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Description:
Program providing model for GNU coding standards and practices

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: gnu cli reference testing developer-tools

Install: brew install hello

About:
GNU Hello is a sample program that produces friendly output, demonstrating best practices for GNU software development. It serves as a template and reference implementation for coding standards, build systems, and internationalization. While functionally simple, it is widely used to verify toolchain installations and packaging workflows.

Key Features:

Produces friendly, localized greeting messages
Demonstrates GNU Autotools and coding standards
Supports internationalization (i18n) and localization
Standard reference for Homebrew and packaging tests

Use Cases:

Verifying compiler and build toolchain installations
Testing Homebrew formula creation and installation workflows
Learning GNU coding conventions and Autotools usage

Alternatives:

cowsay – Provides stylized ASCII art output; focuses on visual presentation rather than GNU standards.
figlet – Generates large ASCII text banners; used for display rather than as a build-system reference.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 3:17am		0	VERSION_BUMP	de29645f
Sep 16, 2024 6:11am		0	VERSION_BUMP	2d5c2e70