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ossp-uuid

brew install ossp-uuid v1.6.2_2 BSD-1-Clause

C library and command-line tool for generating RFC 4122 UUIDs with BSD licensing.

Why you might care

Provides a lightweight, portable C library for UUID generation in build dependencies and shell scripts; the command-line tool (`uuid`) is useful for generating unique identifiers in bash workflows. Older and more narrowly-scoped than libuuid (from util-linux), which is now the standard on Linux systems.

Categories

library crypto

Alternatives

libuuid uuidgen
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