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gperf

brew install gperf v3.3 GPL-3.0-or-later

GNU utility that generates perfect hash functions from word lists for compile-time lookup tables.

Why you might care

Gperf is primarily a build-time dependency that creates minimal, collision-free hash functions from static keyword sets—commonly used by compilers and parsers to optimize keyword recognition. It produces C/C++ code, making it valuable for projects that need fast, deterministic hashing of a fixed set of strings without runtime overhead or external libraries.

Categories

build-system compiler

Alternatives

cmph minimal-perfect-hash
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