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Install dropbox with Homebrew Cask

Client for the Dropbox cloud storage service. Version 276.4.5325 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install --cask dropbox

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Client for the Dropbox cloud storage service

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

Dropbox is a cloud-storage and file-synchronization service founded in 2007; its desktop client integrates a synchronized Dropbox folder into the host operating system.

Project history

Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi co-founded Dropbox in June 2007. The service centered on keeping a local Dropbox directory synchronized with cloud storage and other devices, later adding business plans, collaboration, backup, online-only files, and deeper filesystem integration.

Adoption history

Dropbox helped normalize a dedicated synchronized folder as the user interface for consumer cloud storage. The desktop client has been deployed across macOS, Windows, and Linux and expanded from basic synchronization into backup, selective synchronization, online-only storage, sharing, and recovery workflows. Dropbox's official 2017 company material reported almost 200,000 business customers.

How it is used

After signing in, users work through a Dropbox folder in Finder or File Explorer while the background client synchronizes changes with dropbox.com and other linked devices. Preferences expose account, synchronization, storage, and application settings; selective sync and online-only files help manage local disk use.

Why package nerds care

Dropbox is a canonical example of a proprietary auto-updating desktop application wrapped by system package managers. Its long-lived Linux, macOS, and Windows clients also made cloud synchronization behavior, filesystem integration, and headless installation recurring concerns for desktop package maintainers.

Timeline

  • 2007-06: Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi co-founded Dropbox.
  • 2013: Dropbox Business became part of the product's business-oriented expansion.
  • 2017-10: Dropbox Professional launched for independent workers.
  • 2026: The desktop application continued to provide synchronization, backup, offline access, online-only storage, sharing, and file recovery.

Related projects

  • Dropbox Backup extends the desktop client into automatic computer-folder backup.
  • Dropbox Business applies the synchronization and collaboration service to organizational accounts.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dropbox. 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.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

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No executable data was present.

freshness

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 generated2026-11-04
manager version276.4.5325
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.dropbox.com/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.dropbox.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:dropbox
Version276.4.5325
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dropbox
Homepagehttps://www.dropbox.com/
Upstream docshttps://www.dropbox.com/
Source archivehttps://edge.dropboxstatic.com/dbx-releng/client/Dropbox%20276.4.5325.arm64.dmg
SHA-2568f85b633f43dbd6d9b4a0d98d7183f0094ac2491225863f272edd7419368264d
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared
Caveatsdropbox requires a kernel extension to work. If the installation fails, retry after you enable it in: System Settings → Privacy & Security For more information, refer to vendor documentation or this Apple Technical Note: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459/_index.html

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokendropbox
Names
  • Dropbox
Conflicts With
Cask
dropbox@beta
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Uninstall
1
Zap
1
Auto Updatesyes
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • dropbox@betaPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: client, cloud, dropbox, service, storage.

Same workflow

  • dropbox-uploaderLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cloud, dropbox, storage.
  • box-driveLocal metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: client, cloud, service, storage.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

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  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
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