# macports

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/macports
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/macports.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/macports/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://macports.org
- **Slug:** macports
- **Categories:** developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Provides a single software tree that tracks the latest release of every distributed software title without stable/unstable branches, greatly simplifying the task of compiling and installing open-source software on macOS.
Source: Brand's website (https://macports.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** 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.
Source: Brand's website (https://macports.org) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - The command-line driven MacPorts software package
  - providing access to thousands of open-source software titles (ports).
Source: Brand's website (https://macports.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Free, open-source software under a 3-Clause BSD License.
Source: Brand's website (https://macports.org) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** macOS users (Ventura v13 and later, including macOS Tahoe v26 on both Intel and Apple Silicon) seeking to install and manage open-source software.
Source: Brand's website (https://macports.org) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.