binutils
brew install binutilsFormerly known as: gold
GNU binary tools for native development
https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/binutils.html
License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-only
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/binutils.json
Formula code: binutils.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2.47 |
Keg-only because Apple's CLT provides the same tools.
Depends on:
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: bison (build)
Binaries:
addr2line,
ar,
as,
c++filt,
coffdump,
dlltool,
dllwrap,
elfedit,
gp-archive,
gp-collect-app,
gp-display-html,
gp-display-src,
gp-display-text,
gprof,
gprofng,
gprofng-archive,
gprofng-collect-app,
gprofng-display-html,
gprofng-display-src,
gprofng-display-text,
gprofng-gmon,
ld,
ld.bfd,
nm,
objcopy,
objdump,
ranlib,
readelf,
size,
srconv,
strings,
strip,
sysdump,
windmc,
windres
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 141,622 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 9,126,429 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 41,068 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 3.5× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:38:55Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 41,065 | 110,821 | 554,549 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 3 | 7 | 48 |
| Installs on Request | 3,060 | 13,503 | 78,135 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 3 | 7 | 48 |
| Build Errors | 1 |