Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install clib

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install clib

MacPorts ports tree · devel/clib/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#clib

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cl/clib/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Package manager for C programming

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

clib
clib-build
clib-configure
clib-init
clib-install
clib-search
clib-uninstall
clib-update
clib-upgrade

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

clib is a package manager for the C programming language, built around small standalone C libraries and a `clib.json` manifest.

Projektgeschichte

The clib GitHub repository was created in October 2012 and presents the project as a package manager for C. The README describes it as a way to promote small C utilities, improve discovery, and avoid pulling large frameworks into C projects.

clib's project model expects packages to describe themselves with `clib.json`, including fields such as name, version, repo, description, keywords, license, sources, and install commands. The wiki package listing acts as the registry and feeds `clib-search`.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents installation through Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and source builds on Ubuntu and Fedora, showing packaging across both macOS package managers and Unix-like source workflows.

GitHub repository metadata showed thousands of stars at research time, and the project has continued publishing 2.x releases through 2024. That combination makes it one of the more recognizable attempts to give C a lightweight package-manager workflow.

Wie es verwendet wird

clib is used to initialize projects, install dependencies, update or uninstall packages, configure and build dependencies, and search the registry. The README recommends checking fetched files into the consuming repository so end users and contributors do not need clib installed.

Common commands include `clib install clibs/ms clibs/commander`, installing packages into `./deps` or another output directory, and using `clib.json` to describe both libraries and executables.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

clib is significant because C has no single dominant package manager comparable to npm or Cargo. clib's deliberately small model, GitHub-centered registry, vendored source expectation, and manifest format capture a practical answer to C's fragmented library-discovery problem.

For package nerds, clib sits in the lineage of language package managers but keeps C's cultural preference for source files, makefiles, and minimal runtime assumptions. Its Homebrew/MacPorts/Nix availability also made it easy to try without adopting a whole new platform.

Zeitleiste

2012: The GitHub repository is created.
2017: GitHub release metadata records clib 1.8.1.
2023: GitHub release metadata records clib 2.8.3 and 2.8.5.
2024: GitHub release metadata records clib 2.8.7.

Related projects

The clibs GitHub organization and clib wiki package list are related because the README describes them as the package registry.
Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix are related distribution channels documented by the README and input package metadata.
libcurl is a build dependency named by the README.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signale

text:package manager

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 10 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ./clib.json

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`clib`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-build`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-configure`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-init`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-install`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-search`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-uninstall`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-update`	cli	globales Executable
`clib-upgrade`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-09

Manager-Version2.8.7

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Version2.8.7

https://github.com/clibs/clib

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:clib
Version	2.8.7
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/clib
Homepage	https://github.com/clibs/clib
Repository	https://github.com/clibs/clib
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/clibs/clib#readme
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/clibs/clib/archive/refs/tags/2.8.7.tar.gz
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	curl
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	clib
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

clib

nix profile install nixpkgs#clib

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Clib

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/clib/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

clib

sudo port install clib

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Clib

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/clib/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/clib.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

clib mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren