cgal
brew install cgal
v6.2
GPL-3.0-or-later
C++ library for computational geometry algorithms, meshes, and spatial data structures.
Why you might care
CGAL provides robust, peer-reviewed implementations of geometric primitives and algorithms—triangulation, convex hulls, arrangements, Voronoi diagrams—that are tedious and error-prone to implement from scratch. It's the standard dependency for scientific computing, CAD, GIS, and mesh-processing applications that need reliable geometry at scale.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.cgal.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/c/cgal.rb
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