# Install mx with Homebrew Command-line tool used for the development of Graal projects. Version 7.83.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mx ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mx ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mx - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 7.83.2 - **Source summary:** Command-line tool used for the development of Graal projects - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T16:41:48Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mx (cli) - mx (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Build dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 7.83.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-06 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/graalvm/mx - Upstream latest detected: 7.83.2 (current) ## Project history and usage mx is the Python-based command-line tool used to develop Graal projects. The graalvm/mx README describes it as a tool for managing primarily Java code: defining dependencies, building, testing, running, updating, and packaging artifacts, including code spread across multiple source repositories. ### Project history Its central abstraction is the suite. A suite is both a source tree and the container for libraries, projects, distributions, metadata, and imports of other suites. That model fits the GraalVM ecosystem, where compiler, Truffle, language, and VM components need coordinated builds across related repositories. Oracle's GraalVM build instructions use mx for building GraalVM from source, including the VM suite that assembles the GraalVM SDK, Graal JIT compiler, SubstrateVM, and Truffle framework. ### How it is used In package-manager terms, mx is not a general Java build tool competing with Maven or Gradle for application projects. It is a specialist developer tool for the GraalVM codebase and projects that adopt Graal's suite metadata format, useful when a repository needs mx commands, suite.py metadata, and the surrounding Graal build conventions. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mx. 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:** mx - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [wasm-pack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wasm-pack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools. - [ant](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ant/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools, java. - [helidon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helidon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, development-tool, java. - [maven](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/maven/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools, java. - [maven-shell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/maven-shell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools, java. - [mill](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mill/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools, java. - [amdatu-bootstrap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amdatu-bootstrap/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [antlr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/antlr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [fobis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fobis/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: build, build-tool, cli, developer, developer-tools. - [euler-py](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/euler-py/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, command-line, developer, developer-tools, line. - [git-delete-merged-branches](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-delete-merged-branches/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, command-line, developer, developer-tools, line. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mx.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mx.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph