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foundry for Mac

Blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development

Quick answer: foundry is a command-line tool for macOS. Install it with brew install foundry. It is distributed under the MIT OR Apache-2.0 licence. It has 414 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What foundry is

foundry is a command-line tool for macOS: blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry.

How to install foundry

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install foundry.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install foundry on Mac?

Run brew install foundry in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is foundry open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT OR Apache-2.0 licence.

Does foundry run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is foundry?

It was installed 414 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #1694 in this catalogue.

What version of foundry is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.8.6.