# Install cbc with Homebrew

Mixed integer linear programming solver. Version 2.10.13 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cbc
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cbc
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cbc
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.10.13
- **Source summary:** Mixed integer linear programming solver
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/coin-or/Cbc>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/coin-or/Cbc>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- cbc (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.10.13
## Project history and usage

Cbc, the COIN-OR Branch-and-Cut solver, is an open-source mixed integer linear programming solver written in C++ and distributed as both a callable library and a standalone executable.

### Project history

Cbc is developed under the COIN-OR Foundation. The official README credits John Forrest, formerly of IBM Research, and other maintainers, while the project metadata describes it as an LP-based branch-and-cut library designed for use with CLP and other COIN-OR components.

### Adoption history

The README documents Cbc integrations across modeling systems and packages including AMPL, GAMS, MiniZinc, PuLP, cvxpy, Google's OR-Tools, JuMP, OpenSolver, and others. Package-manager distribution spans Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, conda, and FreeBSD according to the official README and supplied package facts.

### How it is used

Cbc is used either through the `cbc` executable or as a library embedded by optimization modeling tools. Source builds commonly use COIN-OR's `coinbrew` helper, which fetches Cbc and its COIN-OR dependencies.

### Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Cbc is a dependency-heavy scientific solver that brings a slice of the COIN-OR optimization stack into a single installable command. It matters because many higher-level modeling front ends can delegate open-source MILP solving to the packaged `cbc` binary.

### Timeline

- 2019: Current GitHub repository created.
- 2023: 2.10.10 and 2.10.11 GitHub releases published.
- 2024: 2.10.12 GitHub release published.
- 2026: 2.10.13 GitHub release published.

### Related projects

- Cbc is closely related to COIN-OR projects Clp, Cgl, Osi, CoinUtils, coinbrew, CyLP, PuLP, and the COIN-OR Optimization Suite.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/coin-or/Cbc>
- <https://github.com/coin-or/Cbc>
- <https://coin-or.github.io/Cbc>
- <https://github.com/coin-or/Cbc#readme>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cbc.json>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cbc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cbc.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation