libedit

Install command: 
brew install libedit

BSD-style licensed readline alternative

https://thrysoee.dk/editline/

License: BSD-3-Clause

Development: Pull requests

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

Formula code: libedit.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 ✅ 20260512-3.1

Keg-only because macOS already provides this software.

Uses from macOS: ncurses

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days196,818
Downloads7,360,548
Analytics install events (30 days)68,155
Downloads / install events (30 days)2.9×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-15T00:52:32Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-16 to 2026-11-15. 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 days90 days365 days
Installs68,154143,006717,934
Installs (--HEAD)1312
Installs on Request4798865,814
Installs on Request (--HEAD)1311
Build Errors0