# Install libpostal-rest with Homebrew REST API for libpostal. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libpostal-rest ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libpostal-rest ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libpostal-rest - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1.0 - **Source summary:** REST API for libpostal - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T23:35:04+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - libpostal-rest (cli) - libpostal-rest (alias) ## Dependencies - libpostal ## Build dependencies - go - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 1.1.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest - Upstream latest detected: v1.1.0 (current) ## Project history and usage libpostal-rest is a small Go REST service that exposes libpostal address parsing and expansion over HTTP. Its history is best understood as a deployment wrapper around the larger libpostal geospatial NLP library. ### Project history The repository documents a Go 1.13+ build, HTTP endpoints for parsing, expansion, and combined expand-and-parse calls, and environment-variable configuration for listen address, logging, and Prometheus metrics. Its go.mod file depends on openvenues/gopostal, the Go binding for libpostal. ### Adoption history The package has a narrow adoption story: it makes libpostal easier to run as a service when callers do not want to link directly to C or language bindings. The related libpostal project has broader adoption for normalizing and parsing international street addresses from open data. ### How it is used Operators run `libpostal-rest` as an HTTP service, then send address strings to `/parser`, `/expand`, or `/expandparser`. Environment variables configure the bind host, port, log format, log level, and optional Prometheus metrics endpoint. ### Why package nerds care The package is useful because libpostal itself has a heavy native build and large model-data footprint. A REST wrapper turns that local native dependency into a network service that other applications can consume with plain HTTP. ### Timeline - 2022-06-17: The GitHub repository lists a public release around this date. - 2022: The README documents Prometheus metrics and structured logging configuration for the service. ### Related projects - libpostal is the core C address-normalization and parsing library. - gopostal is the Go binding used by libpostal-rest. - OpenStreetMap-derived data and libpostal's training pipeline are part of the upstream libpostal ecosystem. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** libpostal-rest - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [carrot2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carrot2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rest-api. - [cassandra-reaper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cassandra-reaper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rest-api. - [meilisearch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meilisearch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rest-api. - [opensearch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/opensearch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rest-api. - [prestd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prestd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rest-api. - [activemq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/activemq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data. - [adios2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adios2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data. - [alluxio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alluxio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data. - [ip2location](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ip2location/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: address, addresses, cli, data. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libpostal-rest.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/libpostal-rest.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph