gflags
Install command:
brew install gflagsLibrary for processing command-line flags
https://gflags.github.io/gflags/
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/gflags.json
Formula code: gflags.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 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2.3.1 |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
Binaries:
gflags_completions.sh
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 131,103 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 10,225,654 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 5,931 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 22.1× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:51:37Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. 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 | 5,929 | 14,402 | 91,815 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 2 | 16 | 69 |
| Installs on Request | 116 | 357 | 2,502 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Build Errors | 0 |