# Install mono

Cross platform, open source .NET development framework. Version 6.14.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-20.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mono
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mono
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mono
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/mono/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add mono
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mono from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ca-certificates-mono
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ca-certificates-mono from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ibm-data-db2
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ibm-data-db2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mono
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: mono from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S mono
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mono from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install mono-core
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mono-core from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install mono
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: mono from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','mitelconnect'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/mono
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mono.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Mono.Mono -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Mono.Mono from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:mono
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mono>
- **Version:** 6.14.1
- **Source summary:** Cross platform, open source .NET development framework
- **Homepage:** <https://www.mono-project.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.winehq.org/mono/mono>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/mono/mono#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://dl.winehq.org/mono/sources/mono/mono-6.14.1.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-20T18:55:25Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- al (cli)
- al2 (cli)
- aprofutil (cli)
- caspol (cli)
- cccheck (cli)
- ccrewrite (cli)
- cert-sync (cli)
- cert2spc (cli)
- certmgr (cli)
- chktrust (cli)
- crlupdate (cli)
- csc (cli)
- csharp (cli)
- csi (cli)
- disco (cli)
- dmcs (cli)
- dtd2rng (cli)
- dtd2xsd (cli)
- gacutil (cli)
- gacutil2 (cli)
- genxs (cli)
- httpcfg (cli)
- ikdasm (cli)
- ilasm (cli)
- illinkanalyzer (cli)
- installvst (cli)
- lc (cli)
- macpack (cli)
- makecert (cli)
- mconfig (cli)
- mcs (cli)
- mdassembler (cli)
- mdbrebase (cli)
- mdoc (cli)
- mdoc-assemble (cli)
- mdoc-export-html (cli)
- mdoc-export-msxdoc (cli)
- mdoc-update (cli)
- mdoc-validate (cli)
- mdvalidater (cli)
- mkbundle (cli)
- mod (cli)
- mono (cli)
- mono-api-html (cli)
- mono-api-info (cli)
- mono-cil-strip (cli)
- mono-configuration-crypto (cli)
- mono-find-provides (cli)
- mono-find-requires (cli)
- mono-hang-watchdog (cli)
- mono-heapviz (cli)
- mono-package-runtime (cli)
- mono-service (cli)
- mono-service2 (cli)
- mono-sgen (cli)
- mono-shlib-cop (cli)
- mono-symbolicate (cli)
- mono-test-install (cli)
- mono-xmltool (cli)
- monodis (cli)
- monodocer (cli)
- monodocs2html (cli)
- monodocs2slashdoc (cli)
- monolinker (cli)
- monop (cli)
- monop2 (cli)
- mozroots (cli)
- mprof-report (cli)
- pdb2mdb (cli)
- pedump (cli)
- permview (cli)
- peverify (cli)
- resgen (cli)
- resgen2 (cli)
- secutil (cli)
- setreg (cli)
- sgen (cli)
- sgen-grep-binprot (cli)
- signcode (cli)
- sn (cli)
- soapsuds (cli)
- sqlmetal (cli)
- sqlsharp (cli)
- svcutil (cli)
- vbc (cli)
- wsdl (cli)
- wsdl2 (cli)
- xbuild (cli)
- xsd (cli)
- al (alias)
- al2 (alias)
- aprofutil (alias)
- caspol (alias)
- cccheck (alias)
- ccrewrite (alias)
- cert-sync (alias)
- cert2spc (alias)
- certmgr (alias)
- chktrust (alias)
- crlupdate (alias)
- csc (alias)
- csharp (alias)
- csi (alias)
- disco (alias)
- dmcs (alias)
- dtd2rng (alias)
- dtd2xsd (alias)
- gacutil (alias)
- gacutil2 (alias)
- genxs (alias)
- httpcfg (alias)
- ikdasm (alias)
- ilasm (alias)
- illinkanalyzer (alias)
- installvst (alias)
- lc (alias)
- macpack (alias)
- makecert (alias)
- mconfig (alias)
- mcs (alias)
- mdassembler (alias)
- mdbrebase (alias)
- mdoc (alias)
- mdoc-assemble (alias)
- mdoc-export-html (alias)
- mdoc-export-msxdoc (alias)
- mdoc-update (alias)
- mdoc-validate (alias)
- mdvalidater (alias)
- mkbundle (alias)
- mod (alias)
- mono (alias)
- mono-api-html (alias)
- mono-api-info (alias)
- mono-cil-strip (alias)
- mono-configuration-crypto (alias)
- mono-find-provides (alias)
- mono-find-requires (alias)
- mono-hang-watchdog (alias)
- mono-heapviz (alias)
- mono-package-runtime (alias)
- mono-service (alias)
- mono-service2 (alias)
- mono-sgen (alias)
- mono-shlib-cop (alias)
- mono-symbolicate (alias)
- mono-test-install (alias)
- mono-xmltool (alias)
- monodis (alias)
- monodocer (alias)
- monodocs2html (alias)
- monodocs2slashdoc (alias)
- monolinker (alias)
- monop (alias)
- monop2 (alias)
- mozroots (alias)
- mprof-report (alias)
- pdb2mdb (alias)
- pedump (alias)
- permview (alias)
- peverify (alias)
- resgen (alias)
- resgen2 (alias)
- secutil (alias)
- setreg (alias)
- sgen (alias)
- sgen-grep-binprot (alias)
- signcode (alias)
- sn (alias)
- soapsuds (alias)
- sqlmetal (alias)
- sqlsharp (alias)
- svcutil (alias)
- vbc (alias)
- wsdl (alias)
- wsdl2 (alias)
- xbuild (alias)
- xsd (alias)

## Dependencies

- python@3.14

## Build Dependencies

- autoconf
- automake
- cmake
- libtool
- llvm
- pkgconf

## macOS Provided Libraries

- krb5

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: defined
- Caveats: To use the assemblies from other formulae you need to set: export MONO_GAC_PREFIX="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX"
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 6.14.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-20
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.mono-project.com/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mono
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Conflicts With:** chicken, pedump, xsd
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ca-certificates-mono - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ca-certificates-mono from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Common CA certificates (Mono keystore) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-2.0-1 - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-2.0-1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono JIT library (Default version) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-2.0-dev - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-2.0-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono JIT library - Development files (Default version) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-accessibility4.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-accessibility4.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono Accessibility library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-btls-interface4.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-btls-interface4.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono Mono.Btls.Interface library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-cairo4.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-cairo4.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono Cairo library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-cecil-private-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-cecil-private-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono.Cecil library | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-cil-dev - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-cil-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono Base Class Libraries (BCL) - Development files | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-codecontracts4.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-codecontracts4.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono.CodeContracts library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-compilerservices-symbolwriter4.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-compilerservices-symbolwriter4.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-corlib4.5-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-corlib4.5-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono core library (for CLI 4.5) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-corlib4.5-dll - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-corlib4.5-dll from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono core library (for CLI 4.5) - stand-alone package | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-cscompmgd0.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-cscompmgd0.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono cscompmgd library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-csharp4.0c-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-csharp4.0c-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono.CSharp library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-custommarshalers4.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-custommarshalers4.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono CustomMarshalers library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/
- Debian apt - libmono-data-tds4.0-cil - 6.12.0.199+dfsg-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmono-data-tds4.0-cil from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mono Data Library (for CLI 4.0) | http://www.mono-project.com/


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