glib
brew install glibFormerly known as: glib-utils
Core application library for C
License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/glib.json
Formula code: glib.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 | ✅ | 2.90.1 |
Patches:
| https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/glib/hardcoded-paths.diff |
Depends on:
| pcre2 | 10.49 | Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API |
| gettext | 1.0 | GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library |
Depends on when building from source:
| bison | 3.8.2 | Parser generator |
| 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 |
| python-setuptools | 84.2.1 | Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages |
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
Uses from macOS: flex (build), libffi, python
Binaries:
gapplication,
gdbus,
gdbus-codegen,
gi-compile-repository,
gi-decompile-typelib,
gi-inspect-typelib,
gio,
gio-querymodules,
glib-compile-resources,
glib-compile-schemas,
glib-genmarshal,
glib-gettextize,
glib-mkenums,
gobject-query,
gresource,
gsettings,
gtester,
gtester-report
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 1,427,824 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 92,471,586 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 133,452 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 10.7× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-14T00:20:06Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-14. 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 | 133,412 | 423,713 | 2,314,441 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 40 | 106 | 526 |
| Installs on Request | 16,525 | 51,969 | 340,268 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 34 | 94 | 477 |
| Build Errors | 1,265 |