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brew install boost v1.90.0_1 BSL-1.0

C++ shared libraries for networking, filesystem, regex, math, threading, and more.

Why you might care

Boost is a de facto standard dependency for C++ projects needing portable, peer-reviewed libraries beyond the standard library. Many formulae and system tools depend on it as a runtime/build requirement. Use it if your C++ build chain needs regex, date/time, signals, async I/O, or data structures that aren't in stdlib.

Categories

library binding

Alternatives

C++ standard library libstdc++ libc++
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90-day · #193
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365-day · #168

Runtime dependencies

icu4c@78 xz zstd

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