How to check if Homebrew is installed on your Mac

This short article shows you a few ways to check whether Homebrew is installed on your Mac or not.

1. Open your Terminal and run the command below:

brew --version

If Homebrew is installed, you’ll get its version like this:

Otherwise, you’ll receive an error as follows:

command not found: brew

2. Another popular way is to use the which keyword, like so:

which brew

It’ll return the path where Homebrew is installed:

Or an error message:

brew not found

You can easily install Homebrew by performing the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

That’s it. Have a nice day.