osm-pbf ☆

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Description:
Tools related to PBF (an alternative to XML format)

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.5.1@21 | Tracked Since: Dec 20, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: openstreetmap pbf gis data-conversion osm

Install: brew install osm-pbf

About:
osm-pbf provides command-line tools for working with the Protocolbuffer Binary Format (PBF), a compact and efficient alternative to XML for OpenStreetMap data. It includes the osmpbf2pbf converter for processing and transforming PBF files. The tool significantly reduces file sizes and parsing times compared to traditional OSM XML formats.

Key Features:

High-performance binary format parsing
Compact file size reduction vs XML
Command-line conversion utilities
Support for large OSM datasets

Use Cases:

Converting OSM XML data to PBF format
Processing large OpenStreetMap datasets efficiently
Reducing storage requirements for OSM data

Alternatives:

libosmium – More comprehensive C++ library with broader OSM processing capabilities
osmium-tool – Advanced command-line tool for OSM data manipulation with more features

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 20, 2025 1:51pm	1.5.1	21	VERSION_BUMP	65be0188
Sep 14, 2025 8:29pm		17	VERSION_BUMP	74fa76c9
Jan 10, 2025 5:04am		13	VERSION_BUMP	a1c38ae0
Sep 26, 2024 5:19am		8	VERSION_BUMP	ef838446
Sep 14, 2024 7:50am		7	VERSION_BUMP	f9565ac6