macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gnome-builderlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install gnome-builder with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Develop software for GNOME. Version 50.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gnome-builderAlpine Linux edge package indexes · gnome-builder · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gnome-builderDebian stable package indexes · gnome-builder · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gnome-builderFedora Rawhide package metadata · gnome-builder · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gnome-buildernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-builder/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gnome-builderArch Linux sync databases · gnome-builder · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gnome-builderopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gnome-builder · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Develop software for GNOME
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gnome-builder
history
Project history and usage
GNOME Builder is the GNOME project's integrated development environment for writing GNOME-based applications. It combines a GTK source editor with GNOME-aware project creation, build, run, profiling, debugging, documentation, Git, and Flatpak workflows.
Project history
Builder was started by Christian Hergert as an IDE focused on GNOME application development and was crowdfunded through the 'Builder, An IDE of our GNOME' Indiegogo campaign. The first GNOME 3.16-era release announcement describes Builder and LibIDE as a shared foundation for auto-completion, indentation, build systems, version control, diagnostics, symbols, search, snippets, devices, and documentation.
As GNOME application development moved toward Flatpak, Meson, GTK 4, libadwaita, language servers, and sandboxed runtimes, Builder evolved from a GNOME-specific code editor into a workbench for the whole GNOME app lifecycle. Its GNOME wiki page highlights global search, auto-completion, side-by-side editing, Git repository cloning, profiling, and debugging.
Adoption history
Builder became the practical successor to older GNOME development tools such as Anjuta for many contributors. Its significance comes less from general IDE market share and more from being aligned with GNOME's release cadence, Human Interface Guidelines, GTK stack, Flatpak packaging model, and contributor onboarding.
How it is used
Practitioners use Builder to clone GNOME projects, create app templates, edit C, Python, Rust, Vala, and other sources, run Meson builds, inspect documentation, debug applications, profile performance with Sysprof integration, and build or run Flatpak applications in a GNOME-native interface.
Why package nerds care
Builder matters to package nerds because it packages an opinionated desktop-development environment around the same primitives used by GNOME maintainers: Meson, Flatpak manifests, GitLab-hosted projects, GTK, GLib, and GNOME documentation. Installing Builder is often the shortest route from a distribution workstation to a reproducible GNOME app build.
Timeline
- 2015-01: Builder crowdfunding campaign runs for GNOME application development.
- 2015-03-24: GNOME Builder 3.16.0 release announcement describes the initial LibIDE-backed preview.
- 2016: Builder gains broader language and workflow support as GNOME app development standardizes around the tool.
- 2022: Builder enters the GNOME 43 development cycle with a GTK 4 port.
- 2026: Builder releases continue under GNOME's numbered app release cycle.
Related projects
- Builder is closely related to GTK, GLib, GtkSourceView, Meson, Flatpak, Sysprof, Devhelp, GNOME Code Assistance, Anjuta, GNOME GitLab, and libadwaita.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 23 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gnome-builder | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version50.0
manager updated2026-07-07
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://apps.gnome.org/Builder/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://apps.gnome.org/Builder/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gnome-builder |
|---|---|
| Version | 50.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gnome-builder |
| Homepage | https://apps.gnome.org/Builder/ |
| Repository | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-builder |
| Upstream docs | https://builder.readthedocs.io/ |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-builder/50/gnome-builder-50.0.tar.xz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-07T14:59:01Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | adwaita-icon-theme, cairo, cmark, editorconfig, gettext, glib, gobject-introspection, gtk4, gtksourceview5, json-glib, jsonrpc-glib, libadwaita, libdex, libgit2, libgit2-glib, libpanel, libpeas, libspelling, libyaml, llvm, pango, template-glib, vte3 |
| Build dependencies | desktop-file-utils, gettext, meson, ninja |
| Uses from macOS | libxml2 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gnome-builder |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
gnome-builder 48.0-2+b1
IDE for GNOME
https://apps.gnome.org/Builder/
sudo apt install gnome-builder- Section: editors
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 32 dependencies
- 8 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
Nix95%
gnome-builder
nix profile install nixpkgs#gnome-builder- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
Ubuntu apt95%
gnome-builder 46.1-1
IDE for GNOME
https://apps.gnome.org/Builder/
sudo apt install gnome-builder- Section: universe/editors
- Architecture: amd64
- 32 dependencies
- 8 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
apk95%
gnome-builder 50.0-r0
Develop software for GNOME
https://apps.gnome.org/Builder
sudo apk add gnome-builder- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
apk95%
gnome-builder-dev 50.0-r0
Develop software for GNOME (development files)
https://apps.gnome.org/Builder
sudo apk add gnome-builder-dev- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
apk95%
gnome-builder-lang 50.0-r0
Languages for package gnome-builder
https://apps.gnome.org/Builder
sudo apk add gnome-builder-lang- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
dnf95%
gnome-builder 50.0-1.fc45
IDE for writing GNOME-based software
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder
sudo dnf install gnome-builder- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND MIT AND CC0-1.0 AND CC-BY-3.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 32 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
dnf95%
gnome-builder-devel 50.0-1.fc45
Development files for gnome-builder
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder
sudo dnf install gnome-builder-devel- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND MIT AND CC0-1.0 AND CC-BY-3.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
pacman95%
gnome-builder 50.0-1
An IDE for writing GNOME-based software
https://apps.gnome.org/Builder/
sudo pacman -S gnome-builder- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 32 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
zypper95%
gnome-builder 50.rc.1-1.2
A toolsmith for GNOME-based applications
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder
sudo zypper install gnome-builder- License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Development/Tools/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 32 dependencies
- 6 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
zypper95%
gnome-builder-doc 50.rc.1-1.2
Documentation files for the gnome-builder package
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder
sudo zypper install gnome-builder-doc- License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Documentation/HTML
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
zypper95%
gnome-builder-lang 50.rc.1-1.2
Translations for package gnome-builder
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder
sudo zypper install gnome-builder-lang- License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Localization
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: gnome-builder
- 1 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Builder
source trail
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment