freetype
Install command:
brew install freetypeAlso known as: freetype2
Software library to render fonts
License: FTL
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/freetype.json
Formula code: freetype.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 | ✅ | 2.15.0 |
Depends on:
| brotli | 1.2.1 | Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm by Google |
| libpng | 1.6.59 | Library for manipulating PNG images |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: bzip2
Binaries:
freetype-config
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 1,795,663 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 60,600,624 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 139,108 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 12.9× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-09T00:50:34Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-10 to 2026-11-09. 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 | 139,095 | 252,694 | 1,385,066 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 13 | 20 | 108 |
| Installs on Request | 6,290 | 9,468 | 76,927 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 9 | 15 | 85 |
| Build Errors | 334 |