portable-libffi ☆

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Description:
Portable Foreign Function Interface library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: ffi library c interoperability portable

Install: brew install portable-libffi

About:
PortableLibffi is a library that provides a lightweight, runtime mechanism for calling arbitrary functions with dynamic interfaces. It handles the intricacies of calling conventions and ABI compliance across different architectures, enabling seamless interoperability between code written in different languages.

Key Features:

Runtime function call interface
Architecture and ABI agnostic
Supports complex data types and closures
Minimal dependencies

Use Cases:

Implementing language bindings for dynamic languages
Creating plugin systems that interface with C libraries
Bridging interpreted languages to native code

Alternatives:

libffi – This package is a portable distribution of the standard libffi library.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 30, 2025 4:01pm		0	NEW	8dee26b1