or-tools ☆
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Description:
Google's Operations Research tools
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @Google  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: optimization operations-research routing solver google
Install: brew install or-tools
About:
Google OR-Tools is an open-source software suite for optimization, designed for solving linear, mixed-integer, and constraint programming problems. It provides highly efficient native C++ libraries wrapped for Python, Java, C#, and Go. The tool is widely used to tackle complex scheduling, routing, and resource allocation challenges in operations research.
Key Features:
  • Comprehensive solvers for linear, integer, and constraint programming
  • Specialized algorithms for vehicle routing and network flow
  • High-performance C++ backend with multi-language bindings
  • Integration with industry-standard modeling languages like CP-SAT
Use Cases:
  • Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP) for logistics and delivery optimization
  • Employee scheduling and shift planning
  • Supply chain inventory management and production planning
Alternatives:
  • COIN-OR (CBC, GLPK) – COIN-OR is a strong open-source alternative, though OR-Tools is often preferred for its superior performance on routing problems and ease of integration.
  • Gurobi / CPLEX – Commercial solvers that often outperform open-source options on massive datasets, but require expensive licenses compared to the free OR-Tools.
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