libcap
brew install libcapUser-space interfaces to POSIX 1003.1e capabilities
https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/libcap.json
Formula code: libcap.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2.78 |
Requires: Linux
Binaries:
capsh,
getcap,
getpcaps,
setcap
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 27,768 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 2,748,704 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 11,270 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 2.5× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:52:18Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. 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 | 11,270 | 40,244 | 731,139 |
| Installs on Request | 15 | 38 | 477 |
| Build Errors | 4 |