cups
brew install cupsCommon UNIX Printing System
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups
License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/cups.json
Formula code: cups.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2.4.20 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Patches:
| https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/23a183b63a4c94ae7cd0f36c63ee7eb905be60fd |
Keg-only because macOS already provides this software.
Depends on:
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Binaries:
cups-config,
ippeveprinter,
ipptool
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 38,245 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 1,345,307 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 15,943 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 2.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:52:06Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. 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 | 15,943 | 30,826 | 131,746 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Installs on Request | 245 | 580 | 4,132 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Build Errors | 0 |