python@3.12
Deprecation date: 2028-11-01
Disable date: 2029-11-01
brew install python@3.12Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
License: Python-2.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/python@3.12.json
Formula code: python@3.12.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 3.12.16 |
Other versions:
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| python@3.14 | 3.14.10 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| python@3.13 | 3.13.18 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| python@3.11 | 3.11.18 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| python@3.10 | 3.10.22 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| python@3.9 | 3.9.25 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
Depends on:
| mpdecimal | 4.0.1 | Library for decimal floating point arithmetic |
| openssl@3 | 3.5.9 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| sqlite | 3.54.1 | Command-line interface for SQLite |
| xz | 5.8.4 | General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: bzip2, expat (since macOS Sequoia), libedit, libffi, libxcrypt, ncurses
Binaries:
2to3-3.12,
idle3.12,
pip3.12,
pydoc3.12,
python3.12,
python3.12-config,
wheel3.12
| Python is installed as $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/python3.12 Unversioned and major-versioned symlinks `python`, `python3`, `python-config`, `python3-config`, `pip`, `pip3`, etc. pointing to `python3.12`, `python3.12-config`, `pip3.12` etc., respectively, are installed into $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/python@3.12/libexec/bin If you do not need a specific version of Python, and always want Homebrew's `python3` in your PATH: brew install python3 `idle3.12` requires tkinter, which is available separately: brew install python-tk@3.12 `dbm.gnu` is available separately: brew install python-gdbm@3.12 For more information about Homebrew and Python, see: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 576,881 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 27,168,897 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 70,262 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 8.2× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-01T00:47:18Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-02 to 2026-11-01. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 70,107 | 169,880 | 701,765 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 155 | 309 | 1,138 |
| Installs on Request | 57,233 | 140,332 | 561,699 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 154 | 308 | 1,131 |
| Build Errors | 201 |
