# Install swift-protobuf

Plugin and runtime library for using protobuf with Swift. Version 1.38.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-16.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:swift-protobuf
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install swift-protobuf
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#protoc-gen-swift
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/protoc-gen-swift/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:swift-protobuf
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/swift-protobuf>
- **Version:** 1.38.0
- **Source summary:** Plugin and runtime library for using protobuf with Swift
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-16T03:05:35Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- protoc-gen-swift (cli)
- protoc-gen-swift (alias)

## Dependencies

- protobuf

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.38.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-16
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 安全说明

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - protoc-gen-swift: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/protoc-gen-swift/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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