icu4c@78 ☆

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Description:
C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode and globalization

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

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

Category: Developer tools

Tags: unicode internationalization i18n c++ java libraries

Install: brew install icu4c@78

About:
ICU4C is the C/C++ version of the International Components for Unicode library, providing robust support for Unicode text processing and global software internationalization. It offers comprehensive features for locale-aware formatting, collation, and character conversion, ensuring applications can handle multilingual data correctly across different platforms.

Key Features:

Unicode text processing and encoding conversion
Locale-sensitive formatting for dates, numbers, and currencies
Collation and string comparison for multiple languages
Regular expression support with Unicode properties
Java library bindings included

Use Cases:

Building internationalized applications that support multiple languages and regions
Processing and analyzing multilingual text data in scientific computing
Developing cross-platform software requiring consistent Unicode behavior

Alternatives:

libiconv – Focuses primarily on character encoding conversion, lacks ICU's comprehensive locale and formatting features
boost-locale – C++ library with similar i18n features, but ICU is the industry standard and more comprehensive

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