openldap

Install command:
brew install openldap

Open source suite of directory software

https://www.openldap.org/software/

License: OLDAP-2.8

Development: Pull requests

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

Formula code: openldap.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 ✅ 2.7.2

Patches:

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/libtool/configure-big_sur.diff

Keg-only because macOS already provides this software.

Depends on:

openssl@4 4.1.0 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

Uses from macOS: mandoc (build), cyrus-sasl

Binaries: ldapadd, ldapcompare, ldapdelete, ldapexop, ldapmodify, ldapmodrdn, ldappasswd, ldapsearch, ldapurl, ldapvc, ldapwhoami, slapacl, slapadd, slapauth, slapcat, slapdn, slapindex, slapmodify, slappasswd, slapschema, slaptest

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days385,524
Downloads25,269,825
Analytics install events (30 days)63,818
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Analytics:

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Installs63,811140,296534,967
Installs (--HEAD)7725
Installs on Request2,5275,91618,703
Installs on Request (--HEAD)7723
Build Errors26