npth
brew install npth
v1.8
LGPL-2.1-or-later
Portable threading library used by GnuPG and related GNU tools, providing POSIX-like thread abstractions across platforms.
Why you might care
This is a build/runtime dependency for GnuPG, libgcrypt, and other GNU privacy tools. It provides a lightweight, portable threading abstraction that works across Unix-like systems. Most users won't install this directly—it's pulled in automatically by gpg or libgcrypt.
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Links
- https://gnupg.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/n/npth.rb
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