macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install itpplocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install itppMacPorts ports tree · math/itpp/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install itpp with Homebrew, MacPorts, zypper
Library of math, signal, and communication classes and functions. Version 4.3.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install itpp-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · itpp-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Library of math, signal, and communication classes and functions
Project links
Commands and aliases
- itpp-config
history
Project history and usage
IT++ is a C++ library of mathematical, signal-processing, and communications classes and functions. Its strongest identity is as a research-oriented communications-simulation library with a vector/matrix kernel that feels familiar to MATLAB, GNU Octave, and SciPy users.
Project history
The IT++ documentation says the library originated in the former Department of Information Theory at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. The name reflects that origin: Information Theory plus C++.
The project moved into SourceForge-era open-source distribution and released under the GNU GPL. SourceForge release files show a long release trail beginning in 2001 and continuing through the 4.x series, with 4.3.1 published on 2013-07-06.
The documentation notes that in 2005, 2006, and 2007 IT++ was developed as part of NEWCOM, the European Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications. That places the library squarely in academic and industry communications research rather than general application development.
Adoption history
IT++ was developed and widely used by researchers in communications, both in industry and universities, according to its own documentation. Its adoption followed the needs of simulation-heavy research: linear algebra, signal processing, coding, modulation, channel models, and statistics in one C++ library.
Homebrew, MacPorts, and openSUSE-family packaging kept the library available for users who needed old research code or command-line build integration through `itpp-config`, even as many newer research workflows moved toward Python, MATLAB, or specialized frameworks.
How it is used
Developers link C++ programs against IT++ for vector and matrix operations, signal-processing routines, and communications-system simulation. The project can use BLAS, LAPACK, FFTW, ATLAS, MKL, or ACML for speed and accuracy, while also allowing reduced-functionality builds without those libraries.
The packaged executable `itpp-config` exists to report compiler and linker flags for builds using the installed library.
Why package nerds care
IT++ is a package-nerd time capsule from the SourceForge scientific-C++ era: Doxygen docs, `itpp-config`, optional numerical backends, and a research-domain API that predates much of the Python scientific stack's dominance.
Its value in a package database is less about daily CLI use and more about preserving buildability for papers, simulations, and legacy communications code.
Timeline
- 2001: SourceForge release files show early IT++ releases.
- 2005: IT++ development was part of NEWCOM.
- 2006: IT++ development continued under NEWCOM.
- 2007: IT++ development continued under NEWCOM.
- 2013: IT++ 4.3.1 was published and Doxygen documentation was generated for that release.
Related projects
- BLAS, LAPACK, FFTW, ATLAS, Intel MKL, and AMD ACML are documented acceleration or numerical backends.
- MATLAB, GNU Octave, and SciPy are named by the project as comparable environments for its vector and matrix kernel.
- NEWCOM connects IT++ to European wireless-communications research.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
itpp-config | 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 version4.3.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://itpp.sourceforge.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:itpp |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.3.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/itpp |
| Homepage | https://itpp.sourceforge.net/ |
| Repository | https://git.code.sf.net/p/itpp/git |
| Upstream docs | https://itpp.sourceforge.net/4.3.1/index.html |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/itpp/itpp/4.3.1/itpp-4.3.1.tar.bz2 |
| Dependencies | fftw |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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 | itpp |
| 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.
zypper95%
itpp-devel 4.3.1-1.1
Header files for itpp
sudo zypper install itpp-devel- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: itpp
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Itpp
zypper95%
itpp-doc 4.3.1-1.1
Documentation for itpp
sudo zypper install itpp-doc- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: itpp
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Itpp
zypper95%
libitpp8 4.3.1-1.1
C++ library of math, signal processing and communication routines
sudo zypper install libitpp8- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: itpp
- 10 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Itpp
MacPorts95%
itpp
sudo port install itpp- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Itpp
source trail
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