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brew install mono v6.14.1 Apache-2.0

Open-source .NET runtime and development framework for cross-platform C# and .NET applications.

Why you might care

Mono lets you run .NET/C# code on Linux, macOS, and other non-Windows platforms without recompilation. It's a mature runtime for legacy .NET Framework applications and embedded scripting; today most new .NET development targets .NET Core/8+ instead, but Mono remains essential for compatibility and Unity game development.

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To use the assemblies from other formulae you need to set:
  export MONO_GAC_PREFIX="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX"

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