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boehmgc

Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector for C and C++

Boehm-GC hboehm.info boehmgc 7 releases newest changed 12 days ago

version8.2.12 attributeboehmgc rev

aarch64-darwin 8825bebf6324e0579d012936eff73379af284b6d 2026-09-23

aarch64-linux 8825bebf6324e0579d012936eff73379af284b6d 2026-09-23

x86_64-darwin 3d46470bb3030020f7e1361f33514854f5bfa86d 2026-06-27

x86_64-linux 8825bebf6324e0579d012936eff73379af284b6d 2026-09-23

systems✓ aarch64-darwin✓ aarch64-linux✓ x86_64-darwin✓ x86_64-linux

$ devbox add boehmgc@8.2.12

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/8825bebf6324e0579d012936eff73379af284b6d#boehmgc  # aarch64-darwin

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/8825bebf6324e0579d012936eff73379af284b6d#boehmgc  # aarch64-linux

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3d46470bb3030020f7e1361f33514854f5bfa86d#boehmgc  # x86_64-darwin

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/8825bebf6324e0579d012936eff73379af284b6d#boehmgc  # x86_64-linux

JSON: /v2/resolve?name=boehmgc&version=latest

Releases

newest first, as /v2/pkg orders them

Version	arm mac	arm linux	x86 mac	x86 linux	Attribute	Commit	Date	Outputs
8.2.12resolved	✓	✓	✓	✓	`boehmgc`	varies	2026-09-13	out, debug (Linux only), dev, doc
8.2.8	✓	✓	✓	✓	`boehmgc`	varies	2026-03-18	out, debug (Linux only), dev, doc
8.2.6	✓	✓	✓	✓	`boehmgc`	varies	2024-11-13	out, debug (Linux only), dev, doc
8.2.4	✓	✓	✓	✓	`boehmgc`	varies	2024-05-02	out, debug (Linux only), dev, doc
8.2.2	✓	✓	✓	✓	`boehmgc`	varies	2024-02-09	out, debug (Linux only), dev, doc
8.0.6	✓	✓	✓	✓	`boehmgc`	varies	2022-09-29	out, debug (Linux only), dev, doc
8.0.4	✓	–	✓	✓	`boehmgc`	718895c149	2021-10-22

Prereleases are listed but latest never picks one. “varies” means each system last changed at a different nixpkgs commit — the release page lists them.

Description

The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. It allows you to allocate memory basically as you normally would, without explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be otherwise accessed. The collector is also used by a number of programming language implementations that either use C as intermediate code, want to facilitate easier interoperation with C libraries, or just prefer the simple collector interface. Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as a leak detector for C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.