brew

Homebrew package manager

medium risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Run as a normal user, not root.
`brew upgrade` upgrades everything.

What it does

Package manager for macOS/Linux. See the flags and examples below, and run `man brew` for the full reference.

Examples

brew listInstalled · explain & risk-check →

brew upgrade --dry-runPreview · explain & risk-check →

Related

Open the full explainer →More in Packages & Build

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man brew for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.