libdrm ☆

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Description:
Library for accessing the direct rendering manager

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: graphics linux driver gpu rendering

Install: brew install libdrm

About:
Libdrm provides a user-space interface to the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager. It enables graphics and video applications to communicate directly with GPU hardware for accelerated rendering and video processing. This library is a foundational component for modern graphics stacks like Mesa and Wayland.

Key Features:

Kernel mode-setting (KMS) API access
Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) buffer management
Direct Rendering (DRI) protocol support
Vendor-specific extensions for Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA

Use Cases:

Developing graphics drivers for Linux
Building display servers like Xorg or Wayland compositors
Implementing low-level video acceleration in media players

Alternatives:

Mesa 3D – Mesa is a higher-level OpenGL/Vulkan implementation that depends on libdrm for low-level hardware interaction.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 4, 2024 8:01pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	f180e95c