libucl ☆

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Description:
Universal configuration library parser

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: configuration parser library c json

Install: brew install libucl

About:
Libucl is a versatile configuration parsing library designed to handle multiple formats including JSON, UCL, and YAML. It provides a robust C API for parsing, manipulating, and emitting configuration data structures. Its main value proposition is offering a unified interface for configuration management across diverse formats with high performance.

Key Features:

Supports multiple formats (UCL, JSON, YAML)
Flexible object model with array and dictionary types
C API with bindings for multiple languages
Configuration merging and inheritance capabilities

Use Cases:

Parsing configuration files in C/C++ applications
Building configuration management tools
Converting between different configuration formats

Alternatives:

libconfig – Libucl supports more formats and has a more modern API
json-c – Libucl handles multiple formats beyond just JSON

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 10:50am		0	VERSION_BUMP	4bb6340f
Sep 13, 2024 2:26pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	e4fccb29