libpq
brew install libpqAlso known as: libpq@18
Postgres C API library
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq.html
License: PostgreSQL
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/libpq.json
Formula code: libpq.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 | ✅ | 18.6 |
Other versions:
| libpq@17 | 17.11 | Postgres C API library |
| libpq@16 | 16.15 | Postgres C API library |
Revision: 2
Keg-only because it conflicts with PostgreSQL.
Depends on:
| icu4c@79 | 79.1 | C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode and globalization |
| krb5 | 1.22.3 | Network authentication protocol |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| readline | 8.3.6 | Library for command-line editing |
Depends on when building from source:
| docbook | 5.2.1 | Standard XML representation system for technical documents |
| docbook-xsl | 1.79.2 | XML vocabulary to create presentation-neutral documents |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: bison (build), flex (build), libxml2 (build), libxslt (build), curl
Binaries:
clusterdb,
createdb,
createuser,
dropdb,
dropuser,
ecpg,
initdb,
pg_amcheck,
pg_archivecleanup,
pg_basebackup,
pg_checksums,
pg_combinebackup,
pg_config,
pg_controldata,
pg_createsubscriber,
pg_ctl,
pg_dump,
pg_dumpall,
pg_isready,
pg_receivewal,
pg_recvlogical,
pg_resetwal,
pg_restore,
pg_rewind,
pg_test_fsync,
pg_test_timing,
pg_upgrade,
pg_verifybackup,
pg_waldump,
pg_walsummary,
pgbench,
psql,
reindexdb,
vacuumdb
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 476,740 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 23,112,222 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 52,856 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 9.0× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:50:10Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. 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 | 52,777 | 123,243 | 508,737 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 79 | 156 | 549 |
| Installs on Request | 30,196 | 69,685 | 255,082 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 74 | 150 | 529 |
| Build Errors | 251 |