gobject-introspection ☆

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Description:
Generate introspection data for GObject libraries

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @gnome | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: gobject introspection bindings gnome development

Install: brew install gobject-introspection

About:
GObject Introspection is a middleware layer that allows language bindings to be generated automatically from GObject-based C libraries. It reads GObject-based library source code and annotation data to produce machine-readable API metadata (GIR files). This enables dynamic languages like Python, JavaScript, and Rust to interact with native C libraries seamlessly.

Key Features:

Automatic generation of API metadata from C source code
Supports multiple programming languages through bindings
Uses annotation-based system for enhanced type information
Generates typelibs for runtime introspection

Use Cases:

Creating language bindings for GTK and GLib libraries
Enabling Python applications to use native GNOME libraries
Building cross-language APIs for system libraries

Alternatives:

SWIG – SWIG requires manual wrapper generation, while GObject Introspection automates the process through annotations
cffi – cffi is Python-specific and requires manual declarations, whereas GObject Introspection provides automatic binding generation

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2025 2:04pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	3226281e
Nov 25, 2024 10:36pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	b243fe3d
Sep 13, 2024 5:50pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	c194933d
Sep 13, 2024 12:39pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	7ac93b22
Sep 4, 2024 5:38am	1	VERSION_BUMP	2436491a
Oct 18, 2023 9:55pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	d06957e6
Sep 10, 2023 8:32pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	5e56164a
Mar 19, 2023 4:06am	0	VERSION_BUMP	bc19ddd5
Mar 19, 2023 4:06am	0	VERSION_BUMP	d030d9e1