# Install mono with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Cross platform, open source .NET development framework. Version 6.14.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## 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/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-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/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-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','mirc' - 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 page:** - **Version:** 6.14.1 - **Source summary:** Cross platform, open source .NET development framework - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+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 ## Uses from macOS - 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 6.14.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.mono-project.com/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Mono is the long-running open-source implementation of the .NET runtime and class-library stack for non-Windows and embedded platforms. The project was launched by Ximian in 2001 around Miguel de Icaza's effort to bring the Common Language Infrastructure and C# model to Linux; Mono's own early-history note says the team planned the July 19, 2001 launch at the O'Reilly conference and shipped early metadata, compiler, and class-library pieces. ### Project history The first development years were spent making the runtime, JIT, C# compiler, and class libraries self-host. Mono's history records milestones such as the runtime running Hello World in August 2001, the C# compiler compiling its first program in September 2001, compiler self-hosting work in 2002, and Mono 1.0 on June 30, 2004. The About page summarizes the architecture as an ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure implementation with a runtime, JIT, AOT compiler, garbage collector, loader, interoperability pieces, and .NET-compatible class libraries. ### Adoption history The stewardship story mirrors the commercial history around cross-platform .NET. Mono was supported by Novell after its Ximian acquisition, then by Xamarin, and then by Microsoft after the 2016 Xamarin acquisition. Microsoft's acquisition announcement emphasized Xamarin's C# mobile tooling for iOS, Android, and Windows and cited more than 1.3 million Xamarin developers and more than 15,000 customers. Mono joined the .NET Foundation in 2016, and the Mono homepage says WineHQ took over stewardship of the upstream Mono Project in 2024 while Microsoft moved active workloads to a modern Mono runtime fork in dotnet/runtime. ### How it is used In package managers, Mono is both a runtime and a developer toolchain: users install it to run .NET Framework-compatible applications outside Windows, compile C# code, host libraries that expect the classic Mono stack, or support older Xamarin/Unity-era workflows. Its importance is historical as much as practical: it proved that .NET could be portable years before cross-platform .NET became Microsoft's default story. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes 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:** - **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/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ckan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ckan/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [naturaldocs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/naturaldocs/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [nuget](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nuget/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [dotnet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dotnet/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dotnet, language-runtime, runtime. - [bigloo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bigloo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime. - [chezscheme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chezscheme/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime. - [chicken](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chicken/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime. - [clozure-cl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clozure-cl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime. - [ecl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ecl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime. - [fantom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fantom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime. - [harbour](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/harbour/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, cross-platform, language-runtime. - [haxe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/haxe/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, cross, cross-platform, language. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mono.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mono.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph