libidn2
brew install libidn2
v2.3.8
(GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-3.0-or-later) AND (Unicode-TOU AND Unicode-DFS-2016) AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND FSFAP-no-warranty-disclaimer
C shared library for IDNA2008 and Punycode encoding of internationalized domain names.
Why you might care
Build dependency for DNS tools and web clients that need to handle non-ASCII domain names. Implements the modern IDNA2008 standard and Unicode TR46 processing. Most users won't install this directly; it's pulled in by tools like curl, wget, or gettext-based applications.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/#libidn2
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libidn2.rb
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