# Install recc with Homebrew

Remote Execution Caching Compiler. Version 1.4.13 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:recc
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install recc
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:recc
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/recc>
- **Version:** 1.4.13
- **Source summary:** Remote Execution Caching Compiler
- **Homepage:** <https://buildgrid.gitlab.io/recc>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.com/BuildGrid/buildbox/buildbox>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://buildgrid.gitlab.io/buildbox/buildbox/recc.html>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://gitlab.com/BuildGrid/buildbox/buildbox/-/archive/1.4.13/buildbox-1.4.13.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T16:12:26Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- buildbox-casd (cli)
- buildbox-casd-wrap (cli)
- buildbox-run-hosttools (cli)
- casupload-oci (cli)
- recc (cli)
- recc-c++ (cli)
- recc-cc (cli)
- recc-server (cli)
- rumbad (cli)
- buildbox-casd (alias)
- buildbox-casd-wrap (alias)
- buildbox-run-hosttools (alias)
- casupload-oci (alias)
- recc (alias)
- recc-c++ (alias)
- recc-cc (alias)
- recc-server (alias)
- rumbad (alias)

## Dependencies

- abseil
- c-ares
- grpc
- openssl@3
- protobuf
- re2

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- gettext
- nlohmann-json
- pkgconf
- tomlplusplus

## Uses from macOS

- curl

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Service: declared
- Caveats: To launch a compiler with recc, set the following variables: CC=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/recc/bin/recc-cc CXX=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/recc/bin/recc-c++
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.4.13
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-06
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://buildgrid.gitlab.io/recc
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** recc
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** macos
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


## Related links

- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [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.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [c-ares](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/c-ares/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [grpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grpc/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [protobuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protobuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ccache](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccache/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, c, cli, compiler-cache, developer-tools.
- [clang-build-analyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-build-analyzer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, cpp, developer-tools.
- [distcc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/distcc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, c, cli, developer-tools.
- [octobuild](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/octobuild/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, compiler-cache, developer-tools.
- [samurai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/samurai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, c, cli, developer-tools.
- [aarch64-elf-binutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aarch64-elf-binutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools.
- [abi-dumper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abi-dumper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, cpp, developer-tools.
- [add-determinism](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/add-determinism/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools.
- [mavsdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mavsdk/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: abseil, ares, c-ares, cli, developer.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/recc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/recc.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph