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mesa for Mac

Graphics Library

Quick answer: mesa is a design tool for macOS. Install it with brew install mesa. It is distributed under the MIT AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSL-1.0 AND HPND AND HPND-sell-variant AND ICU AND MIT-Khronos-old AND SGI-B-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND (GPL-1.0-or-later WITH Linux-syscall-note) AND (GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note) licence. It has 905 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What mesa is

mesa is a design tool for macOS: graphics Library.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. It is distributed under the MIT AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSL-1.0 AND HPND AND HPND-sell-variant AND ICU AND MIT-Khronos-old AND SGI-B-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND (GPL-1.0-or-later WITH Linux-syscall-note) AND (GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note) licence.

How to install mesa

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

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 mesa on Mac?

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

Is mesa open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSL-1.0 AND HPND AND HPND-sell-variant AND ICU AND MIT-Khronos-old AND SGI-B-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND (GPL-1.0-or-later WITH Linux-syscall-note) AND (GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note) licence.

Does mesa 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 mesa?

It was installed 905 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #1111 in this catalogue.

What version of mesa is current?

The latest packaged version is 26.2.5.