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 6.0.13
- docs: update formula authoring and toolchain references by @p-linnane in #23225
- Don't print the --force hint when brew bundle cleanup prompts by @p-linnane in #23212
- Generate stable cask syntax jobs by @MikeMcQuaid in #23222
- docs: convert Adding Software to Homebrew into a package-type router by @p-linnane in #23224
- Use --end-of-options for Git arguments by @andrew in #23223
- Normalise systemd service labels by @MikeMcQuaid in #23228
- Skip unavailable xattrs in cask audits by @MikeMcQuaid in #23229
- Add phase timings to brew prof by @MikeMcQuaid in #23216
- docs: update maintainer operations guides by @p-linnane in #23231
- Add appimage to cask stanza order by @p-linnane in #23234
- Remove Caskroom symlinks broken by cask uninstall, and warn when they exist by @aholland in #23235
- docs: enforce sentence-case headings and codify prose conventions by @p-linnane in #23233
- Validate serialised install steps (6/25) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23240
- list: warn about broken Caskroom symlinks from the Bash fast path by @aholland in #23245
- list: test the Bash fast path against the Ruby command by @aholland in #23247
- Count squash-merge commits into the contributions count by @Moisan in #23221
- Add cask command wrappers (6/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23183
- Handle missing bottle mirror metadata by @MikeMcQuaid in #23244
- dev-cmd/contributions: require tap by @samford in #23253
- brew search --desc: show casks without descriptions by @MikeMcQuaid in #23241
- List formulae from untrusted taps by @MikeMcQuaid in #23242
- Read remote.origin.url from .git/config without spawning Git by @hyuraku in #23248
- write_env_script: add permission change by @Moisan in #23249
- cask/migrator: do not copy a cask into itself through a rename alias by @aholland in #23261
- Handle cask mount failures and interrupts by @MikeMcQuaid in #23257
- formula: enable PIE for Haskell on Linux by @cho-m in #23254
- Add generated cask scripts (7/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23184
- DeprecateDisable: add formula unreachable reason by @samford in #23262
- bundle add: accept fully-qualified names from untapped taps by @p-linnane in #23266
- Wrap in-place terminal redraws in synchronized updates by @bendrucker in #23264
- Warn when sandbox paths stay readable by @MikeMcQuaid in #23256
- cask/audit: fix nil crash in min_os check by @krehel in #23268
- pathname: build eager-init type objects once, not per allocation by @hyuraku in #23267
- Fix flaky DownloadQueue interruption test by @MikeMcQuaid in #23269
- shared_audits: pass --fail when fetching Forgejo repo data by @krehel in #23271
- formula: remove duplicate info from std_npm_args doc by @cho-m in #23273
- formula: allow changing install args in std_cabal_v2_args by @cho-m in #23272
- docs: implement lists for readability by @bevanjkay in #23274
- Add Linux Landlock sandbox by @MikeMcQuaid in #23255
- Allow PTYs in Landlock sandboxes by @MikeMcQuaid in #23279
- Deduplicate install step source globs by @MikeMcQuaid in #23276
- Remove cask verified parameter by @MikeMcQuaid in #23280
- Respect ignored dependencies in ask plans by @MikeMcQuaid in #23277
- Offer to uninstall packages before untapping by @MikeMcQuaid in #23278
- Convert diagnostics to Finding objects by @SMillerDev in #23044
- workflows: skip signing/pushing for dependabot by @MikeMcQuaid in #23286
- Output Landlock ABI version in brew config by @MikeMcQuaid in #23287
- Block releases on open release blockers by @MikeMcQuaid in #23289
- Sample only user-set env config in analytics by @MikeMcQuaid in #23290
- Align EnvConfig RBI types with runtime value by @p-linnane in #23291
- Allow Landlock access to devices and IPC by @MikeMcQuaid in #23288
- Add stop_timeout to service DSL for graceful stop timeout by @IngmarStein in #23294
- Add disabled cops enforcing public APIs in tests by @MikeMcQuaid in #23292
- formula: std_go_args always add -s -w to ldflags by @cho-m in #23299
- Simplify cask command wrappers by @MikeMcQuaid in #23296
- Remove unused HOMEBREW_ARCHFLAGS by @cho-m in #23303
- Unblock POSIX message queues in Landlock by @MikeMcQuaid in #23302
- rubocops/cask: add cop for empty arch by @krehel in #23297
- Remove test-only FormulaInstaller.clear_* class methods by @dduugg in #23304
- Remove unused GitHub and Git helper methods by @dduugg in #23305
- Add homepage browser check DSL by @MikeMcQuaid in #23307
- Add GCC runtime install action (12/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23189
- Add scoped install step warnings (11/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23188
- Add process termination steps (10/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23187
- Allow formula permission steps (8/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23185
- Declare cask command wrapper names by @MikeMcQuaid in #23308
- Add constrained install commands (9/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23186
- Defer multi-line download failure output until redraw finishes by @dduugg in #23306
- vulns/osv_export: deduplicate references from OSV.dev by @andrew in #23314
- Update package manager slogan by @MikeMcQuaid in #23315
- Document service block methods and tidy Homebrew::Services by @dduugg in #23316
- Remove unused "fully_loaded_formula" instance variable from formula.rb by @dduugg in #23319
- Remove dead code from brew info and which-formula by @dduugg in #23322
- Add gzipped executable action (13/24) by @MikeMcQuaid in #23200
- Stage bottles using the path returned by fetch by @tony19 in #23323
- Add missing stanza sorting by @DexM in #23320
- formula: support common goreleaser ldflags via ldflags: :goreleaser by @cho-m in #23324
- sorbet: Type blocks at source more precisely than T.untyped by @issyl0 in #23318
- sorbet: More T.bind(self, T.class_of(Formula)) by @issyl0 in #23325
- tests: Remove no-op Formulary.cache.delete by @issyl0 in #23326
- Make tests use public APIs and enable their cops by @MikeMcQuaid in #23293
- docs/Cask-Cookbook: fix links to renamed casks by @hyuraku in #23327
Homebrew for Mac
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Version 6.0.13
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