luv

Install command: 
brew install luv

Bare libuv bindings for lua

https://github.com/luvit/luv

License: Apache-2.0

Development: Pull requests

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

Formula code: luv.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 ✅ 1.53.0-1
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

libuv 1.53.0 Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.5 Cross-platform make
lua 5.5.1 Powerful, lightweight programming language
luajit 2.1.1794386141 Just-In-Time Compiler (JIT) for the Lua programming language

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days234,927
Downloads5,986,318
Analytics install events (30 days)23,829
Downloads / install events (30 days)9.9×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs23,82744,144162,052
Installs (--HEAD)2512
Installs on Request6851,2134,774
Installs on Request (--HEAD)2310
Build Errors6