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Homebrew 6.0.0 Released: Tap Trust Security, Linux Sandboxing, and macOS 27 Support

MikeMcQuaid

23d ago· 7 min readen

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Homebrew 6.0.0 has been released with significant updates including a new tap trust security mechanism, a faster and smaller default internal JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, improved defaults based on user survey feedback, brew bundle enhancements, performance improvements, and initial support for macOS 27 (Golden Gate). The tap trust feature addresses security concerns by requiring third-party taps to be explicitly trusted before running arbitrary Ruby code on the user's machine.

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Hacker NewsHomebrew 6.0.0 Released: Tap Trust Security, Linux Sandboxing, and macOS 27 Supportbrew.sh

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Today, I'm proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0.

Homebrew 6.0.0 introduces tap trust. A third-party tap can contain arbitrary, unsandboxed Ruby that runs on your machine, so Homebrew now requires taps (and tap-qualified formulae and casks) to be explicitly trusted.

The most significant changes since 5.1.0 are a new tap trust security mechanism, the new faster, smaller, default internal Homebrew JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, better defaults informed by our user survey, many brew bundle improvements, improved performance and initial support for macOS 27 (Golden Gate).

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Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0. The most significant changes since 5.1.0 are a new tap trust security mechanism, the new faster, smaller, default internal Homebrew JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, better defaults informed by our user survey, ma

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