apache-arrow
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Description:
Columnar in-memory analytics layer designed to accelerate big data
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 12@4  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @ApacheArrow  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: data-engineering big-data analytics library c-plus-plus
Install: brew install apache-arrow
About:
Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for in-memory data. It specifies a standardized, language-independent columnar memory format, organized for efficient analytic operations on modern hardware. Its primary value is eliminating serialization overhead and enabling zero-copy data sharing between different processing engines and languages.
Key Features:
  • Standardized columnar memory format
  • Zero-copy data sharing
  • Cross-language interoperability
  • High-performance analytics
Use Cases:
  • Accelerating data processing in analytics pipelines
  • Sharing large datasets between Python, Java, and C++ applications
  • Building high-performance data systems like database connectors and query engines
Alternatives:
  • Protocol Buffers – Protobuf is primarily for serialization, while Arrow focuses on in-memory, zero-copy analytics.
  • Parquet – Parquet is a columnar storage format, whereas Arrow is its in-memory counterpart for processing.
License: Apache-2.0
Dependencies: abseil, aws-crt-cpp, aws-sdk-cpp, brotli, grpc, llvm, lz4, openssl@3, protobuf, re2, snappy, thrift, utf8proc, zstd
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
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