execa("git", ["clone", "git@github.com:garden-io/homebrew-garden.git"], { cwd: tmpDir })
 
   // read the existing formula
+  console.log("Reading currently published formula")
   const formulaDir = resolve(brewRepoDir, "Formula")
   await ensureDir(formulaDir)
-  const formulaPath = resolve(formulaDir, "garden-cli.rb")
-  const existingFormula = await pathExists(formulaPath) ? (await readFile(formulaPath)).toString() : ""
 
   // compile the formula handlebars template
   const templatePath = resolve(__dirname, "support", "homebrew-formula.rb")
   const templateString = (await readFile(templatePath)).toString()
   const template = handlebars.compile(templateString)
 
-  // get the metadata from npm
-  const metadataJson = await execa.stdout("npm", ["view", "garden-cli", "--json"])
-  const metadata = JSON.parse(metadataJson)
-  const version = metadata["dist-tags"].latest
-  const tarballUrl = metadata.dist.tarball
-  const sha256 = metadata.dist.shasum.length === 64
-    ? metadata.dist.shasum
-    : await getUrlChecksum(tarballUrl, "sha256")
+  // get the metadata from GitHub
+  console.log("Preparing formula")
+  const octokit = new Octokit()
+  const repoName = "garden-io/garden"
+
+  // note: this excludes pre-releases
+  const latestRelease = await octokit.request(`GET /repos/${repoName}/releases/latest`)
+
+  const version = latestRelease.data.tag_name.slice(1)
+  const releaseId = latestRelease.data.id
+
+  const assets = await octokit.request(`GET /repos/${repoName}/releases/${releaseId}/assets`)
+
+  const tarballUrl = find(assets.data, a => a.name.includes("macos")).browser_download_url
+  const sha256 = await getUrlChecksum(tarballUrl, "sha256")
 
   const formula = template({
     version,
-    homepage: metadata.homepage || packageJson.homepage,
-    description: metadata.description,
+    homepage: "https://garden.io",
+    // using a hard-coded description here because Homebrew limits to 80 characters
+    description: "Development engine for Kubernetes",
     tarballUrl,
     sha256,
   })
 
+  const formulaPath = resolve(formulaDir, "garden-cli.rb")
+  const existingFormula = await pathExists(formulaPath) ? (await readFile(formulaPath)).toString() : ""
+
   if (formula === existingFormula) {
     console.log("No changes to formula")
   } else {
+    console.log("Writing new formula to " + formulaPath)
     await writeFile(formulaPath, formula)
 
     // check if the formula is OK
+    console.log("Auditing formula")
     await execa("brew", ["audit", formulaPath])
 
