# Install freesurfer with Homebrew Cask

Software suite for processing and analyzing brain MRI images. Version 7.4.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:freesurfer
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask freesurfer
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:freesurfer
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/freesurfer>
- **Version:** 7.4.1
- **Source summary:** Software suite for processing and analyzing brain MRI images
- **Homepage:** <https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/>
- **Source archive:** <https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer/7.4.1/freesurfer-macOS-darwin_x86_64-7.4.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: The vendor offers a free license for freesurfer at: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/registration.html
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.4.1
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for freesurfer. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** freesurfer
- **Names:** FreeSurfer
- **Artifacts:** Suite: 1, Target: 1, Zap: 1
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no


## Related links

- [Homebrew Cask packages](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata.

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