Homebrew for Mac
Manage the installation process of other open source software.
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Homebrew overview
Homebrew is a command line utility designed to streamline the installation of various libraries and utilities that you might need to run certain applications, but have not been included in your macOS installation by default.
The both application provides you with access to a large collection of packages which you can browse using the command line, or by making use of online resources such as the Braumeister website.
Effortless to install macOS package manager that runs in the Terminal
To deploy Homebrew on your Mac, you can manually download the source code archive and install wherever you like, or you can run the command provided by the development team in Terminal window (will place Homebrew in the /usr/local folder):
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
What's new in version 5.1.6
What's Changed
- cask/artifact: enable typed: strict across Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/ by @dduugg in #21939
- source: retry PyPI API requests to avoid transient errors by @p-linnane in #21944
- build(deps): bump addressable from 2.8.9 to 2.9.0 in /Library/Homebrew by @dependabot[bot] in #21948
- build(deps): bump addressable from 2.8.9 to 2.9.0 in /docs by @dependabot[bot] in #21949
- cask: upgrade auto_updates casks when bundle version is stale by @bevanjkay in #21882
- refactor: remove dead code and deprecate unused public APIs by @dduugg in #21925
- Add brew doctor and brew cleanup for corrupt Caskroom directories by @koddsson in #21880
- refactor: remove unused require statements by @dduugg in #21952
- cmd/*-sync: fix uninitialized constants by @cho-m in #21956
- docs: reflect new auto_updates behaviour by @bevanjkay in #21957
- Add 'LANG' to the environment filter to ensure it passes into brew if/when set in the user's environment by @jamesrtnz in #21945
- docs: add and consolidate deprecation policy by @MikeMcQuaid in #21946
- Improve updates of auto_updates casks by @MikeMcQuaid in #21962
- search: fix uninitialized constant by @cho-m in #21968
- bump: add cooldown for npm and PyPI by @samford in #21888
- cask: refine auto_updates behaviour by @bevanjkay in #21974
- generate-cask-ci-matrix: fix Linux runner for single-arch casks by @p-linnane in #21970
- GitDownloadStrategy: fix slow repo_valid? by using -C flag by @ismail in #21969
- build(deps): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #21979
- Fix outdated greedy cask handling by @MikeMcQuaid in #21976
- Stop cleaning corrupt cask dirs by @MikeMcQuaid in #21980
- build(deps): bump the bundler group across 2 directories with 16 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #21978
- Fix flaky run_actionlint! tests by @MikeMcQuaid in #21975
- Fix flaky conflicts_with brew spec by @MikeMcQuaid in #21977
- Share full-name parsing helpers by @MikeMcQuaid in #21966
- Use merge-base for git audit comparisons by @MikeMcQuaid in #21967
- docs: document developer update channel and MCP tools by @MikeMcQuaid in #21983
- info: avoid Formula/Cask objects for counts by @MikeMcQuaid in #21963
- sorbet: add strict type signatures to cask files by @dduugg in #21987
- sorbet: remove redundant T.let in initialize methods by @dduugg in #21990
- Harden cask uninstall path checks by @MikeMcQuaid in #21989
- cask: gate auto-updates behind opt-in by @MikeMcQuaid in #21985
- extend/os/linux/cask/config: actually use XDG_DATA_HOME by @cho-m in #21994
- shellenv: export FPATH so child zsh shells inherit fpath by @sumanthratna in #21910
- Add brew generate-internal-api command by @Rylan12 in #21973
- cask/artifact/qlplugin: fix type override by @bevanjkay in #2
Homebrew for Mac
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Version 5.1.6
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Sep 9 2025
Version: 4.6.10
The v4.6.10 update is a bit whacked! (1) Before updating, I verified that I had v4.6.9 installed. (2) So I updated, but it told me "Already up-to-date". Indeed a version check now said I had v4.9.10. (3) So, finding this odd, I did the *upgrade* command anyway. There were 6 upgrades to make on my setup, all without my being warned. - - So! If the update oddity hits you as well, do the *upgrade* command anyway!
Jun 16 2025
Version: 4.5.6
v4.5.7 is out. Pile of changes: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/4.5.6...4.5.7
