# Install clangql with Homebrew

Run a SQL like language to perform queries on C/C++ files. Version 0.23.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:clangql
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install clangql
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:clangql
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.23.0
- **Source summary:** Run a SQL like language to perform queries on C/C++ files
- **Homepage:** <https://amrdeveloper.github.io/ClangQL/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/ClangQL>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:12-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- clangql (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.23.0
## Project history and usage

ClangQL is a Rust CLI that applies a SQL-like query language to C and C++ code through Clang AST data and the GitQL SDK.

### Project history

The repository and crates.io package both appeared in April 2024. The README presents ClangQL as a way to query C/C++ code instead of database files, with examples over functions and globals.

The project has had a rapid 0.x release series on crates.io and GitHub tags. Homebrew currently packages a tagged GitHub archive as clangql 0.23.0, while crates.io metadata lists 0.11.0 as the max crate version.

### Adoption history

The README documents both cargo install clangql and brew install clangql. crates.io reported 10,891 total downloads, and Homebrew reported 470 installs over the prior 365 days for the formula.

### How it is used

Users pass source files, a script, or an inline query and can request rendered, JSON, or CSV output. The examples show SQL-like SELECT, COUNT, DISTINCT, LIKE, and matcher predicates over functions and globals.

### Why package nerds care

ClangQL is interesting as a packaging artifact because it combines Rust distribution, libclang availability, and Homebrew bottles for a developer tool whose runtime behavior depends on the local LLVM/Clang stack.

### Timeline

- 2024: GitHub repository and crates.io crate created.
- 2024: Early 0.2.0 and 0.3.0 GitHub releases published.
- 2025: 0.8.0 through 0.11.0 releases published on GitHub/crates.io.
- 2026: Homebrew formula metadata lists 0.23.0 as stable from a GitHub tag.

### Related projects

- GitQL is the query-language SDK named in the README as ClangQL's foundation.
- LLVM/Clang and libclang are required runtime/build dependencies for parsing C and C++ code.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/ClangQL#readme>
- <https://amrdeveloper.github.io/ClangQL>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/AmrDeveloper/ClangQL>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/AmrDeveloper/ClangQL/releases>
- <https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/clangql>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/clangql.json>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clangql.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/clangql.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph