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 4.6.11
- Enable strict typing in SystemCommand by @dduugg in #20613
- shims/super/cc: rpath-link glibc if indirect dep by @cho-m in #20631
- bump: output lower upstream version by @samford in #20640
- bump: use LivecheckVersion for comparison by @samford in #20651
- bump: compare newer_than_upstream values to true by @samford in #20652
- Enable strict typing in Utils::Bottles by @dduugg in #20643
- docs/How-to-Create-and-Maintain-a-Tap: more improvements. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20649
- ENV/super: set JEMALLOC_SYS_WITH_LG_PAGE by @cho-m in #20647
- system_command: add missing must_succeed by @bevanjkay in #20654
- os/mac: updates for Xcode/macOS 26 RC by @Bo98 in #20661
- workflows/tests: fix tap-syntax caching by @Bo98 in #20662
- os/mac/*: typed: strict by @botantony in #20660
- Add additional brew contributions functionality. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20663
- build build_environment build_options: enable typed: strict by @botantony in #20650
- github: handle user opting out of github API in private_repo check by @gibfahn in #20668
- dev-cmd/contributions: add --team flag. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20666
- Add @bayandin to former maintainers by @bayandin in #20670
- Drop macOS Ventura CI in Homebrew/core by @p-linnane in #20672
- deprecate_disable: add unreachable reason by @p-linnane in #20673
- Fix brew fetch failure with symlinked taps and refactor path validation logic by @Copilot in #20655
- Bump the "all" group with 2 updates across multiple ecosystems by @dependabot[bot] in #20676
- Fix Cask artifact rename operation on Linux by making xattr metadata no-op by @Copilot in #20656
- os/linux/ld: add support for using system ld.so by @cho-m in #20633
- docs: clarify listed archive formats aren't exclusive by @p-linnane in #20679
- formula_installer: optlink even with cask installed by @cho-m in #20680
- Check host libstdc++ for brew gcc dependency by @cho-m in #20682
- cmd/shellenv: echo path helper command rather than run it. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20675
- cmd/update-report: fix formula description display by @ZhongRuoyu in #20684
- utils/github: fix type error for pull_request by @branchvincent in #20686
- github_runner_matrix: deploy Tahoe runner in CI by @ZhongRuoyu in #20685
- Support Tahoe, drop Mojave and older by @p-linnane in #20681
Homebrew for Mac
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Version 4.6.11
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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
Mar 4 2025
Version: 4.4.23
Homebrew keeps surprising me when it's already updated itself! Nicely done. 😁
