mesa
brew install mesaGraphics Library
License: MIT AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSL-1.0 AND HPND AND HPND-sell-variant AND ICU AND MIT-Khronos-old AND SGI-B-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND (GPL-1.0-or-later WITH Linux-syscall-note) AND (GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note)
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/mesa.json
Formula code: mesa.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 | ✅ | 26.2.6 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| libclc | 23.1.4 | Implementation of the library requirements of the OpenCL C programming language |
| libpng | 1.6.59 | Library for manipulating PNG images |
| libx11 | 1.8.14 | X.Org: Core X11 protocol client library |
| libxcb | 1.17.0 | X.Org: Interface to the X Window System protocol |
| libxext | 1.3.7 | X.Org: Library for common extensions to the X11 protocol |
| libxfixes | 6.0.2 | X.Org: Header files for the XFIXES extension |
| llvm | 23.1.4 | Next-gen compiler infrastructure |
| spirv-llvm-translator | 23.1.3 | Tool and a library for bi-directional translation between SPIR-V and LLVM IR |
| spirv-tools | 1.4.363.0 | API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules |
| xcb-util-keysyms | 0.4.1 | Standard X constants and conversion to/from keycodes |
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
| molten-vk | 1.4.2 | Implementation of the Vulkan graphics and compute API on top of Metal |
Depends on when building from source:
| bindgen | 0.73.2 | Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries |
| bison | 3.8.2 | Parser generator |
| glslang | 16.6.0 | OpenGL and OpenGL ES reference compiler for shading languages |
| libxrandr | 1.5.5 | X.Org: X Resize, Rotate and Reflection extension library |
| libxrender | 0.9.13 | X.Org: Library for the Render Extension to the X11 protocol |
| libxshmfence | 1.3.3 | X.Org: Shared memory 'SyncFence' synchronization primitive |
| libyaml | 0.2.5 | YAML Parser |
| 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 |
| python-setuptools | 84.2.1 | Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages |
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| rust | 1.99.1 | Safe, concurrent, practical language |
| xorgproto | 2026.1 | X.Org: Protocol Headers |
Uses from macOS: flex (build), expat
Binaries:
aubinator,
aubinator_error_decode,
computerator,
elk_asm,
elk_disasm,
gentool,
glsl_compiler,
intel_dev_info,
intel_dump_gpu,
intel_error2aub,
intel_error2hangdump,
intel_hang_replay,
intel_measure.py,
intel_monitor,
intel_sanitize_gpu,
intel_stub_gpu,
lima_disasm,
mda,
mesa-overlay-control.py,
mesa-screenshot-control.py,
nv_mme_dump,
nv_mme_method_dumper,
nv_push_dump,
panfrost_texfeatures,
panfrostdump,
qrisc-asm,
qrisc-disasm,
spirv2dxil,
spirv2nir
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 39,433 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 2,000,221 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 10,436 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 3.8× |
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Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 10,425 | 28,433 | 116,545 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 11 | 33 | 89 |
| Installs on Request | 995 | 2,631 | 12,561 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 11 | 33 | 89 |
| Build Errors | 28 |