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Install minecraft-education with Homebrew Cask
Educational version of Minecraft. Version 1.26.33.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Educational version of Minecraft
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Project history and usage
Minecraft Education is a classroom-oriented edition of Minecraft designed for game-based learning, collaboration, coding, and curriculum-aligned instruction.
Project history
Minecraft Education adapts Minecraft's open-world building model for schools, adding secure sign-in, classroom collaboration, assessment and teaching features, tutorials, coding tools, and curriculum content. Official material records its launch on November 1, 2016.
Adoption history
Minecraft Education's official site reports use by more than 40,000 school systems across 140 countries. It is available across Windows, macOS, Chromebook, iPad, Android, and iOS and is licensed through educational subscriptions, including eligible Microsoft 365 Education arrangements.
How it is used
Teachers use prepared lessons and immersive worlds or build their own activities across STEM, coding, history, language arts, social-emotional learning, and other subjects. Students collaborate in school-managed worlds, while administrators manage licenses and device deployment. On macOS, local game data and worlds reside beneath the documented com.mojang directory.
Why package nerds care
Minecraft Education is notable as an education-focused downstream edition of a major commercial game, packaged for managed classroom deployment across several operating systems. Administrators care about licensing, device deployment, local world storage, and cross-platform compatibility as much as gameplay.
Timeline
- November 1, 2016: Minecraft: Education Edition officially launched.
- By 2021: Official material described millions of monthly users.
- By 2026: The official site reported adoption by more than 40,000 school systems in 140 countries.
Related projects
- Minecraft is the underlying game family. Microsoft 365 Education supplies organizational identity and licensing in many deployments, while MakeCode is used by the Code Builder feature.
Sources
- https://education.minecraft.net/content/dam/education-edition/software-downloads/Minecraft_Education_Edition_Design_Guide_June_2021.pdf
- https://education.minecraft.net/en-us
- https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/discover/what-is-minecraft
- https://edusupport.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4404785703316-Location-of-World-Files
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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~/Library/Application Support/Minecraftpe/Games/com.mojang
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.26.33.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://education.minecraft.net/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://education.minecraft.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:minecraft-education |
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| Version | 1.26.33.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/minecraft-education |
| Homepage | https://education.minecraft.net/ |
| Upstream docs | https://education.minecraft.net/ |
| Source archive | https://downloads.minecrafteduservices.com/retailbuilds/MacOS/Minecraft_Education_1.26.33.0.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 80bb151b1db4e46edc503230bc8ece25210fff94b7d73d6774559a054398a91e |
| 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 | minecraft-education |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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