dbus
brew install dbusMessage bus system, providing inter-application communication
https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/dbus
License: AFL-2.1 OR GPL-2.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/dbus.json
Formula code: dbus.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| ventura | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| ventura | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 1.16.2 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on when building from source:
| docbook | 5.2.1 | Standard XML representation system for technical documents |
| docbook-xsl | 1.79.2 | XML vocabulary to create presentation-neutral documents |
| meson | 1.12.1 | Fast and user friendly build system |
| ninja | 1.13.2 | Small build system for use with gyp or CMake |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| xmlto | 0.0.29 | Convert XML to another format (based on XSL or other tools) |
Uses from macOS: libxslt (build), python (build), expat
Binaries:
dbus-cleanup-sockets,
dbus-daemon,
dbus-launch,
dbus-monitor,
dbus-run-session,
dbus-send,
dbus-test-tool,
dbus-update-activation-environment,
dbus-uuidgen
Service:
| Start now and at login: | brew services start dbus |
| To start the session bus now and at login: brew services start dbus To start the system bus now and on boot, install and activate the included daemon: sudo cp -f $(brew --prefix dbus)/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist If the daemon is already installed and running, restart it: sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/org.freedesktop.dbus-system |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 299,209 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 9,634,375 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 41,219 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.3× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:51:33Z. 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 | 41,219 | 101,115 | 521,239 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Installs on Request | 212 | 544 | 4,679 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Build Errors | 100 |