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tcl-tk

brew install tcl-tk v9.0.3 TCL

Tcl/Tk interpreter and graphical toolkit for building cross-platform GUI applications.

Why you might care

Tcl is a lightweight scripting language commonly used for automation, testing, and rapid prototyping; Tk provides built-in bindings for creating native-looking GUIs without external dependencies. It's a build/runtime dependency for many tools and useful when you need a minimal, portable scripting environment with GUI capabilities.

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The sqlite3_analyzer binary is in the `sqlite-analyzer` formula.

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