libversion ☆

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Description:
Advanced version string comparison library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: c-library versioning semver comparison development

Install: brew install libversion

About:
Libversion is a C library designed for advanced version string comparison, offering robust parsing and sorting capabilities. It intelligently handles complex versioning schemes, including pre-releases and build metadata, providing accurate and predictable results. This makes it an ideal component for package managers and software repositories needing reliable dependency resolution.

Key Features:

Robust parsing of complex version strings
Fast comparison and sorting algorithms
Handles pre-releases and build metadata correctly
Lightweight C library with minimal dependencies

Use Cases:

Package manager dependency resolution
Software repository version sorting
Application update checkers

Alternatives:

rpmvercmp – Libversion aims to be a more general-purpose and feature-rich alternative to the algorithm used in RPM.
dpkg version comparison – Provides a standalone library solution compared to the logic embedded within dpkg tools.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 7, 2025 1:04am		0	VERSION_BUMP	1a05b3e1
Sep 16, 2025 10:35am		0	VERSION_BUMP	5208c932