nspr

{
  "aliases": [],
  "alternatives": [
    "libc",
    "POSIX",
    "glib",
    "Boost.System"
  ],
  "build_dependencies": [],
  "categories": [
    "library",
    "sysadmin"
  ],
  "caveats": null,
  "conflicts_with": [],
  "dependencies": [],
  "deprecated": 0,
  "deprecation_reason": null,
  "desc": "Platform-neutral API for system-level and libc-like functions",
  "disable_reason": null,
  "disabled": 0,
  "enrichment_fetched_at": "2026-06-20T23:40:43+00:00",
  "first_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "full_name": "nspr",
  "github_default_branch": null,
  "github_last_commit_at": null,
  "github_readme_excerpt": null,
  "github_repo": null,
  "github_stars": null,
  "github_topics": [],
  "homepage": "https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr",
  "homepage_og_description": "A summary of repository state for nspr",
  "homepage_og_image": "/static/6031ca3cd59e/moz-logo-bw-rgb.svg",
  "homepage_title": "nspr: Summary",
  "installs_30d": 33443,
  "installs_365d": 271540,
  "installs_90d": 107159,
  "keg_only": 0,
  "keg_only_reason": null,
  "last_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "license": "MPL-2.0",
  "llm_generated_at": "2026-06-20T23:43:13+00:00",
  "llm_model": "claude-haiku-4-5",
  "name": "nspr",
  "oldnames": [],
  "one_liner": "C library providing cross-platform abstractions for system calls, threads, I/O, and memory management.",
  "optional_dependencies": [],
  "rank_30d": 176,
  "rank_365d": 235,
  "rank_90d": 174,
  "raw_hash": "016fd5e272155f6e",
  "recommended_dependencies": [],
  "revision": 0,
  "ruby_source_path": "Formula/n/nspr.rb",
  "tap": "homebrew/core",
  "test_dependencies": [],
  "uses_from_macos": [],
  "version_head": null,
  "version_stable": "4.39",
  "versioned_formulae": [],
  "why_use_this": "NSPR abstracts away OS-level differences (POSIX vs Windows) so C/C++ applications can write once and compile on multiple platforms. It\u0027s a runtime and build-time dependency for Mozilla projects (Firefox, Thunderbird) and other cross-platform C software that need portable threading, file I/O, and process APIs without conditional compilation."
}