pyenv
brew install pyenvPython version management
https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv
License: MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/pyenv.json
Formula code: pyenv.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 | ✅ | 2.8.15 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| autoconf | 2.73 | Automatic configure script builder |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| readline | 8.3.6 | Library for command-line editing |
Uses from macOS: python (test), bzip2, libffi, ncurses, xz
Binaries:
pyenv,
pyenv-install,
pyenv-uninstall,
python-build
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 425,563 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 29,022,639 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 56,846 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.5× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-14T00:20:31Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-14. 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 | 56,642 | 130,514 | 729,920 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 204 | 480 | 2,468 |
| Installs on Request | 56,242 | 129,590 | 725,271 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 198 | 458 | 2,423 |
| Build Errors | 11 |