diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
index 75011765f..5154f27bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
@@ -1281,3 +1281,44 @@ jobs:
             notes.md
           retention-days: 7
           if-no-files-found: error
+
+  # After a stable release, publish its Homebrew formula to the
+  # quarto-dev/homebrew-q2 tap (`brew install quarto-dev/q2/q2`).
+  # HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN is a fine-grained token with contents:write on the
+  # tap only; until it is set, the job skips itself.
+  homebrew-tap:
+    name: Update Homebrew tap
+    needs: [release]
+    if: inputs.publish && inputs.channel == 'release' && !contains(inputs.version, '-')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    env:
+      TAP_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+
+      - name: Render formula and push to the tap
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$TAP_TOKEN" ]; then
+            echo "::notice::HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN is not set; skipping the Homebrew tap."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          gh release download "$TAG" -p checksums.sha256 -D "$RUNNER_TEMP"
+          scripts/homebrew-formula.sh "$VERSION" "$RUNNER_TEMP/checksums.sha256" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/q2.rb"
+          ruby -c "$RUNNER_TEMP/q2.rb"
+          git clone "https://x-access-token:${TAP_TOKEN}@github.com/quarto-dev/homebrew-q2.git" "$RUNNER_TEMP/tap"
+          cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/tap"
+          mkdir -p Formula
+          cp "$RUNNER_TEMP/q2.rb" Formula/q2.rb
+          git add Formula/q2.rb
+          git diff --cached --quiet && exit 0
+          git -c user.name='github-actions[bot]' \
+              -c user.email='41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com' \
+              commit -m "q2 $VERSION"
+          git push
diff --git a/claude-notes/instructions/release-runbook.md b/claude-notes/instructions/release-runbook.md
index 312e8d9a7..2cc7f4fa5 100644
--- a/claude-notes/instructions/release-runbook.md
+++ b/claude-notes/instructions/release-runbook.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ These live in repo settings and rarely change. Verify with
 | `QUARTO_HUB_MCP_CLIENT_ID` | secret | Bundled Google OAuth client id (public client; secret only to dodge `GOCSPX-` scanners). |
 | `QUARTO_HUB_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET` | secret | Bundled client secret (same). |
 | `QUARTO_HUB_SERVER` | variable | `wss://quarto-hub.com/ws`. |
+| `HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN` | secret | Fine-grained token, Contents read/write on `quarto-dev/homebrew-q2` only. The `homebrew-tap` job pushes the formula with it; unset, the job skips. |
 
 The signing **secret key** lives only in the repo secret and the team
 password manager. If it is ever rotated: regenerate with
diff --git a/crates/quarto/tests/integration/homebrew_formula.rs b/crates/quarto/tests/integration/homebrew_formula.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a95ab76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/quarto/tests/integration/homebrew_formula.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+//! Tests for scripts/homebrew-formula.sh, which renders the Homebrew
+//! formula for a release from its `checksums.sha256`.
+//!
+//! Unix-only like nightly_gate.rs: the script is bash.
+
+#![cfg(unix)]
+
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::{Command, Output};
+
+const PLATFORMS: [&str; 4] = ["darwin_arm64", "darwin_amd64", "linux_arm64", "linux_amd64"];
+
+/// A checksums file like the release job's, with a distinct sha per
+/// archive (the platform's index repeated) plus a Windows zip.
+fn checksums(version: &str, skip: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    for (i, p) in PLATFORMS.iter().enumerate() {
+        if Some(*p) != skip {
+            out += &format!(
+                "{}  q2-{version}-{p}.tar.gz\n",
+                (i + 1).to_string().repeat(64)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    out + &format!("{}  q2-{version}-windows_amd64.zip\n", "9".repeat(64))
+}
+
+fn render(version: &str, checksums: &str) -> Output {
+    let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let file = tmp.path().join("checksums.sha256");
+    fs::write(&file, checksums).unwrap();
+    Command::new("bash")
+        .arg(Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("../../scripts/homebrew-formula.sh"))
+        .arg(version)
+        .arg(&file)
+        .output()
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+fn assert_fails_mentioning(out: &Output, needle: &str) {
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+    assert!(!out.status.success(), "expected failure");
+    assert!(stderr.contains(needle), "stderr lacks {needle:?}: {stderr}");
+    assert!(out.stdout.is_empty(), "printed a formula on failure");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn renders_each_platform_url_with_its_sha() {
+    let out = render("1.2.3", &checksums("1.2.3", None));
+    assert!(
+        out.status.success(),
+        "{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
+    );
+    let formula = String::from_utf8(out.stdout).unwrap();
+    assert!(formula.contains("version \"1.2.3\""), "{formula}");
+
+    let mut last = formula.find("on_macos do").unwrap();
+    for (i, p) in PLATFORMS.iter().enumerate() {
+        let url = format!(
+            "url \"https://github.com/quarto-dev/q2/releases/download/v1.2.3/q2-1.2.3-{p}.tar.gz\""
+        );
+        let at = formula
+            .find(&url)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no {url}\n{formula}"));
+        // Platforms appear in on_macos/on_linux, on_arm/on_intel order.
