diff --git a/roles/homebrewInstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/homebrewInstall/tasks/main.yml
index ab87d1d..7f9e972 100644
--- a/roles/homebrewInstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/homebrewInstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
 
 - name: "Install Homebrew packages"
   community.general.homebrew:
-    name: tldr
+    name: "{{ homebrewinstall_packages }}"
     state: present
diff --git a/roles/homebrewInstall/vars/main.yml b/roles/homebrewInstall/vars/main.yml
index 1790e6c..a4e6edb 100644
--- a/roles/homebrewInstall/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/homebrewInstall/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
-#SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 ---
 # vars file for homebrewInstall
+homebrewinstall_packages:
+  - vim
+  - helix
+  - bash-language-server
+  - yaml-language-server
+  - task
+  - tasksh
+  - eza
+  - tldr
+  - newsboat
+  - pass
+  - shellcheck
+  - starship
+  - tmux
+  - yazi
+  - yt-dlp