ossp-uuid ☆

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Description:
ISO-C API and CLI for generating UUIDs

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.6.2@0 | Tracked Since: Oct 15, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: uuid generator library cli identifier

Install: brew install ossp-uuid

About:
OSSP uuid is a ISO-C library and command-line tool for generating universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) as defined by DCE 1.1. It provides a robust and portable solution for creating UUIDs that are globally unique, essential for distributed systems and database keys.

Key Features:

Generates UUIDs v1, v2, v3, v4, and v5
Provides both a C library API and a command-line interface (CLI)
Supports RFC 4122 compliant UUIDs
Highly portable across different operating systems

Use Cases:

Generating unique identifiers for database records
Creating unique keys for distributed software components
Scripting and automation tasks requiring UUID generation

Alternatives:

uuid-runtime – A standard GNU package providing basic uuid generation tools, often pre-installed on Linux systems.
libuuid (from util-linux) – The widely used library that is part of the util-linux project, often a dependency for system tools.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 15, 2025 5:03pm		2	VERSION_BUMP	1e23fcb6
Sep 16, 2025 9:47am		2	VERSION_BUMP	332cef58