# Install miniforge with Homebrew Cask

Minimal installer for conda specific to conda-forge. Version 26.3.2-3 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#mamba.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:miniforge
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask miniforge
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:miniforge
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/miniforge>
- **Version:** 26.3.2-3
- **Source summary:** Minimal installer for conda specific to conda-forge
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge>
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/26.3.2-3/Miniforge3-26.3.2-3-MacOSX-arm64.sh>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- conda (binary)
- mamba (binary)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: Please run the following to setup your shell: conda init "$(basename "${SHELL}")"
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 26.3.2-3
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for miniforge. 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:** miniforge
- **Names:** miniforge
- **Conflicts With:** Cask: miniconda
- **Artifacts:** Binary: 2, Installer: 1, Postflight Steps: 1, Target: 2, Uninstall: 1, Uninstall Preflight Steps: 1, Zap: 1
- **Auto Updates:** yes
- **Container:** Type: naked
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - mamba: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mamba/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - mamba - 2.8.1-2.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mamba from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | The Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager | https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba


## Related links

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

## Sources

- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph