soci ☆

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Description:
Database access library for C++

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Databases

Tags: c++ database sql library orm

Install: brew install soci

About:
SOCI is a C++ database access library that provides a simple and flexible API for interacting with various SQL databases. It abstracts away the complexities of native database APIs, allowing developers to write portable code that works across different database systems. The library is designed to be lightweight and easy to integrate into existing C++ applications.

Key Features:

Database agnostic API
Simple and intuitive syntax
Support for multiple backends (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, Oracle)
Header-only core library
Extensible via custom backends

Use Cases:

Developing cross-platform applications requiring database connectivity
Rapid prototyping of database-driven C++ services
Migrating legacy C++ applications to use modern database interfaces

Alternatives:

libpqxx – PostgreSQL-specific, whereas SOCI is database agnostic
OTL – OTL is another C++ database library but uses a different API style and template-heavy approach

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2024 10:22pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	322cb3b7