How to find all packages installed using Homebrew?

By mkyong | Updated: November 15, 2022

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This article show you how to find all packages installed using Homebrew?

1. brew list

Open the Terminal and runs the command brew list to list all the installed packages using Homebrew.

% brew list

==> Formulae
aom		curl		giflib		imath		libevent	libssh2		maven

==> Casks
adoptopenjdk	rar		temurin		temurin18

2. brew deps –tree –installed

Open the Terminal and runs the command brew deps --tree --installed to list all installed packages and their dependencies in a tree format.

% brew deps --tree --installed
adoptopenjdk

aom
├── jpeg-xl
│   ├── brotli
│   ├── giflib
│   ├── highway
│   ├── imath
│   ├── jpeg-turbo
│   ├── libpng
│   ├── openexr
│   │   └── imath
│   └── webp
│       ├── giflib
│       ├── jpeg-turbo
│       ├── libpng
│       └── libtiff
│           ├── jpeg-turbo
│           └── zstd
│               ├── lz4
│               └── xz
└── libvmaf

apr

apr-util
├── apr
└── [email protected]
    └── ca-certificates

argon2

curl
├── brotli
├── libidn2
│   ├── gettext
│   └── libunistring
├── libnghttp2
├── libssh2
│   └── [email protected]
│       └── ca-certificates
├── openldap
│   └── [email protected]
│       └── ca-certificates
├── [email protected]
│   └── ca-certificates
├── rtmpdump
│   └── [email protected]
│       └── ca-certificates
└── zstd
    ├── lz4
    └── xz
#...

References

• Where does Homebrew install packages on Mac?
• brew documentation