# The most popular Homebrew casks

> Every cask, not just apps: the 50 most installed Homebrew casks of the last 365 days, with the line to install each one. Updated November 8, 2026. Page: https://macpip.com/rankings/most-popular-homebrew-casks

A cask is Homebrew's recipe for installing a Mac app or a prebuilt tool with one command. This is the raw chart: everything people install with brew install --cask, sorted by installs over the last year.

Apps, command line tools and fonts all count here, and each row says which one it is. If you only want apps, the most popular Mac apps list has those on their own.

## How this ranking works

- Source: Homebrew's public install analytics (formulae.brew.sh), which count installs by people who leave Homebrew's anonymous analytics on.
- Read on: November 8, 2026. Updated every week.
- Included: Every cask in Homebrew's ranking except deprecated and disabled ones. Each row says whether it installs an app, a tool or a font.

## The list

| # | App | Kind | Installs, 365 days | Installs, 90 days | Installs, 30 days | Install | Maker | On MacPip | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Codex: OpenAI's coding agent that runs in your terminal | Tool | 1,193,079 | 580,246 | 340,530 | brew install --cask codex | OpenAI | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/codex |
| 2 | Claude Code: Terminal-based AI coding assistant | Tool | 1,169,594 | 152,100 | 59,094 | brew install --cask claude-code | Anthropic | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/claude-code |
| 3 | Google Cloud CLI: Set of tools to manage resources and applications hosted on Google Cloud | Tool | 586,716 | 130,620 | 53,262 | brew install --cask gcloud-cli | Google | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/gcloud-cli |
| 4 | Docker Desktop: App to build and share containerised applications and microservices | App | 528,164 | 103,072 | 36,171 | brew install --cask docker-desktop | Docker | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/docker-desktop |
| 5 | Android SDK Platform-Tools: Android SDK component | Tool | 497,215 | 155,823 | 82,838 | brew install --cask android-platform-tools | Google | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/android-platform-tools |
| 6 | Microsoft Visual Studio Code: Open-source code editor | App | 479,148 | 90,943 | 34,295 | brew install --cask visual-studio-code | Microsoft | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/visual-studio-code |
| 7 | Google Chrome: Web browser | App | 433,006 | 62,602 | 23,362 | brew install --cask google-chrome | Google | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/google-chrome |
| 8 | LibreOffice: Free cross-platform office suite, fresh version | App | 409,736 | 135,986 | 56,542 | brew install --cask libreoffice | The Document Foundation | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/libreoffice |
| 9 | 1Password CLI: Command-line interface for 1Password | Tool | 390,132 | 58,228 | 24,643 | brew install --cask 1password-cli | 1Password | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/1password-cli |
| 10 | Ghostty: Terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration | App | 385,677 | 76,309 | 29,800 | brew install --cask ghostty | Ghostty | No | https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty |
| 11 | ngrok: Reverse proxy, secure introspectable tunnels to localhost | Tool | 374,680 | 43,416 | 14,006 | brew install --cask ngrok | ngrok | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/ngrok |
| 12 | Git Credential Manager: Cross-platform Git credential storage for multiple hosting providers | Tool | 352,712 | 63,474 | 25,534 | brew install --cask git-credential-manager | Git Ecosystem | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/git-credential-manager |
| 13 | Android SDK Command-line Tools: Command-line tools for building and debugging Android apps | Tool | 338,560 | 130,075 | 62,650 | brew install --cask android-commandlinetools | Google | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/android-commandlinetools |
| 14 | iTerm2: Terminal emulator as alternative to Apple's Terminal app | App | 302,938 | 47,222 | 17,749 | brew install --cask iterm2 | George Nachman | No | https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2 |
| 15 | GitHub Copilot CLI: Brings the power of Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal | Tool | 252,598 | 45,151 | 18,629 | brew install --cask copilot-cli | GitHub | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/copilot-cli |
| 16 | Claude: Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop app | App | 225,732 | 45,897 | 19,281 | brew install --cask claude | Anthropic | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/claude |
| 17 | Flutter SDK: UI toolkit for building applications for mobile, web and desktop | Tool | 225,265 | 39,289 | 14,073 | brew install --cask flutter | Google | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/flutter |
| 18 | Obsidian: Knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files | App | 207,750 | 49,024 | 20,102 | brew install --cask obsidian | Obsidian.md | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/obsidian |
| 19 | Eclipse Temurin Java Development Kit: JDK from the Eclipse Foundation (Adoptium) | Tool | 201,150 | 40,065 | 14,269 | brew install --cask temurin@17 | Eclipse Adoptium | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/temurin%4017 |
| 20 | OrbStack: Replacement for Docker Desktop | App | 196,746 | 47,005 | 20,496 | brew install --cask orbstack | OrbStack | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/orbstack |
| 21 | Mozilla Firefox: Web browser | App | 182,564 | 33,247 | 12,734 | brew install --cask firefox | Mozilla | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/firefox |
| 22 | Tailscale: Mesh VPN based on WireGuard | Tool | 167,371 | 48,229 | 20,492 | brew install --cask tailscale-app | Tailscale | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/tailscale-app |
| 23 | JetBrainsMono Nerd Font families (JetBrains Mono) | Font | 154,046 | 32,933 | 11,981 | brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font | Ryan L McIntyre | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font |
