cyrus-sasl

Install command:
brew install cyrus-sasl

Simple Authentication and Security Layer

https://www.cyrusimap.org/sasl/

License: BSD-3-Clause-Attribution

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/cyrus-sasl.json

Formula code: cyrus-sasl.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 ✅ 2.1.28
head ⚡️ HEAD

Revision: 4

Keg-only because macOS already provides this software.

Depends on:

krb5 1.22.2 Network authentication protocol
openssl@4 4.1.0 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

Uses from macOS: libxcrypt

Binaries: pluginviewer, saslauthd, sasldblistusers2, saslpasswd2, testsaslauthd

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days134,629
Downloads1,552,101
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Analytics:

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Installs44,42492,895347,768
Installs (--HEAD)1219
Installs on Request3825332,225
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