# Install erlang@28 with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Programming language for highly scalable real-time systems. Version 28.5.0.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-03. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:erlang@28 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install erlang@28 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install erlang ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/erlang/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add erlang28 ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install erlang ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: erlang from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install erlang ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: erlang from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S erlang ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: erlang from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install erlang ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: erlang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install erlang ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: erlang from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','electron' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/erlang ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/erlang.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Erlang.ErlangOTP -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Erlang.ErlangOTP from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:erlang@28 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 28.5.0.3 - **Source summary:** Programming language for highly scalable real-time systems - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-03T03:59:13Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Dependencies - openssl@3 - unixodbc - wxwidgets@3.2 ## Uses from macOS - ncurses ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: Man pages can be found in: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/erlang@28/lib/erlang/man Access them with `erl -man`, or add this directory to MANPATH. - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 28.5.0.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-03 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/erlang/otp - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Erlang/OTP 28 is the Homebrew versioned formula for the OTP 28 release line of the official Erlang runtime and OTP libraries. ### Project history Erlang/OTP 28.0 was announced on May 21, 2025 as a major release. The release introduced new language and runtime features such as priority messages, zip generators and strict generators in comprehensions, based floating-point literals, compiler diagnostics improvements, and source SBOM publication on GitHub Releases. ### Adoption history As with other OTP major lines, erlang@28 gives package-manager users a way to pin the runtime while the main Erlang package advances. The source facts list Erlang packages across Homebrew, apk, Chocolatey, MacPorts, Scoop, winget, zypper, and major Linux package managers. ### How it is used The formula installs the OTP 28 versions of the Erlang shell, compiler, escript, Dialyzer, Common Test runner, EPMD, and related runtime utilities. ### Why package nerds care OTP 28 is relevant to package maintainers because downstream Erlang tooling needed explicit support for its syntax and runtime changes; erlfmt's changelog, for example, added support for OTP 28 comprehensions and nominal types. ### Timeline - 2025-05-21: Erlang/OTP 28.0 announced as a new major release. - 2025: OTP 28.1, OTP 28.3, and OTP 28.4 followed as maintenance patch packages. - 2026: OTP 28.5 continued the OTP 28 maintenance line. ### Related projects - erlfmt tracks OTP 28 syntax changes so formatted source remains compatible with the OTP 28 language. - OTP 28 belongs to the same upstream erlang/otp project as the OTP 26 and OTP 27 formulae. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for erlang@28. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** erlang@28 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** yes - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - apk - erlang28 - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-debugger - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-debugger from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-dev - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 (development files) | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-dialyzer - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-dialyzer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-doc - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 (documentation) (documentation chunks and man pages) | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-et - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-et from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-megaco - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-megaco from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-observer - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-observer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-odbc - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-odbc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-reltool - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-reltool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - apk - erlang28-wx - 28.5.0.1-r0: package manager index match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: erlang28-wx from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | General-purpose programming language and runtime environment, version 28 | https://www.erlang.org/ - Debian apt - erlang - 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u2: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: erlang from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language | http://www.erlang.org/ - Debian apt - erlang-asn1 - 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u2: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: erlang-asn1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Erlang/OTP modules for ASN.1 support | http://www.erlang.org/ - Debian apt - erlang-base - 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u2: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: erlang-base from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Erlang/OTP virtual machine and base applications | http://www.erlang.org/ - Debian apt - erlang-common-test - 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u2: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: erlang-common-test from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Erlang/OTP application for automated testing | http://www.erlang.org/ - Debian apt - erlang-crypto - 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u2: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: erlang-crypto from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Erlang/OTP cryptographic modules | http://www.erlang.org/ ## Related links - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [unixodbc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/unixodbc/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [wxwidgets@3.2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wxwidgets-3-2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [erlang-language-platform](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/erlang-language-platform/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [rabbitmq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rabbitmq/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [erlang](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/erlang/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [erlang@26](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/erlang-26/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [erlang@27](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/erlang-27/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/erlang@28.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/erlang@28.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph