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 5.1.13
- info: mark deprecated/disabled pkg in install status by @HaraldNordgren in #22334
- gitignore: ignore test/.npm/ by @HaraldNordgren in #22337
- info, tap-info: skip uninstalled marker and bold when not a problem (align with search) by @HaraldNordgren in #22342
- Remove obsolete --skip-update from command-not-found handlers by @rexmhall09 in #22340
- Check RubyGems licences by @MikeMcQuaid in #22343
- cask: include resolved artifact targets in JSON output by @carlocab in #22346
- Move the 'wsl?' bool from the OS::Linux module up to the OS module by @lstn in #22309
- Make bundle upgrade an alias by @MikeMcQuaid in #22348
- Resolve src through realpath in install_renamed by @dariaguy in #22351
- Omit aliases from completions by @MikeMcQuaid in #22352
- Align ask dry-run prompts by @MikeMcQuaid in #22353
- Portable Ruby 4.0.5 by @p-linnane in #22357
- bundle: try mas install before falling back to mas get by @wojteksbt in #22361
- Add as-console-user command by @MikeMcQuaid in #22358
- Add minimum version gating by @MikeMcQuaid in #22359
- Add list versions JSON by @MikeMcQuaid in #22360
- completions: add missing require. by @MikeMcQuaid in #22366
- Enforce secure redirects by @MikeMcQuaid in #22368
- pathname: eagerly initialize lazy instance variables by @p-linnane in #22362
Homebrew for Mac
Free
In English
Version 5.1.13
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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!
