nghttp2
Install command:
brew install nghttp2HTTP/2 C Library
License: MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/nghttp2.json
Formula code: nghttp2.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 1.71.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| c-ares | 1.34.9 | Asynchronous DNS library |
| jemalloc | 5.4.0 | Implementation of malloc emphasizing fragmentation avoidance |
| libev | 4.33 | Asynchronous event library |
| libnghttp2 | 1.71.0 | HTTP/2 C Library |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: libxml2
Binaries:
h2load,
nghttp,
nghttpd,
nghttpx
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 48,060 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 20,690,316 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 4,086 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 11.8× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:53:30Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 4,082 | 7,929 | 38,944 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 4 | 7 | 37 |
| Installs on Request | 3,114 | 6,235 | 35,015 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 4 | 7 | 37 |
| Build Errors | 7 |