# Install protobuf with Homebrew

Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format). Version 35.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install protobuf
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:protobuf
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 35.1
- **Source summary:** Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format)
- **Homepage:** <https://protobuf.dev/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-20T05:07:45Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- protoc (alias)
- protoc-35.1.0 (alias)
- protoc-gen-upb (alias)
- protoc-gen-upb-35.1.0 (alias)
- protoc-gen-upb_minitable (alias)
- protoc-gen-upb_minitable-35.1.0 (alias)
- protoc-gen-upbdefs (alias)
- protoc-gen-upbdefs-35.1.0 (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 35.1

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation