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Chinese lunar date library. Version 3.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install lunar-date

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gir1.2-lunardate-3.0

Debian stable package indexes · gir1.2-lunardate-3.0 · source: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install liblunar-date-3_0-1

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · liblunar-date-3_0-1 · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Chinese lunar date library

Commands and aliases

  • lunar-date

history

Project history and usage

LunarDate is a Chinese lunar calendar date library with a C/GObject API, generated API documentation, language bindings, a D-Bus service, and a command-line tool.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in January 2013, but its NEWS file preserves an older liblunar lineage with releases from the 0.x, 1.x, and 2.x series. The changelog records the rename from `liblunar`/`lunar-calendar` lineage to `lunar-date` in version 2.4.0, separating the date library from the calendar application.

The 3.0.0 series modernized the project: the API version moved to 3.0, the build system moved to Meson, lunar date data was extended to 2100, GLib became the core dependency, holiday APIs were revised, obsolete APIs were removed, and a D-Bus service plus the `lunar-date` command-line tool were added.

Adoption history

LunarDate is a niche library, but it is packaged beyond Homebrew: the source facts list Debian and Ubuntu GObject-introspection packages and an openSUSE shared-library package. That footprint reflects its role as a reusable system library rather than an end-user app.

The official API site documents LunarDate 3.0 with library version 3.2.0, GLib and GObject dependencies, headers under `lunar-date/lunar-date.h`, and source links back to GitHub. GitHub releases show maintenance continuing through version 3.2.0 in December 2025.

How it is used

Developers use LunarDate when they need Chinese lunar calendar calculations from C or GObject-introspection-friendly environments. The README shows Meson build options for documentation, introspection, Vala API generation, tests, and Windows cross-compilation.

The command-line surface is packaged as `lunar-date`, while the library surface is aimed at applications that need calendar conversion, holidays, solar terms, or GLib/GObject integration.

Why package nerds care

LunarDate matters to package maintainers because it is a small cultural-calendar library with ABI/API versioning, introspection data, Vala bindings, Meson options, Windows cross-build support, and distro package splits. Its history also shows the common open-source transition from a desktop-widget-adjacent library to a narrower reusable system library.

Timeline

  • 2013: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2.4.0: Project renamed to `lunar-date` and split from `lunar-calendar`.
  • 2019: 2.9.x releases move away from autotools toward Meson.
  • 2021: 3.0.0 releases API 3.0, Meson build, D-Bus service, and `lunar-date` CLI.
  • 2025: 3.2.0 release adds legal-holiday information and gi-docgen documentation.

Related projects

  • GLib and GObject are the documented runtime dependencies.
  • gi-docgen is used for generated API documentation.
  • The NEWS file links the project historically to liblunar and lunar-calendar.

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:library-like

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
lunar-datecliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version3.2.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:lunar-date
Version3.2.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lunar-date
Homepagehttps://github.com/yetist/lunar-date
Repositoryhttps://github.com/yetist/lunar-date
Upstream docshttps://github.com/yetist/lunar-date#readme
LicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/yetist/lunar-date/releases/download/v3.2.0/lunar-date-3.2.0.tar.xz
Dependenciesgettext, glib
Build dependenciesmeson, ninja, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelunar-date
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

gir1.2-lunardate-3.0 3.0.1-2+b3

GObject Introspection for lunar-date

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install gir1.2-lunardate-3.0
  • Section: introspection
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-lunardate-3.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

liblunar-date-3.0-1 3.0.1-2+b3

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install liblunar-date-3.0-1
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liblunar-date-3.0-1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

liblunar-date-dev 3.0.1-2+b3

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject - develop files

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install liblunar-date-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liblunar-date-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

liblunar-date-doc 3.0.1-2

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject - API documents

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install liblunar-date-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liblunar-date-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

lunar-date 3.0.1-2+b3

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject - command and D-Bus

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install lunar-date
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: lunar-date from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

gir1.2-lunardate-3.0 3.0.1-2build3

GObject Introspection for lunar-date

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install gir1.2-lunardate-3.0
  • Section: universe/introspection
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-lunardate-3.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

liblunar-date-3.0-1 3.0.1-2build3

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install liblunar-date-3.0-1
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblunar-date-3.0-1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

liblunar-date-dev 3.0.1-2build3

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject - develop files

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install liblunar-date-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblunar-date-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

liblunar-date-doc 3.0.1-2build3

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject - API documents

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install liblunar-date-doc
  • Section: universe/doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblunar-date-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

lunar-date 3.0.1-2build3

Chinese Lunar library based on GObject - command and D-Bus

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo apt install lunar-date
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lunar-date from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
zypper95%

liblunar-date-3_0-1 3.0.1-1.8

Chinese Lunar calendar library

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo zypper install liblunar-date-3_0-1
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/I18n/Chinese
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 5 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: liblunar-date-3_0-1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

lunar-date 3.0.1-1.8

Chinese Lunar calendar library

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo zypper install lunar-date
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/I18n/Chinese
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lunar-date from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

lunar-date-devel 3.0.1-1.8

Chinese Lunar calendar library development files

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo zypper install lunar-date-devel
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lunar-date-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

lunar-date-doc 3.0.1-1.8

Chinese Lunar calendar library Documents

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo zypper install lunar-date-doc
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Documentation/Other
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lunar-date-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

lunar-date-lang 3.0.1-1.8

Translations for package lunar-date

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo zypper install lunar-date-lang
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Localization
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 1 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lunar-date-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

typelib-1_0-LunarDate-3_0 3.0.1-1.8

Chinese Lunar calendar introspection bindings

https://github.com/yetist/lunar-date

sudo zypper install typelib-1_0-LunarDate-3_0
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/I18n/Chinese
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lunar-date
  • 2 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lunar Date
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: typelib-1_0-LunarDate-3_0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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