python@3.10 (deprecated)
Disable date: 2027-10-01
brew install python@3.10Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
License: Python-2.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/python@3.10.json
Formula code: python@3.10.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 | ✅ | 3.10.22 |
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@3.12 | 3.12.16 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| python@3.11 | 3.11.18 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| python@3.9 | 3.9.25 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
Revision: 1
Patches:
| https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/python/3.10-sysconfig.diff |
| https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/python/3.10-distutils-scheme.diff |
Depends on:
| gdbm | 1.26 | GNU database manager |
| mpdecimal | 4.0.1 | Library for decimal floating point arithmetic |
| openssl@3 | 3.5.9 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| readline | 8.3.6 | Library for command-line editing |
| 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), libffi, libxcrypt, ncurses
Binaries:
2to3-3.10,
idle3.10,
pydoc3.10,
python3.10,
python3.10-config
| Python is installed as $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/python3.10 Unversioned and major-versioned symlinks `python`, `python3`, `python-config`, `python3-config`, `pip`, `pip3`, etc. pointing to `python3.10`, `python3.10-config`, `pip3.10` etc., respectively, are installed into $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/python@3.10/libexec/bin You can install Python packages with pip3.10 install <package> They will install into the site-package directory $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/python3.10/site-packages `idle3.10` requires tkinter, which is available separately: brew install python-tk@3.10 If you do not need a specific version of Python, and always want Homebrew's `python3` in your PATH: brew install python3 See: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 121,168 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 38,196,624 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 20,956 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 5.8× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:39:14Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. 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 | 20,917 | 60,416 | 297,128 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 39 | 90 | 394 |
| Installs on Request | 19,709 | 57,201 | 280,593 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 39 | 90 | 392 |
| Build Errors | 26 |
Known vulnerabilities in the current version:
| GHSA-xmj3-9gf7-h52w | setuptools: Windows path escape via namespace_packages.txt during legacy wheel installation Desc... |
Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns python@3.10 for a live check.
