# Install isa-l with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library. Version 2.32.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:isa-l ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install isa-l ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add isa-l ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: isa-l from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install isa-l ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: isa-l from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#isa-l ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/is/isa-l/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S isa-l ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: isa-l from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install igzip ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: igzip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:isa-l - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.32.1 - **Source summary:** Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T10:12:00Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - igzip (cli) - igzip (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.32.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/intel/isa-l - Upstream latest detected: v2.32.1 (current) ## Project history and usage Intel ISA-L, the Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library, is a collection of optimized low-level routines for storage software. The upstream README describes erasure coding, CRC, RAID parity, deflate-compatible compression, and inflate-compatible decompression, while the Homebrew package exposes the `igzip` command-line tool from that library. ### Project history The public intel/isa-l repository was created in 2016, but the project represents Intel's earlier storage-acceleration work around data protection, compression, and integrity primitives. The official API PDF notes the first open release of the erasure-code unit and documents `igzip` as a user program for compression and decompression. ISA-L evolved as a performance library closely tied to processor instruction sets. Its release notes and wiki track additions for CPU features, CRC and erasure-code performance, build-system changes, and architecture support such as PowerPC fixes and riscv64 feature detection. ### Adoption history ISA-L spread through storage systems because erasure coding and checksum throughput are central to distributed filesystems, object stores, backup systems, and data pipelines. The input metadata shows packaging across Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE, with some distributions exposing the user-facing tool as igzip. The package is also visible in higher-level systems: Hadoop documentation describes HDFS erasure coding as able to leverage Intel ISA-L for accelerated encoding and decoding calculations. ### How it is used Library users link against ISA-L for Reed-Solomon erasure coding, CRC functions, RAID parity, and deflate/inflate routines. Package users often encounter it through `igzip`, which gives a command-line entry point into ISA-L's fast deflate-compatible compression path. ### Why package nerds care ISA-L is package-nerd material because it packages CPU-specific assembly and runtime dispatch behind ordinary distribution names. Maintainers care about NASM versions, architecture coverage, ABI expectations, and whether consumers get the accelerated path or silently fall back to slower code. It also demonstrates a common packaging split: the real value is a library used indirectly by storage software, while the obvious executable in a package database is a compression utility. ### Timeline - 2016: Public intel/isa-l GitHub repository created. - 2019: Release notes document CRC and erasure-code performance work in the v2.27-v2.29 era. - 2020: v2.30 appears in the upstream release wiki. - 2024: v2.31 release notes document API and platform maintenance. - 2026: v2.32 release notes add CMake work and initial riscv64 support. ### Related projects - ISA-L is related to zlib-compatible compression tools, Reed-Solomon erasure-code libraries, RAID implementations, Hadoop HDFS erasure coding, Ceph erasure-code plugins, and Intel's ISA-L Crypto sibling project. ### Sources - The official API PDF documents open erasure-code release context and igzip. - The official README and Intel overview describe the library scope and storage-acceleration purpose. - The upstream wiki and GitHub releases provide release chronology and feature evolution. ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** isa-l - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - isa-l: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/is/isa-l/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - isa-l - 2.31.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: isa-l from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - apk - isa-l-dev - 2.31.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: isa-l-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library (development files) | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - apk - isa-l-doc - 2.31.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: isa-l-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library (documentation) | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - apk - isa-l-static - 2.31.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: isa-l-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library (static library) | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - dnf - isa-l - 2.32.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: isa-l from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Intel(R) Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - dnf - isa-l-devel - 2.32.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: isa-l-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Intel(R) Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library - devel files | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - dnf - isa-l-tools - 2.32.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: isa-l-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Intel(R) Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library - tool | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - pacman - isa-l - 2.32.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: isa-l from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - zypper - igzip - 2.32.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: igzip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | gzip backed by the ISA-L deflate library | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - zypper - isa-l-devel - 2.32.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: isa-l-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for the Intel Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library | https://github.com/intel/isa-l - zypper - libisal2 - 2.32.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libisal2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Intel Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library | https://github.com/intel/isa-l ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - 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Shared terms: cli, storage, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/isa-l.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/isa-l.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph