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 --sizes [formula]
Open the formula source page on GitHub$ brew info --github [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
Print a JSON representation. The default version is v1 for formula, use v2 for formula and cask--installed
Output a human-readable inventory of installed formulae and casks--formula
Treat all arguments as formulae--cask
Treat all arguments as casks--analytics
Show global analytics data instead of formula or cask info--days count
Show analytics over the given period, one of 30, 90 or 365 days--github
Open the GitHub source page for the formula or cask in a browser--sizes
Show the size of installed formulae and casks--variations
Include the variations hash in each formula's JSON output
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)