+        assert!(at > last, "{p} out of order\n{formula}");
+        last = at;
+        let sha = formula[at..].lines().nth(1).unwrap().trim();
+        assert_eq!(
+            sha,
+            format!("sha256 \"{}\"", (i + 1).to_string().repeat(64))
+        );
+    }
+    assert!(formula.find("on_linux do").unwrap() > formula.find("darwin_amd64").unwrap());
+    assert!(!formula.contains("windows"), "{formula}");
+
+    // Ruby syntax check where ruby is available (it is on CI runners).
+    if Command::new("ruby").arg("--version").output().is_ok() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let rb = tmp.path().join("q2.rb");
+        fs::write(&rb, &formula).unwrap();
+        let check = Command::new("ruby").arg("-c").arg(&rb).output().unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            check.status.success(),
+            "{}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&check.stderr)
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn missing_archive_fails() {
+    let out = render("1.2.3", &checksums("1.2.3", Some("linux_arm64")));
+    assert_fails_mentioning(&out, "q2-1.2.3-linux_arm64.tar.gz");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn another_versions_archives_do_not_match() {
+    let out = render("1.2.3", &checksums("1.2.30", None));
+    assert_fails_mentioning(&out, "q2-1.2.3-darwin_arm64.tar.gz");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn only_bare_stable_versions_are_accepted() {
+    for bad in ["0.43.0-nightly.20261107", "v1.2.3"] {
+        assert_fails_mentioning(&render(bad, &checksums(bad, None)), "version");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/quarto/tests/integration/main.rs b/crates/quarto/tests/integration/main.rs
index 792dd31e4..2cc3bb0ca 100644
--- a/crates/quarto/tests/integration/main.rs
+++ b/crates/quarto/tests/integration/main.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub mod extension_config_spans;
 pub mod format_resolution_cli;
 pub mod founding_crash_config_span_e2e;
 pub mod get_config_cli;
+pub mod homebrew_formula;
 pub mod json_errors;
 pub mod jupyter_kernel_cleanup_e2e;
 pub mod lmd_snapshots;
diff --git a/scripts/homebrew-formula.sh b/scripts/homebrew-formula.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a855e14c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/homebrew-formula.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Render the Homebrew formula (Formula/q2.rb in quarto-dev/homebrew-q2)
+# for a stable release, from the release's combined checksums file:
+#
+#   scripts/homebrew-formula.sh 0.42.0 checksums.sha256 > q2.rb
+#
+# Run by the `homebrew-tap` job in .github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml.
+# Tests: crates/quarto/tests/integration/homebrew_formula.rs.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+die() {
+  echo "homebrew-formula.sh: $*" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+[ $# -eq 2 ] || die "usage: homebrew-formula.sh <version> <checksums.sha256>"
+version=$1
+checksums=$2
+[[ "$version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] ||
+  die "version must be a bare stable X.Y.Z (got '$version')"
+[ -r "$checksums" ] || die "cannot read $checksums"
+
+# Print one archive's url and sha256 lines, or fail.
+archive() {
+  local file="q2-${version}-$1.tar.gz" sha
+  sha=$(awk -v f="$file" '{ sub(/\r$/, "") } $2 == f { print $1; exit }' "$checksums")
+  [[ "$sha" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{64}$ ]] || die "no valid checksum for $file in $checksums"
+  printf '      url "https://github.com/quarto-dev/q2/releases/download/v%s/%s"\n' "$version" "$file"
+  printf '      sha256 "%s"\n' "$sha"
+}
+
+darwin_arm64=$(archive darwin_arm64)
+darwin_amd64=$(archive darwin_amd64)
+linux_arm64=$(archive linux_arm64)
+linux_amd64=$(archive linux_amd64)
+
+cat <<EOF
+# Generated by scripts/homebrew-formula.sh in quarto-dev/q2. Do not edit.
+class Q2 < Formula
+  desc "Quarto 2: scientific and technical publishing system"
+  homepage "https://github.com/quarto-dev/q2"
+  version "${version}"
+  license "MIT"
+
+  on_macos do
+    on_arm do
+${darwin_arm64}
+    end
+    on_intel do
+${darwin_amd64}
+    end
+  end
+
+  on_linux do
+    on_arm do
+${linux_arm64}
+    end
+    on_intel do
+${linux_amd64}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def install
+    bin.install "q2"
+  end
+
+  test do
+    assert_match version.to_s, shell_output("#{bin}/q2 --version")
+  end
+end
+EOF