# Install ada-url with Homebrew, dnf WHATWG-compliant and fast URL parser written in modern C++. Version 4.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install ada-url. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ada-url ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ada-url ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install ada-url ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ada-url from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ada-url - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 4.0.0 - **Source summary:** WHATWG-compliant and fast URL parser written in modern C++ - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T05:21:08Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - adaparse (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 4.0.0 ## Project history and usage Ada is a fast, spec-compliant WHATWG URL parser written in modern C++. It ships as a library and as the `adaparse` command-line tool in packages such as Homebrew. ### Project history The official README describes Ada as a self-contained C++20 URL parser that passes the URL specification's test range across Windows, Linux, and macOS, with Unicode Technical Standard support and a URLPattern implementation. The GitHub repository was created in December 2022 under the `ada-url` organization and has grown into a multi-language ecosystem with team-maintained Rust, Go, Python, and Kotlin bindings. ### Adoption history Ada gained package-nerd attention because the README says Node.js added Ada as a URL parser dependency beginning with Node.js 18 and cites substantial URL parsing performance improvements. The same README lists Redpanda, Kong, Telegram, DataDog, and Cloudflare Workers as users. The project publishes single-header release assets such as `ada.cpp`, `ada.h`, `ada_c.h`, and `singleheader.zip`, which makes it attractive for downstream package managers and embedders. ### How it is used Library users parse and normalize URLs through `ada::parse`, use C or C++ APIs, and can build with CMake or the amalgamated source files. CLI users can install the package and use `adaparse` for URL parsing tasks. ### Why package nerds care Ada is significant because URL parsing is security-sensitive, performance-sensitive infrastructure that is often embedded into runtimes. Its no-dependency C++ implementation and release artifacts simplify packaging compared with vendoring a large runtime. ### Timeline - 2022: GitHub repository `ada-url/ada` was created. - 2023: Node.js 18-era performance material cited Ada as a new URL parser dependency. - 2024: The README cites a Software: Practice and Experience article, `Parsing Millions of URLs per Second`. - 2026: GitHub releases include Ada 3.x single-header assets. ### Related projects - Related projects include the WHATWG URL Standard, web-platform-tests, Node.js, the Ada Rust, Go, Python, and Kotlin bindings, and runtime consumers such as Cloudflare Workers. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - dnf - ada-url - 3.4.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ada-url from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | WHATWG-compliant and fast URL parser written in modern C++ | https://www.ada-url.com/ - dnf - ada-url-devel - 3.4.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ada-url-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for ada-url | https://www.ada-url.com/ - dnf - ada-url-doc - 3.4.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ada-url-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Developer documentation for ada-url | https://www.ada-url.com/ - dnf - ada-url-tools - 3.4.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ada-url-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tools for ada-url | https://www.ada-url.com/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ada-url.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ada-url.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph