boost
Install command:
brew install boostAlso known as: boost@1.92
Collection of portable C++ source libraries
License: BSL-1.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/boost.json
Formula code: boost.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 | ✅ | 1.92.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Other versions:
| boost@1.85 | 1.85.0 | Collection of portable C++ source libraries |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| icu4c@79 | 79.1 | C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode and globalization |
| xz | 5.8.4 | General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio |
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
Uses from macOS: bzip2
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 490,032 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 30,067,820 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 35,686 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 13.7× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-08T00:52:36Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-09 to 2026-11-08. 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 | 35,665 | 90,711 | 393,039 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 21 | 37 | 163 |
| Installs on Request | 11,062 | 28,495 | 133,302 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 20 | 35 | 154 |
| Build Errors | 44 |