# Install qtbase with Homebrew

Cross-platform application and UI framework. Version 6.11.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:qtbase
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install qtbase
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:qtbase
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/qtbase>
- **Version:** 6.11.1
- **Source summary:** Cross-platform application and UI framework
- **Homepage:** <https://www.qt.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtcore-index.html>
- **License:** (LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only) AND (GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
- **Source archive:** <https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.11/6.11.1/submodules/qtbase-everywhere-src-6.11.1.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:38:05+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00

## Dependencies

- brotli
- dbus
- double-conversion
- freetype
- glib
- harfbuzz
- icu4c@78
- jpeg-turbo
- libb2
- libpng
- md4c
- openssl@3
- pcre2
- zstd

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- molten-vk
- ninja
- pkgconf
- vulkan-headers

## Uses from macOS

- cups
- krb5
- sqlite

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: You can add Homebrew's Qt to QtCreator's "Qt Versions" in: Preferences > Qt Versions > Link with Qt... pressing "Choose..." and selecting as the Qt installation path: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-09
- Package-manager version: 6.11.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.qt.io/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for qtbase. 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:** qtbase
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Conflicts With:** qt@5
- **Requirements:** xcode
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/qtbase.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/qtbase.yml)


## Sources

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