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xorgproto

brew install xorgproto v2025.1 MIT

X11 protocol header files and specifications for Xorg development.

Why you might care

Required build dependency for X11 client libraries and servers; provides the protocol definitions and C headers needed to compile any Xorg-based graphics software. Most users won't install this directly—it's pulled in automatically by other X11 formulae.

Categories

library header-only-library

Alternatives

libx11 xorg-server
92.7k
30-day installs · #47
327.2k
90-day · #44
1.1M
365-day · #43

Build dependencies

pkgconf util-macros

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