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Install chatgpt with Homebrew Cask
OpenAI's official ChatGPT desktop app. Version 26.825.51511 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#chatgpt.
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Package summary
OpenAI's official ChatGPT desktop app
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Project history and usage
ChatGPT is OpenAI's official desktop application for accessing its conversational AI and related productivity and coding features on macOS.
Project history
OpenAI introduced the native ChatGPT macOS application during the GPT-4o era in 2024. Official release notes document rapid iteration from the companion-window experience into deeper integration with coding and note-taking applications.
In July 2026, OpenAI renamed the earlier macOS client ChatGPT Classic while introducing a new desktop application that brings together Chat, Work, and Codex experiences.
Adoption history
OpenAI expanded the macOS client through 2024 and 2025 with a companion window, data-analysis views, voice features, app integrations, reasoning models, Canvas, Tasks, Projects, and code-editing support. These additions turned it from a desktop chat client into an assistant designed to work alongside native applications.
How it is used
Users install the application on a supported Mac, sign in to ChatGPT, and invoke it with a configurable desktop shortcut. Common uses include general questions, writing, file and image analysis, voice interaction, and assistance alongside coding or note-taking applications.
Why package nerds care
The cask gives Homebrew users a reproducible installation path for OpenAI's proprietary desktop client. It is especially relevant to developers because the application added integrations with terminals and editors and later gained direct code-editing workflows.
Timeline
- 2024: OpenAI introduced the native ChatGPT application for macOS.
- 2024-08-06: Official release notes documented the companion window and expanded data-analysis interface.
- 2024-11-14: The macOS client added an early Work with Apps beta.
- 2025-03-06: The application added direct code-editing support in IDEs.
- 2026-07-09: The previous macOS application was renamed ChatGPT Classic alongside OpenAI's new desktop app.
Related projects
- ChatGPT, GPT-4o, OpenAI o-series models, Canvas, Codex, and OpenAI's broader desktop-app ecosystem.
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security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for chatgpt. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-09-19
manager version26.825.51511
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://chatgpt.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:chatgpt |
|---|---|
| Version | 26.825.51511 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/chatgpt |
| Homepage | https://chatgpt.com/ |
| Upstream docs | https://chatgpt.com/ |
| Source archive | https://persistent.oaistatic.com/codex-app-prod/ChatGPT-darwin-arm64-26.825.51511.zip |
| SHA-256 | db727ef23e561fbd2b47f05fb0fece7dfe839fdb1a081e5a17d34a16a5a0d6c0 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | chatgpt |
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| Artifacts | |
| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
chatgpt
nix profile install nixpkgs#chatgpt- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chatgpt
Chocolatey95%
chatgpt
choco install chatgpt- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chatgpt
Scoop95%
extras/chatgpt
scoop install extras/chatgpt- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chatgpt
winget95%
j178.ChatGPT
winget install --id j178.ChatGPT -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chatgpt
winget95%
lencx.ChatGPT
winget install --id lencx.ChatGPT -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chatgpt
winget95%
sonnylab.chatgpt
winget install --id sonnylab.chatgpt -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chatgpt
source trail
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