libgit2@1.8 ☆

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Description:
C library of Git core methods that is re-entrant and linkable

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.8.5@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 6, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: git library c version-control vcs

Install: brew install libgit2@1.8

About:
libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods, providing a re-entrant and linkable API for applications. It allows developers to read from and write to Git repositories, work with object databases, and manipulate references without shelling out to the git binary. This makes it ideal for embedding Git functionality directly into native applications.

Key Features:

Pure C implementation, linkable as a library
Re-entrant and thread-safe API
Cross-platform support (Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD)
No dependency on a Git binary

Use Cases:

Building Git functionality into native desktop applications
Automating repository management in server-side tools
Implementing Git operations in embedded systems or constrained environments

Alternatives:

git – The standard command-line tool; libgit2 provides an API to perform these operations programmatically without spawning a process.
go-git – A Go-native implementation; libgit2 is the C library used by bindings in many other languages.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 6, 2025 9:50am		0	VERSION_BUMP	cd578f1f
Sep 10, 2025 5:51pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	5dfba816