| 24 | Stats: System monitor for the menu bar | App | 146,443 | 30,140 | 11,921 | brew install --cask stats | Serhiy Mytrovtsiy | No | https://github.com/exelban/stats |
| 25 | Postman: Collaboration platform for API development | App | 134,096 | 23,060 | 8,205 | brew install --cask postman | Postman | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/postman |
| 26 | Warp: Rust-based terminal | App | 132,749 | 15,663 | 5,364 | brew install --cask warp | Warp | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/warp |
| 27 | macFUSE: File system integration | Tool | 129,338 | 22,528 | 7,843 | brew install --cask macfuse | macFUSE | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/macfuse |
| 28 | DBeaver Community Edition: Universal database tool and SQL client | App | 128,870 | 25,637 | 9,371 | brew install --cask dbeaver-community | DBeaver | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dbeaver-community |
| 29 | Android Studio: Tools for building Android applications | App | 128,127 | 34,175 | 14,140 | brew install --cask android-studio | Google | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/android-studio |
| 30 | .NET SDK: Developer platform | Tool | 125,324 | 33,876 | 18,046 | brew install --cask dotnet-sdk | Microsoft | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dotnet-sdk |
| 31 | Eclipse Temurin 21: JDK from the Eclipse Foundation (Adoptium) | Tool | 124,787 | 29,359 | 11,634 | brew install --cask temurin@21 | Eclipse Adoptium | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/temurin%4021 |
| 32 | VLC media player: Multimedia player | App | 123,104 | 30,343 | 10,794 | brew install --cask vlc | VideoLAN | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/vlc |
| 33 | BlackHole 2ch: Virtual Audio Driver | Tool | 117,434 | 36,156 | 13,846 | brew install --cask blackhole-2ch | Existential Audio | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/blackhole-2ch |
| 34 | CC Switch: Configuration manager for AI coding agents | App | 117,282 | 16,510 | 5,356 | brew install --cask cc-switch | Jason Young | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/cc-switch |
| 35 | Rectangle: Move and resize windows using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas | App | 116,454 | 25,059 | 8,932 | brew install --cask rectangle | Ryan Hanson | No | https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle |
| 36 | Raycast: Control your tools with a few keystrokes | App | 115,989 | 22,073 | 7,519 | brew install --cask raycast | Raycast | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/raycast |
| 37 | Session Manager Plugin for the AWS CLI: Plugin for AWS CLI to start and end sessions that connect to managed instances | Tool | 115,818 | 35,295 | 15,276 | brew install --cask session-manager-plugin | Amazon Web Services | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/session-manager-plugin |
| 38 | Cursor: Write, edit, and chat about your code with AI | App | 114,813 | 17,812 | 7,146 | brew install --cask cursor | Anysphere | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/cursor |
| 39 | Zed: Multiplayer code editor | App | 112,475 | 22,120 | 8,847 | brew install --cask zed | Zed Industries | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/zed |
| 40 | Claude Code: Terminal-based AI coding assistant | Tool | 111,657 | 37,703 | 8,347 | brew install --cask claude-code@latest | Anthropic | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/claude-code%40latest |
| 41 | Maccy: Clipboard manager | App | 110,868 | 23,621 | 8,164 | brew install --cask maccy | Alex Rodionov | No | https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy |
| 42 | Blender: 3D creation suite | App | 108,699 | 61,426 | 33,810 | brew install --cask blender | Blender Foundation | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/blender |
| 43 | OpenCode: AI coding agent desktop client | App | 95,183 | 25,144 | 12,009 | brew install --cask opencode-desktop | Anomaly | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/opencode-desktop |
| 44 | BetterDisplay: Display management tool | App | 94,811 | 24,093 | 9,852 | brew install --cask betterdisplay | waydabber | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/betterdisplay |
| 45 | Spotify: Music streaming service | App | 94,391 | 19,479 | 7,347 | brew install --cask spotify | Spotify | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/spotify |
| 46 | ChatGPT: OpenAI's official ChatGPT desktop app | App | 94,001 | 32,891 | 12,814 | brew install --cask chatgpt | OpenAI | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/chatgpt |
| 47 | Discord: Voice and text chat software | App | 93,749 | 17,454 | 6,848 | brew install --cask discord | Discord | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/discord |
| 48 | Eclipse Temurin Java Development Kit: JDK from the Eclipse Foundation (Adoptium) | Tool | 93,706 | 16,159 | 6,172 | brew install --cask temurin | Eclipse Adoptium | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/temurin |
| 49 | mitmproxy: Intercept, modify, replay, save HTTP/S traffic | Tool | 92,332 | 25,528 | 11,081 | brew install --cask mitmproxy | mitmproxy | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/mitmproxy |
| 50 | Ollama: Get up and running with large language models locally | App | 91,726 | 22,475 | 8,979 | brew install --cask ollama-app | Ollama | No | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/ollama-app |

## Questions

### What is the most installed Homebrew cask?
Codex (codex), with 1,193,079 installs in the 365 days to November 8, 2026.

### What is the difference between a formula and a cask?
A formula is built for your Mac or comes as a command line program. A cask installs something already made, usually a Mac app you would otherwise download from a website.

### How do I install a cask?
With Homebrew installed, type brew install --cask and the cask name in Terminal, for example brew install --cask rectangle. Each row on this page shows the exact line.

### Can I turn Homebrew's analytics off?
Yes. Run brew analytics off. The counts on this page only include people who leave analytics on, so they show the trend, not every install.