diff --git a/Aliases/gz-plugin5 b/Aliases/gz-plugin5
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..d8cbc6402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Aliases/gz-plugin5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Formula/gz-rotary-plugin.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Aliases/gz-tools3 b/Aliases/gz-tools3
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..08549ccd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Aliases/gz-tools3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Formula/gz-rotary-tools.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Formula/gz-plugin4.rb b/Formula/gz-plugin4.rb
index 59066ab35..be268d0aa 100644
--- a/Formula/gz-plugin4.rb
+++ b/Formula/gz-plugin4.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class GzPlugin4 < Formula
   depends_on "gz-utils4"
   depends_on "pkgconf"
 
+  conflicts_with "gz-rotary-plugin", because: "both install gz-plugin"
+
   def install
     rpaths = [
       rpath,
diff --git a/Formula/gz-rotary-plugin.rb b/Formula/gz-rotary-plugin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f826ef9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Formula/gz-rotary-plugin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+class GzRotaryPlugin < Formula
+  desc "Plugin libraries for robotics applications"
+  homepage "https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-plugin"
+  license "Apache-2.0"
+
+  head "https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-plugin.git", branch: "main"
+
+  depends_on "cmake"
+  depends_on "gz-rotary-cmake"
+  depends_on "gz-rotary-tools"
+  depends_on "gz-rotary-utils"
+  depends_on "pkgconf"
+
+  conflicts_with "gz-jetty-plugin", because: "both install gz-plugin"
+
+  def install
+    rpaths = [
+      rpath,
+      rpath(source: libexec/"gz/plugin", target: lib),
+    ]
+    cmake_args = std_cmake_args
+    cmake_args << "-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
+    cmake_args << "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH=#{rpaths.join(";")}"
+
+    # Use a build folder
+    mkdir "build" do
+      system "cmake", "..", *cmake_args
+      system "make", "install"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def caveats
+    <<~EOS
+      This is an unstable, development version of Gazebo built from source.
+    EOS
+  end
+
+  test do
+    # test CLI executable
+    system libexec/"gz/plugin/gz-plugin"
+    # build against API
+    (testpath/"test.cpp").write <<-EOS
+      #include <gz/plugin/Loader.hh>
+      int main() {
+        gz::plugin::Loader loader;
+        return loader.InterfacesImplemented().size();
+      }
+    EOS
+    (testpath/"CMakeLists.txt").write <<-EOS
+      cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.1 FATAL_ERROR)
+      find_package(gz-plugin QUIET REQUIRED COMPONENTS loader)
+      add_executable(test_cmake test.cpp)
+      target_link_libraries(test_cmake gz-plugin::loader)
+    EOS
+    system "pkg-config", "gz-plugin-loader"
+    cflags = `pkg-config --cflags gz-plugin-loader`.split
+    system ENV.cc, "test.cpp",
+                   *cflags,
+                   "-L#{lib}",
+                   "-lgz-plugin-loader",
+                   "-lc++",
+                   "-o", "test"
+    system "./test"
+    # test building with cmake
+    mkdir "build" do
+      system "cmake", ".."
+      system "make"
+      system "./test_cmake"
+    end
+    # check for Xcode frameworks in bottle
+    cmd_not_grep_xcode = "! grep -rnI 'Applications[/]Xcode' #{prefix}"
+    system cmd_not_grep_xcode
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Formula/gz-tools3.rb b/Formula/gz-rotary-tools.rb
similarity index 73%
rename from Formula/gz-tools3.rb
rename to Formula/gz-rotary-tools.rb
index 9af0c2376..3b8594649 100644
--- a/Formula/gz-tools3.rb
+++ b/Formula/gz-rotary-tools.rb
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
-class GzTools3 < Formula
+class GzRotaryTools < Formula
   desc "Entry point for Gazebo command-line tools"
   homepage "https://gazebosim.org"
-  url "https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-tools.git", branch: "main"
-  version "2.999.999-0-20250530"
   license "Apache-2.0"
 
-  head "https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-tools.git", branch: "gz-tools3"
+  head "https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-tools.git", branch: "main"
 
   depends_on "cmake" => :build
   depends_on "libyaml" => :test
   depends_on "ruby" => :test
-  depends_on "gz-cmake5"
+  depends_on "gz-rotary-cmake"
 
   conflicts_with "gazebo11", because: "both install bin/gz"
-  conflicts_with "gz-tools2", because: "both install bin/gz"
+  conflicts_with "gz-jetty-tools", because: "both install bin/gz"
 
   def install
     inreplace "src/gz.in" do |s|
       s.gsub! "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@", HOMEBREW_PREFIX
     end
 
-    # Use a build folder
     mkdir "build" do
       system "cmake", "..", *std_cmake_args
       system "make", "install"
     end
   end
 
+  def caveats
+    <<~EOS
+      This is an unstable, development version of Gazebo built from source.
+    EOS
+  end
+
   test do
     mkdir testpath/"config"
     (testpath/"config/test.yaml").write <<~EOS
diff --git a/Formula/gz-tools2.rb b/Formula/gz-tools2.rb
index a81534acd..ad0e64130 100644
--- a/Formula/gz-tools2.rb
+++ b/Formula/gz-tools2.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class GzTools2 < Formula
   depends_on "gz-cmake3"
 
   conflicts_with "gazebo11", because: "both install bin/gz"
-  conflicts_with "gz-tools3", because: "both install bin/gz"
+  conflicts_with "gz-rotary-tools", because: "both install bin/gz"
 
   def install
     inreplace "src/gz.in" do |s|