gobject-introspection
brew install gobject-introspectionGenerate introspection data for GObject libraries
https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/gobject-introspection.json
Formula code: gobject-introspection.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 | ✅ | 1.86.0 |
Revision: 6
Depends on:
| cairo | 1.18.6 | Vector graphics library with cross-device output support |
| glib | 2.90.1 | Core application library for C |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
Depends on when building from source:
| bison | 3.8.2 | Parser generator |
| meson | 1.12.1 | Fast and user friendly build system |
| ninja | 1.13.2 | Small build system for use with gyp or CMake |
Uses from macOS: flex (build), libffi
Binaries:
g-ir-annotation-tool,
g-ir-compiler,
g-ir-doc-tool,
g-ir-generate,
g-ir-inspect,
g-ir-scanner
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 128,644 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 22,434,986 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 43,507 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 3.0× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-13T00:50:32Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-14 to 2026-11-13. 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 | 43,496 | 82,584 | 202,685 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 11 | 15 | 70 |
| Installs on Request | 10,520 | 18,486 | 68,025 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 11 | 15 | 70 |
| Build Errors | 10,933 |