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On macOS systems GNU Octave can be installed by:
# macOS App Bundles '''"Octave.app"''' (a single [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Disk_Image dmg-file])
# macOS [[#Package Managers|package managers]].
{{Note|'''GNU Octave {{Release}}''' is the current stable release.}}
{{Note|'''GNU Octave {{Release}}''' is the current stable release.}}
== macOS App Bundles ==
The [https://octave-app.org/ Octave.app project] provides an unofficial ready-to-use, drag-and-drop macOS App installer based on [[#Homebrew|Homebrew]] (see below).
* [https://github.com/octave-app/octave-app/releases Download installer from GitHub]
The last update is a version 8.3.0 based Alpha 1 release. However, for Apple Silicon users, it is reported to be damaged after installation in MacOS 14.1. Therefore, you may consider using Homebrew or other tools to install a native Octave for Apple M1/2/3 CPUs. There was a huge performance improvement witnessed by this wiki editor on matrix multiplication. This may be due to a native ARM version of openBLAS was used by Homebrew rather than Rosetta.
A '''very old''' installer is hosted on SourceForge.
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/2016-07-11-binary-octave-4.0.3/octave_gui_403_appleblas.dmg/download macOS App Bundle of Octave 4.0.3 (with GUI)]  (OS X 10.9+)


== Package Managers ==
== Package Managers ==

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