parallel
brew install parallelShell command parallelization utility
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/parallel/
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/parallel.json
Formula code: parallel.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided.
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 20261022 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Conflicts with: moreutils (because both install a `parallel` executable)
Binaries:
env_parallel,
env_parallel.ash,
env_parallel.bash,
env_parallel.csh,
env_parallel.dash,
env_parallel.fish,
env_parallel.ksh,
env_parallel.mksh,
env_parallel.pdksh,
env_parallel.sh,
env_parallel.tcsh,
env_parallel.zsh,
niceload,
parallel,
parcat,
parset,
parsort,
sem,
sql
| To use the --csv option, the Perl Text::CSV module has to be installed. You can install it via: perl -MCPAN -e'install Text::CSV' |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 69,734 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 2,771,030 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 4,873 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 14.3× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-09T00:52:36Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-10 to 2026-11-09. 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 | 4,864 | 12,855 | 69,996 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 9 | 20 | 101 |
| Installs on Request | 4,726 | 12,586 | 69,156 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 9 | 20 | 101 |
| Build Errors | 0 |