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The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing,
and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the
Mac
operating system
. To that end we provide the command-line driven MacPorts software package under a
3-Clause BSD License
, and through it easy access to thousands of ports
that
greatly simplify
the task of
compiling and installing
open-source software on your Mac.
We provide a single software tree that attempts to track the latest release of every software title (port) we distribute,
without splitting them into “stable” Vs. “unstable” branches, targeting mainly macOS Ventura v13 and later
(including macOS Tahoe v26 on both Intel and Apple Silicon).
There are
thousands
of ports
in our tree, distributed among different categories, and more are being added on a regular basis.
Getting started
For information on installing MacPorts please see the
installation
section of this site and
explore the myriad of download options we provide and our base system requirements.
If you run into any problems installing and/or using MacPorts we also have many options to help you, depending on how
you wish to get
get in touch with us
. Other important help resources are our online documentation,
A.K.A
The MacPorts Guide
, and our Trac
Wiki
server & bug tracker
Latest MacPorts
release
: 2.12.5
Getting involved: Students
A good way for students to get involved is through the
Google Summer of Code
. GSoC is a program to encourage students' participation in Open Source development and offers a stipend to work on the project with an organization for three months. MacPorts has been participating in the program since 2007! We shall participate next year as well. You may find
past GSoC projects here
We have a list of ideas with possible tasks for MacPorts and additional information about the process at
wiki/SummerOfCode
. We are always open to new ideas. Research on the idea, draft an initial proposal and get it reviewed.
Getting involved
There are many ways you can get involved with MacPorts and peer users, system administrators & developers alike.
Browse over to the “
” section of our site and:
Explore our
mailing lists
, either if it is for some general user support or to
keep on top of the latest MacPorts developments and commits to our software repository.
Check out our
Support & Development
portal for some bug reporting and live
tutorials through the integrated Wiki server.
Or simply come join us for a friendly
IRC chat
if you wish for more direct contact
with the
people behind
it all.
If on the other hand you are interested in joining The MacPorts Project in any way, then don't hesitate to contact the
project's management team, “
PortMgr
”, to explain your particular interest
and present a formal application. We're always looking for more helping hands that can extend and improve our ports tree
and documentation, or take MacPorts itself beyond its current limitations and into new areas of the vast software packaging
field. We're eager to hear from you!
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