freetds
brew install freetdsLibraries to talk to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/freetds.json
Formula code: freetds.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 | ✅ | 1.5.21 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| unixodbc | 2.3.14 | ODBC 3 connectivity for UNIX |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: krb5
Binaries:
bsqldb,
bsqlodbc,
datacopy,
defncopy,
fisql,
freebcp,
osql,
tdspool,
tsql
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 299,038 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 20,869,778 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 25,919 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 11.5× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-13T00:50:54Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-14 to 2026-11-13. 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 | 25,899 | 54,008 | 256,018 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 20 | 30 | 123 |
| Installs on Request | 6,736 | 13,699 | 73,409 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 18 | 28 | 119 |
| Build Errors | 22 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 2 |