# Install pybind11 with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman

Seamless operability between C++11 and Python. Version 3.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pybind11
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pybind11
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pybind11
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/pybind11/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pybind11-dev
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pybind11-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install pybind11-devel
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pybind11-devel 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 pybind11
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: pybind11 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pybind11
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pybind11>
- **Version:** 3.0.4
- **Source summary:** Seamless operability between C++11 and Python
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v3.0.4.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-19T04:32:56Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- pybind11-config (cli)
- pybind11-config-3.13 (cli)
- pybind11-config-3.14 (cli)
- pybind11-config (alias)
- pybind11-config-3.13 (alias)
- pybind11-config-3.14 (alias)

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- python@3.13
- python@3.14

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.0.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-19
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- Upstream latest detected: v3.0.4 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pybind11
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pybind11-dev - 2.13.6-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pybind11-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | seamless operability between C++11 and Python | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- Debian apt - pybind11-doc - 2.13.6-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pybind11-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | documentation for pybind11 | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- Debian apt - python3-pybind11 - 2.13.6-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-pybind11 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | pybind11 helper module for Python 3 | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- Ubuntu apt - pybind11-dev - 2.11.1-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pybind11-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | seamless operability between C++11 and Python | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- Ubuntu apt - pybind11-doc - 2.11.1-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pybind11-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation for pybind11 | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- Ubuntu apt - python3-pybind11 - 2.11.1-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-pybind11 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | pybind11 helper module for Python 3 | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- dnf - pybind11-devel - 3.0.4-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pybind11-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development headers for pybind11 | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- dnf - python3-pybind11 - 3.0.4-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pybind11 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development headers for pybind11 | https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
- pacman - pybind11 - 3.0.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pybind11 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A lightweight header-only library that exposes C++ types in Python and vice versa | https://pybind11.readthedocs.org/
- MacPorts - pybind11: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/pybind11/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Combined YAML source

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