memcached
Install command:
brew install memcachedHigh performance, distributed memory object caching system
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/memcached.json
Formula code: memcached.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 | ✅ | 1.6.45 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| libevent | 2.1.13 | Asynchronous event library |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
Binaries:
memcached
Service:
| Start now and at login: | brew services start memcached |
| Run directly: | $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/memcached/bin/memcached -l localhost |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 15,501 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 884,627 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 1,858 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 8.3× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-02T00:45:07Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-03 to 2026-11-02. 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 | 1,857 | 3,617 | 18,986 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Installs on Request | 1,855 | 3,608 | 18,922 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Build Errors | 0 |