Homebrew Formulae: harfbuzz

harfbuzz

Install command:

brew install harfbuzz

OpenType text shaping engine

https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz

License: MIT

Development: Pull requests

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

Formula code: harfbuzz.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

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

Current versions:

stable	✅	15.0.0
head	⚡️	HEAD

Revision: 1

Depends on:

cairo	1.18.6	Vector graphics library with cross-device output support
freetype	2.15.0	Software library to render fonts
glib	2.90.1	Core application library for C
graphite2	1.3.15	Smart font renderer for non-Roman scripts
icu4c@79	79.1	C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode and globalization
libpng	1.6.59	Library for manipulating PNG images

Depends on when building from source:

gobject-introspection	1.86.0	Generate introspection data for GObject libraries
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@3.15	3.15.2	Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

Binaries: hb-info, hb-raster, hb-shape, hb-subset, hb-vector, hb-view

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days	2,190,206
Downloads	79,893,286
Analytics install events (30 days)	186,405
Downloads / install events (30 days)	11.8×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-10-31T09:45:27Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-31. 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	186,339	460,414	1,982,610
Installs (`--HEAD`)	66	137	601
Installs on Request	29,812	73,242	363,857
Installs on Request (`--HEAD`)	64	135	587
Build Errors	93