# Install libbi with Homebrew Bayesian state-space modelling on parallel computer hardware. Version 1.4.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-28. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libbi ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libbi ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libbi - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.4.5 - **Source summary:** Bayesian state-space modelling on parallel computer hardware - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-28T17:57:59+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - bi (cli) - libbi (cli) - bi (alias) - libbi (alias) ## Dependencies - automake - boost - gsl - netcdf - qrupdate ## Uses from macOS - perl ## 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: 1.4.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-28 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/lawmurray/LibBi - Upstream latest detected: 1.4.5 (current) ## Project history and usage LibBi is Lawrence M. Murray's package for Bayesian state-space modelling and inference on high-performance hardware. It combines a C++ template library with a Perl parser and compiler for a domain-specific modelling language. ### Project history LibBi was publicly announced on 2013-06-07, alongside Murray's 2013 paper on Bayesian state-space modelling on high-performance hardware. The paper presents LibBi as software that parses a model language, optimizes it, generates C++ code, compiles it, and runs inference methods on CPU, GPU, and distributed-memory platforms. The project site frames LibBi around sequential Monte Carlo methods, including particle filtering, PMCMC, SMC^2, the extended Kalman filter, and parameter optimization routines. Its design reflects a scientific-computing period when CUDA, OpenMP, MPI, NetCDF, and HDF5 were expected to be stitched together by domain-specific tooling. ### Adoption history LibBi found a niche in statistical and scientific modelling rather than general-purpose application development. The project site records an RBi package announcement on 2016-10-19 for using LibBi from R, and a 2016-11-14 post announcing Homebrew and Linuxbrew installation for `libbi`. ### How it is used Users write state-space models in LibBi's modelling language, then run the `libbi` or `bi` tools to perform inference and process NetCDF/HDF5-backed input and output. The package is aimed at researchers who want particle methods and hardware parallelism without hand-writing the full generated C++ implementation. ### Why package nerds care LibBi is a good example of a package-manager formula preserving a research software stack: C++, Perl, CUDA-era assumptions, NetCDF/HDF5-style data, and a custom DSL all bundled as a command-line tool. It is niche, but interesting because the package is the executable surface of an academic modelling system. ### Timeline - 2013: Initial release of LibBi is announced on 2013-06-07. - 2013: Introductory LibBi paper is listed by the project for citation. - 2016: RBi interface for R is announced on 2016-10-19. - 2016: Homebrew and Linuxbrew installation is announced on 2016-11-14. - 2019: Project news lists LibBi 1.4.5 on 2019-07-08. ### Related projects - RBi, R, MATLAB, GNU Octave, Julia, CUDA, OpenMP, MPI, NetCDF, HDF5, and sequential Monte Carlo research code are the most relevant neighbors. ### Sources - - - - - - - - ## 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:** libbi - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 6 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Scientific computing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/scientific-computing-tools/) - Matched scientific computing metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gsl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gsl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [netcdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netcdf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [flexiblas](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flexiblas/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hpc, library, science. - [otf2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/otf2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hpc, library, science. - [pnetcdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pnetcdf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hpc, library, science. - [btllib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/btllib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, library, science. - [clhep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clhep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, library, science. - [cp2k](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cp2k/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hpc, science. - [cubelib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cubelib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hpc, science. - [flann](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flann/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, library, science. - [mrbayes](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mrbayes/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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