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 4.5.8
- Add HOMEBREW_MACOS_NEWEST_SUPPORTED env var by @samford in #20112
- Replace hardlinks with symlinks for brew tests by @abitrolly in #20115
- MacOSVersion: enable strong typing, expand tests by @samford in #20108
- Remove alias generic_* definitions in favour of using super by @MikeMcQuaid in #20120
- Remove vale FIXME by @abitrolly in #20123
- a*.rb: move to strict Sorbet sigil. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20121
- Add Cask::Config RBI compiler by @samford in #20124
- cask/audit: also check binary for minimum OS by @EricFromCanada in #20119
- cask: move some files to strict Sorbet sigil. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20125
- utils/github/api: fix Sorbet types. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20129
- Refactor FormulaCreator args and call parse_url automatically by @abitrolly in #20116
- cmd: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in #20130
- debrew: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in #20131
- dev-cmd: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in #20132
- requirements: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in #20133
- Fix type mismatch in brew info by @Rylan12 in #20139
- cask/installer: remove confusing zap messaging by @p-linnane in #20138
- download_strategy: fix caching of :latest downloads by @EricFromCanada in #20137
- formula_creator: test GitHub repo call for archive|releases URLs by @abitrolly in #20136
- rubocops: add no_autobump! rubocop by @botantony in #20126
- tap: rely on new autobump list by @botantony in #20141
- formula_creator: detect GitHub version from latest release by @abitrolly in #20025
- rubocops/caveats: check for dynamic caveats. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20135
- Make some of the bundle commands Sorbet typed: true by @issyl0 in #20145
- Fix handling of class methods in extend/os by @Rylan12 in #20152
- Fix brew doctor cask handling on Linux by @Rylan12 in #20151
- download_strategy: fossil now outputs hash: by @EricFromCanada in #20150
- create: strip 'v' prefix from version by @abitrolly in #20154
- Improve brew doctor warnings about xattr and cask quarantine by @Rylan12 in #20153
- rubocops/caveats: only apply dynamic logic check to core. by @MikeMcQuaid in #20155
- language/*: fix *_SHEBANG_REGEX anchors by @carlocab in #20157
- Revert "Make some of the bundle commands Sorbet typed: true" by @MikeMcQuaid in #20158
Homebrew for Mac
Free
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Version 4.5.8
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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. 😁
Dec 9 2024
Version: 4.4.10
This version 4.4.10 is Ventura (macOS 13) along with any version beyond 4.3.20 which is latest version compatible with Monterey (macOS 12).
