openssl@3

Install command: 
brew install openssl@3

Also known as: openssl, openssl@3.6

Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

https://openssl-library.org

License: Apache-2.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/openssl@3.json

Formula code: openssl@3.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel		 tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 3.6.2

Other versions:

openssl@4 4.0.0 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit
openssl@3.5 3.5.6 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit
openssl@3.0 3.0.20 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

Depends on:

ca-certificates 2026-05-14 Mozilla CA certificate store
To add additional certificates, place .pem files in
    $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/openssl@3/certs

and run
    $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openssl@3/bin/c_rehash

OpenSSL 3.6 is only supported until 2026-11-01 so the `openssl@3`
formula will be downgraded to OpenSSL 3.5 (LTS) in a future update.

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
openssl@3 430,032
openssl@3 --HEAD 72
Installs on Request (30 days)
openssl@3 46,942
openssl@3 --HEAD 67
Build Errors (30 days)
openssl@3 4,350
Installs (90 days)
openssl@3 1,441,970
openssl@3 --HEAD 316
Installs on Request (90 days)
openssl@3 180,923
openssl@3 --HEAD 298
Installs (365 days)
openssl@3 5,576,842
openssl@3 --HEAD 1,330
Installs on Request (365 days)
openssl@3 814,938
openssl@3 --HEAD 1,285