libkml
brew install libkmlLibrary to parse, generate and operate on KML
https://github.com/libkml/libkml
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/libkml.json
Formula code: libkml.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 | ✅ | 1.3.0 |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| minizip | 1.3.2 | C library for zip/unzip via zLib |
| uriparser | 1.0.3 | URI parsing library (strictly RFC 3986 compliant) |
Depends on when building from source:
| boost | 1.92.0 | Collection of portable C++ source libraries |
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
Uses from macOS: curl, expat
| libkml uses boost headers. To develop with libkml, install boost. |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 32,183 |
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| Downloads | 1,334,813 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 2,232 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 14.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-10-31T09:47:44Z. 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 | 2,232 | 4,381 | 27,882 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Installs on Request | 3 | 12 | 117 |
| Build Errors | 0 |