dotnet@8 (deprecated)
Disable date: 2027-11-10
brew install dotnet@8.NET Core
License: MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/dotnet@8.json
Formula code: dotnet@8.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 | ✅ | 8.0.133 |
Other versions:
| dotnet@10 | 10.0.404 | .NET Core |
| dotnet@9 | 9.0.124 | .NET Core |
| dotnet@6 | 6.0.136 | .NET Core |
Keg-only because this is an alternate version of another formula.
Depends on:
| icu4c@79 | 79.1 | C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode and globalization |
| openssl@3 | 3.5.9 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| grep | 3.12 | GNU grep, egrep and fgrep |
| llvm@20 | 20.1.8 | Next-gen compiler infrastructure |
Uses from macOS: python (build), krb5
Binaries:
dotnet
| For other software to find dotnet you may need to set: export DOTNET_ROOT="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/dotnet@8/libexec" |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 16,267 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 253,056 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 2,048 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.9× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:53:08Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. 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 | 2,045 | 4,506 | 23,079 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 3 | 9 | 41 |
| Installs on Request | 1,820 | 4,125 | 19,576 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 3 | 9 | 41 |
| Build Errors | 24 |