protobuf
brew install protobufAlso known as: protobuf@36
Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format)
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/protobuf.json
Formula code: protobuf.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 | ✅ | 36.2 |
Other versions:
| protobuf@33 | 33.6 | Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format) |
| protobuf@29 | 29.6 | Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format) |
| protobuf@21 | 21.12 | Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format) |
Depends on:
| abseil | 20260817.0 | C++ Common Libraries |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.5.0 | Cross-platform make |
Binaries:
protoc,
protoc-36.2.0,
protoc-gen-upb,
protoc-gen-upb-36.2.0,
protoc-gen-upb_minitable,
protoc-gen-upb_minitable-36.2.0,
protoc-gen-upbdefs,
protoc-gen-upbdefs-36.2.0
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 759,676 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 33,309,084 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 35,821 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 21.2× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-13T00:50:41Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-14 to 2026-11-13. 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 | 35,804 | 169,798 | 897,731 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 17 | 108 | 584 |
| Installs on Request | 13,294 | 86,071 | 433,250 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 14 | 102 | 569 |
| Build Errors | 98 |