brew-info
Display details about a Homebrew package
TLDR
Display information about a formula
$ brew info [formula]
Display information about a cask$ brew info --cask [cask]
Output formula info as JSON$ brew info --json=v2 [formula]
Show info for all installed formulae$ brew info --installed
Show verbose analytics data$ brew info --analytics [formula]
Show installed formula sizes$ brew info --size [formula]
SYNOPSIS
brew info [options] [formula|cask]
DESCRIPTION
brew info displays information about a formula or cask including name, version, description, homepage, dependencies, installation status, and available options.
For disabled and deprecated formulae, it also provides an explanation of the status.
PARAMETERS
--json version
Output as JSON (v1 for formula default, v2 for formula and cask)--installed
Show info for installed formulae only--all
Evaluate all available formulae and casks--formula
Treat all arguments as formulae--cask
Treat all arguments as casks--analytics
Show verbose analytics data--size
Show size of installed formulae and casks--variations
Include variations hash in JSON output--github-packages-manifest
Fetch GitHub Packages manifest for extra information
CAVEATS
JSON output format may vary between Homebrew versions. Analytics data requires network access to GitHub. Some information may not be available for all formulae.
SEE ALSO
brew(1), brew-search(1), brew-list(1), brew-install(1)