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libedit

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Formula Utilities v20260512

BSD-style licensed readline alternative

When to use

BSD-style licensed readline alternative. Use libedit when you want a widely used utilities command-line package that can be installed and updated through Homebrew. It is one of FastBrew's top packages by Homebrew installs, with about 694.5K installs over the last year.

Install 1 App in Terminal
$ 
brew install 'libedit'
Source: homebrew/core Website Homebrew
Install Statistics 1.7% vs 90d

Install activity across time periods

Metric 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year
Total Installs 90.6K 267.4K 694.5K
Avg Daily Installs 3.0K 3.0K 1.9K

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