ossp-uuid

Install command:
brew install ossp-uuid

ISO-C API and CLI for generating UUIDs

http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/

License: BSD-1-Clause

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/ossp-uuid.json

Formula code: ossp-uuid.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
monterey ✅
big sur ✅
macOS on
Intel
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
monterey ✅
big sur ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.6.2

Revision: 2

Patches:

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/libtool/configure-pre-0.4.2.418-big_sur.diff

Binaries: uuid, uuid-config

GitHub Packages downloads:

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