macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install adios2local Homebrew formula metadata
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Install adios2 with Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman, zypper
Next generation of ADIOS developed in the Exascale Computing Program. Version 2.12.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install adios2-dataDebian stable package indexes · adios2-data · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#adios2nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ad/adios2/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S adios2Arch Linux sync databases · adios2 · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install adios2-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · adios2-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Next generation of ADIOS developed in the Exascale Computing Program
Project links
Commands and aliases
- adios2-config
- adios2_deactivate_bp
- adios2_iotest
- adios2_json_pp
- adios2_remote_server
- adios2_reorganize
- adios2_reorganize_mpi
- bp4dbg
- bp5dbg
- bpls
- sst_conn_tool
history
Project history and usage
ADIOS2 is the second-generation Adaptable Input Output System: a high-performance scientific data I/O framework funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Exascale Computing Project. It is designed for parallel, streaming-oriented, self-describing data movement at supercomputer scale.
Project history
The ADIOS2 documentation describes it as the latest implementation of ADIOS and explicitly positions it as a new architecture that continues the performance legacy of ADIOS1. The GitHub repository was created in December 2016 under the ornladios organization, and the repository description calls it the next generation of ADIOS developed in the Exascale Computing Program.
The project is a multi-institutional collaboration involving Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Kitware, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Rutgers University. The docs emphasize modular C++17 architecture, sustainability through CI and unit testing, and language support for C++, C, Python, Fortran, and Matlab.
ADIOS2's architecture abstracts data variables and attributes across files, wide-area networks, in-memory staging, and other transports. Its docs distinguish it from a file-only I/O library: file-system performance is a primary goal, but code coupling and in situ analysis through special engines are core design points.
Adoption history
The official documentation says ADIOS2 is used in supercomputer applications that write and read up to several petabytes in a single simulation run. It also documents use on DOE machines such as NERSC Perlmutter, OLCF Frontier, and ALCF Aurora.
The package ecosystem reflects that HPC role: the supplied metadata shows Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu data packages, Nix, Arch/pacman, and openSUSE zypper packaging. The docs also describe package installation through Conda, PyPI, Spack, and Docker, and state a commitment to releasing a new version every six months.
How it is used
Developers use ADIOS2 as a library from C++, C, Fortran, Python, and Matlab, commonly through MPI-capable applications. The docs describe variables, attributes, engines, operators, high-level and full APIs, Python APIs, and command-line ecosystem utilities such as bpls and data reorganization tools.
Package builds are CMake-centered and feature-sensitive. The setup docs show toggles for MPI, Fortran, Python, SST, DataMan, compression operators, profiling, and other backends, which explains why distro packages often split runtime, development, bindings, and data utilities.
Why package nerds care
ADIOS2 is interesting to package nerds because it sits at the junction of HPC ABI management, optional transport/compression dependencies, Python wheels, MPI variants, and CLI utilities. A formula or distro package is not just installing one binary; it is selecting a matrix of engines, bindings, and data formats that scientific applications depend on.
It is also a good example of modern scientific infrastructure becoming ordinary package-manager material: the same project appears in source builds, Spack environments, Python packaging, Conda, system packages, and Homebrew.
Timeline
- 2016-12: GitHub repository created.
- 2020s: ADIOS2 documentation describes ECP funding, ADIOS1 succession, and multi-institutional development.
- Current docs: ADIOS2 states a six-month release cadence and documents v2.12-era features.
Related projects
- ADIOS1 is the predecessor explicitly referenced by the docs.
- HDF5 integration is documented through VOL support.
- Spack, Conda, PyPI, and Docker are documented installation channels.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:server
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 17 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
adios2-config | cli | global executable | |
adios2_deactivate_bp | cli | global executable | |
adios2_iotest | cli | global executable | |
adios2_json_pp | cli | global executable | |
adios2_remote_server | cli | global executable | |
adios2_reorganize | cli | global executable | |
adios2_reorganize_mpi | cli | global executable | |
bp4dbg | cli | global executable | |
bp5dbg | cli | global executable | |
bpls | cli | global executable | |
sst_conn_tool | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.12.1
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.12.1
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:adios2 |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.12.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/adios2 |
| Homepage | https://adios2.readthedocs.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 |
| Upstream docs | https://adios2.readthedocs.io/ |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/archive/refs/tags/v2.12.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:02:41-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | c-blosc2, gcc, libfabric, libpng, libsodium, lz4, mpi4py, nanobind, numpy, open-mpi, openssl@3, pugixml, python@3.14, sqlite, yaml-cpp, zeromq, zstd |
| Build dependencies | cmake, nlohmann-json, pybind11 |
| Uses from macOS | bzip2 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | adios2 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
adios2-data 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - tool data
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install adios2-data- Section: libs
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: adios2
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
adios2-mpi-bin 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - binary tools (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install adios2-mpi-bin- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 13 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
adios2-scripts 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - scripts
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install adios2-scripts- Section: libs
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: adios2
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
adios2-serial-bin 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - binary tools (serial)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install adios2-serial-bin- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 9 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-common-c++11-dev 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
Adaptable IO system for simulations - C++11 binding include files (common)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-common-c++11-dev- Section: libs
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: adios2
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-common-c-dev 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
Adaptable IO system for simulations - C binding include files (common)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-common-c-dev- Section: libs
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: adios2
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-common-core-dev 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
Adaptable IO system for simulations - core include files (common)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-common-core-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-2.10 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - auxiliary libraries (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-2.10- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-dev 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
Adaptable IO system for simulations - auxiliary development files (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-dev- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-c++11-2.10 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - C++11 binding libraries (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-c++11-2.10- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-c++11-dev 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
Adaptable IO system for simulations - C++11 binding development files (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-c++11-dev- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-c-2.10 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - C binding libraries (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-c-2.10- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-c-dev 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
Adaptable IO system for simulations - C binding development files (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-c-dev- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-core-2.10 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - core libraries (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-core-2.10- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 14 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-core-dev 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
Adaptable IO system for simulations - core development files (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-core-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
Debian apt95%
libadios2-mpi-fortran-2.10 2.10.2+dfsg1-2
ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - Fortran binding libraries (MPI)
https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2
sudo apt install libadios2-mpi-fortran-2.10- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: adios2
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Adios2
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