+    console.log("Pushing to git")
     for (const args of [
       ["add", formulaPath],
       ["commit", "-m", `update to ${version}`],
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9fbe06008a..84197a31d3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
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         "chalk": {
           "version": "2.3.1",
-          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.1.tgz",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.1.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-QUU4ofkDoMIVO7hcx1iPTISs88wsO8jA92RQIm4JAwZvFGGAV2hSAA1NX7oVj2Ej2Q6NDTcRDjPTFrMCRZoJ6g==",
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "@octokit/endpoint": {
+      "version": "3.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/endpoint/-/endpoint-3.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KPkoTvKwCTetu/UqonLs1pfwFO5HAqTv/Ksp9y4NAg//ZgUCpvJsT4Hrst85uEzJvkB8+LxKyR4Bfv2X8O4cmQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "deepmerge": "3.0.0",
+        "is-plain-object": "^2.0.4",
+        "universal-user-agent": "^2.0.1",
+        "url-template": "^2.0.8"
+      }
+    },
+    "@octokit/request": {
+      "version": "2.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/request/-/request-2.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5YRqYNZOAaL7+nt7w3Scp6Sz4P2g7wKFP9npx1xdExMomk8/M/ICXVLYVam2wzxeY0cIc6wcKpjC5KI4jiNbGw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@octokit/endpoint": "^3.1.1",
+        "is-plain-object": "^2.0.4",
+        "node-fetch": "^2.3.0",
+        "universal-user-agent": "^2.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "@octokit/rest": {
+      "version": "16.13.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/rest/-/rest-16.13.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-r7Dg0m27todnsiXdvZcZfQm7TCND7a5vC4/IwuLoIcg1mhwk26cWsUSOMzSXOUjxjjun5H2oKzM0vBVtohKypw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@octokit/request": "2.3.0",
+        "before-after-hook": "^1.2.0",
+        "btoa-lite": "^1.0.0",
+        "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
+        "lodash.set": "^4.3.2",
+        "lodash.uniq": "^4.5.0",
+        "octokit-pagination-methods": "^1.1.0",
+        "universal-user-agent": "^2.0.0",
+        "url-template": "^2.0.8"
+      }
+    },
     "@snyk/dep-graph": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@snyk/dep-graph/-/dep-graph-1.1.2.tgz",
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     "ansi-escapes": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-escapes/-/ansi-escapes-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-escapes/-/ansi-escapes-3.1.0.tgz",
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     "async": {
       "version": "1.5.2",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz",
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         "chalk": {
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-          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-1.1.3.tgz",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-1.1.3.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-qBFcVeSnAv5NFQq9OHKCKn4J/Jg=",
           "dev": true,
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@@ -1782,6 +1823,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-5tXqjF2tABMEpwsiY4RH9pyy+Ak=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "before-after-hook": {
+      "version": "1.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/before-after-hook/-/before-after-hook-1.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zyPgY5dgbf99c0uGUjhY4w+mxqEGxPKg9RQDl34VvrVh2bM31lFN+mwR1ZHepq/KA3VCPk1gwJZL6IIJqjLy2w==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "bin-links": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bin-links/-/bin-links-1.1.2.tgz",
@@ -1903,6 +1950,12 @@
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       }
     },
+    "btoa-lite": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/btoa-lite/-/btoa-lite-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-M3dm2hWAEhD92VbCLpxokaudAzc=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "buffer-equal": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-equal/-/buffer-equal-1.0.0.tgz",
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     "callsites": {
       "version": "0.2.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/callsites/-/callsites-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/callsites/-/callsites-0.2.0.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog-angular/-/conventional-changelog-angular-1.6.6.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog-angular/-/conventional-changelog-angular-1.6.6.tgz",
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-          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-commits-parser/-/conventional-commits-parser-2.1.7.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-commits-parser/-/conventional-commits-parser-2.1.7.tgz",
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-          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
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-          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-3.0.0.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/es6-promisify/-/es6-promisify-5.0.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "debug": "^3.1.0"
+        "debug": "=3.1.0"
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-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
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-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
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           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
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-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
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           "integrity": "sha1-2Klr13/Wjfd5OnMDajug1UBdR3s=",
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
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           "integrity": "sha1-PXz0Rk22RG6mRL9LOVB/mFEAjo4=",
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
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-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
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           "integrity": "sha1-754xOG8DGn8NZDr4L95QxFfvAMs=",
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
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+          "optional": true,
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-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
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+          "optional": true,
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+    "universal-user-agent": {
+      "version": "2.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universal-user-agent/-/universal-user-agent-2.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eRHEHhChCBHrZsA4WEhdgiOKgdvgrMIHwnwnqD0r5C6AO8kwKcG7qSku3iXdhvHL3YvsS9ZkSGN8h/hIpoFC8g==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "os-name": "^3.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "macos-release": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/macos-release/-/macos-release-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-iCM3ZGeqIzlrH7KxYK+fphlJpCCczyHXc+HhRVbEu9uNTCrzYJjvvtefzeKTCVHd5AP/aD/fzC80JZ4ZP+dQ/A==",
+          "dev": true
+        },
+        "os-name": {
+          "version": "3.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/os-name/-/os-name-3.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-7c74tib2FsdFbQ3W+qj8Tyd1R3Z6tuVRNNxXjJcZ4NgjIEQU9N/prVMqcW29XZPXGACqaXN3jq58/6hoaoXH6g==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "macos-release": "^2.0.0",
+            "windows-release": "^3.1.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "universalify": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
@@ -11408,6 +11531,12 @@
         "prepend-http": "^1.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "url-template": {
+      "version": "2.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-template/-/url-template-2.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-/FZaPMy/93MMd19WQflVV5FDnyE=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "use": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/use/-/use-3.1.0.tgz",
@@ -11709,6 +11838,38 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "windows-release": {
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/windows-release/-/windows-release-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hBb7m7acFgQPQc222uEQTmdcGLeBmQLNLFIh0rDk3CwFOBrfjefLzEfEfmpMq8Af/n/GnFf3eYf203FY1PmudA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "execa": "^0.10.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "execa": {
+          "version": "0.10.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-0.10.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-7XOMnz8Ynx1gGo/3hyV9loYNPWM94jG3+3T3Y8tsfSstFmETmENCMU/A/zj8Lyaj1lkgEepKepvd6240tBRvlw==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "cross-spawn": "^6.0.0",
+            "get-stream": "^3.0.0",
+            "is-stream": "^1.1.0",
+            "npm-run-path": "^2.0.0",
+            "p-finally": "^1.0.0",
+            "signal-exit": "^3.0.0",
+            "strip-eof": "^1.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "get-stream": {
+          "version": "3.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-stream/-/get-stream-3.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-jpQ9E1jcN1VQVOy+LtsFqhdO3hQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "wordwrap": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wordwrap/-/wordwrap-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -11717,7 +11878,7 @@
     },
     "wrap-ansi": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-2.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-2Pw9KE3QV5T+hJc8rs3Rz4JP3YU=",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
@@ -11784,7 +11945,7 @@
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     "xmlbuilder": {
       "version": "9.0.7",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/xmlbuilder/-/xmlbuilder-9.0.7.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlbuilder/-/xmlbuilder-9.0.7.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-Ey7mPS7FVlxVfiD0wi35rKaGsQ0=",
       "dev": true
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc0d187bf7..8e0931bf15 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "@commitlint/cli": "^7.2.1",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^7.1.2",
     "@lerna/version": "^3.6.0",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^16.13.1",
     "@types/bluebird": "^3.5.25",
     "@types/execa": "^0.9.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^5.0.4",
diff --git a/support/homebrew-formula.rb b/support/homebrew-formula.rb
index 12ba526b29..4f1f61665a 100644
--- a/support/homebrew-formula.rb
+++ b/support/homebrew-formula.rb
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class GardenCli < Formula
   desc "{{description}}"
   homepage "{{{homepage}}}"
   url "{{{tarballUrl}}}"
+  version "{{version}}"
   sha256 "{{sha256}}"
 
-  depends_on "node"
   depends_on "rsync"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
-    bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
+    libexec.install "garden", "fse.node", "static"
+    bin.install_symlink libexec/"garden"
   end
 
   test do
-    # add a meaningful test here
+    # just make sure the command works
+    system bin/"garden", "--help"
   end
 end