gcc
brew install gccAlso known as: gcc@16, gfortran
GNU compiler collection
License: GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/gcc.json
Formula code: gcc.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 16.2.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Other versions:
| gcc@15 | 15.3.0 | GNU compiler collection |
| gcc@14 | 14.4.0 | GNU compiler collection |
| gcc@13 | 13.4.0 | GNU compiler collection |
| gcc@12 | 12.5.0 | GNU compiler collection |
| gcc@11 | 11.5.0 | GNU compiler collection |
| gcc@10 | 10.5.0 | GNU compiler collection |
| gcc@9 | 9.5.0 | GNU compiler collection |
Patches:
| https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/gcc/gcc-16.2.0.diff |
Depends on:
| gmp | 6.3.0 | GNU multiple precision arithmetic library |
| isl | 0.28 | Integer Set Library for the polyhedral model |
| libmpc | 1.4.1 | C library for the arithmetic of high precision complex numbers |
| mpfr | 4.2.2 | C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations |
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
Depends on when building from source:
| make | 4.4.1 | Utility for directing compilation |
Uses from macOS: flex (build), m4 (build)
Binaries:
c++-16,
cpp-16,
g++-16,
gcc-16,
gcc-ar-16,
gcc-nm-16,
gcc-ranlib-16,
gcov-16,
gcov-dump-16,
gcov-tool-16,
gfortran,
gfortran-16,
gm2,
gm2-16,
lto-dump-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-c++-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-ar-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-nm-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gfortran-16,
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gm2-16
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 541,788 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 26,646,259 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 64,740 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 8.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:51:17Z. 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 | 64,720 | 211,569 | 1,008,142 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 20 | 73 | 429 |
| Installs on Request | 19,003 | 65,915 | 488,180 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 17 | 68 | 415 |
| Build Errors | 1,945 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 6 |