Homebrew Formulae: fontconfig

fontconfig

Install command:

brew install fontconfig

XML-based font configuration API for X Windows

https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/fontconfig/

License: HPND-sell-variant AND Unicode-3.0 AND MIT-Modern-Variant AND MIT AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/fontconfig.json

Formula code: fontconfig.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on Apple Silicon	golden gate	✅
	tahoe	✅
	sequoia	✅
	sonoma	✅
macOS on Intel	sonoma	✅
Linux	ARM64	✅
Linux	x86_64	✅

Current versions:

stable	✅	2.18.3
head	⚡️	HEAD

Depends on:

freetype	2.15.0	Software library to render fonts
gettext	1.0	GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library

Depends on when building from source:

gettext	1.0	GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library
meson	1.12.1	Fast and user friendly build system
ninja	1.13.2	Small build system for use with gyp or CMake
pkgconf	3.0.10	Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Uses from macOS: gperf (build), python (build), expat

Binaries: fc-cache, fc-cat, fc-conflist, fc-genconf, fc-list, fc-match, fc-pattern, fc-query, fc-scan, fc-validate

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days	1,119,422
Downloads	51,585,033
Analytics install events (30 days)	85,782
Downloads / install events (30 days)	13.1×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-15T00:52:28Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-16 to 2026-11-15. 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	85,774	278,929	1,530,392
Installs (`--HEAD`)	8	22	96
Installs on Request	2,181	6,753	38,908
Installs on Request (`--HEAD`)	4	18	68
Build Errors	501