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Brew 5.0.9

Brew: 5.0.9 Release

Release date:

January 5, 2026

Previous version:

5.0.8 (released December 29, 2025)

Magnitude:

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Contributors:

4 total committers

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Commits:

15 Features Released with 5.0.9

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Top Contributors in 5.0.9

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What's Changed

Document that not supporting macOS versions can get a cask rejected by @SMillerDev in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21336
Add String#to_string_or_symbol extension by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21332
Use CaskStruct for loading casks from the API by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21333
Ignore missing items when generating CaskStruct by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21343
Add source command to open formulae source repositories by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21339
Use #present? instead of #empty? to check presence in CaskStruct by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21349
docs: fix permissions and privilege explanation in FAQ by @liuxy600 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21290
build(deps): bump the bundler group across 1 directory with 5 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21352
Improve Tab.for_name to use keg where possible. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21354
Cpan: update generated url by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21353
keg_relocate: add var/www for relocation by @daeho-ro in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21356
fix(bundle): prevent autoremove from removing Brewfile packages during cleanup by @AbdelrahmanHafez in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21351
download_queue: tweak progress output. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21357

New Contributors

@liuxy600 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21290
@AbdelrahmanHafez made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21351

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/5.0.8...5.0.9