macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libfabriclocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install libfabric with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
OpenFabrics libfabric. Version 2.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libfabric-binDebian stable package indexes · libfabric-bin · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libfabricFedora Rawhide package metadata · libfabric · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libfabricnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libfabric/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libfabricArch Linux sync databases · libfabric · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libfabricopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libfabric · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
OpenFabrics libfabric
Project links
Commands and aliases
- fi_info
- fi_mon_sampler
- fi_pingpong
- fi_strerror
history
Project history and usage
libfabric, also called OpenFabrics Interfaces, is a low-level communications library for high-performance parallel and distributed applications. It abstracts high-bandwidth, low-latency fabrics behind provider implementations while exposing APIs tuned for HPC middleware.
Project history
The OFI Working Group, a subgroup of the OpenFabrics Alliance, develops libfabric as an open framework for fabric communication services. The project's release notes identify version 1.0.0 on May 3, 2015 as the initial public release, with PSM, sockets, usNIC, and verbs providers.
The project evolved from a 1.x provider framework into a 2.x series while retaining the same role: giving MPI, SHMEM, PGAS runtimes, and distributed systems software a common user-space API across InfiniBand, Ethernet/RDMA, provider-specific HPC networks, and cloud fabrics.
Adoption history
Open MPI documentation treats OFI and libfabric as interchangeable in practice and lists provider-backed networks such as AWS EFA, Cisco usNIC, Cray uGNI, Omni-Path, and HPE Slingshot. That made the package a common dependency on HPC systems and cloud HPC images.
Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Arch, Nix, Ubuntu, and SUSE-family packages ship libfabric or libfabric-bin tooling such as fi_info, fi_pingpong, and fi_strerror for discovering providers and testing fabric paths.
How it is used
Users install libfabric directly for fi_info and fabtests, or indirectly through MPI and communication runtimes. Developers use its man pages and provider model to choose endpoint types, completion queues, address vectors, memory registration behavior, and transport-specific capabilities.
Why package nerds care
libfabric is package-nerd significant because it is the dependency that lets one MPI build speak many fast networks. It hides vendor transport churn behind provider packages while still preserving enough detail for HPC performance tuning.
Timeline
- 2015-05-03: libfabric 1.0.0 initial public release with PSM, sockets, usNIC, and verbs providers.
- 2020-08: OpenFabrics mailing list announced libfabric 1.11.0 and fabtests.
- 2024-12: OpenFabrics announced libfabric 2.0.0.
- 2026-06-22: libfabric 2.6.0 release notes record continued provider and core development.
Related projects
- Related projects include Open MPI's OFI MTL/BTL support, fabtests, OpenFabrics Alliance work, AWS EFA, Cisco usNIC, HPE Slingshot, Omni-Path, InfiniBand verbs, and HPC communication runtimes.
Sources
- https://docs.open-mpi.org/en/v5.0.6/tuning-apps/networking/ofi.html
- https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ofiwg/libfabric/main/NEWS.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ofiwg/libfabric/main/README.md
- https://www.openfabrics.org/openfabrics-interfaces/
- https://www.openfabrics.org/the-openfabrics-alliance-announces-the-release-of-libfabric-v2-0-0/
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 6 platform targets.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
fi_info | cli | global executable | |
fi_mon_sampler | cli | global executable | |
fi_pingpong | cli | global executable | |
fi_strerror | 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 version2.6.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabricnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libfabric |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.6.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libfabric |
| Homepage | https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric |
| Upstream docs | https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric |
| License | BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only |
| Source archive | https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases/download/v2.6.0/libfabric-2.6.0.tar.bz2 |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T17:19:34Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | autoconf, automake, libtool |
| 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 | libfabric |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Conflicts With |
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| 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%
libfabric-bin 2.1.0-1.1
Diagnosis programs for the libfabric communication library
https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
sudo apt install libfabric-bin- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
Debian apt95%
libfabric-dev 2.1.0-1.1
Development files for libfabric1
https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
sudo apt install libfabric-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
Debian apt95%
libfabric1 2.1.0-1.1
libfabric communication library
https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
sudo apt install libfabric1- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
Nix95%
libfabric
nix profile install nixpkgs#libfabric- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
Ubuntu apt95%
libfabric-bin 1.17.0-3build2
Diagnosis programs for the libfabric communication library
https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
sudo apt install libfabric-bin- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
Ubuntu apt95%
libfabric-dev 1.17.0-3build2
Development files for libfabric1
https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
sudo apt install libfabric-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
Ubuntu apt95%
libfabric1 1.17.0-3build2
libfabric communication library
https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
sudo apt install libfabric1- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
dnf95%
libfabric 2.5.1-1.fc45
Open Fabric Interfaces
https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
sudo dnf install libfabric- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libfabric
- 7 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
dnf95%
libfabric-devel 2.5.1-1.fc45
Development files for libfabric
https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
sudo dnf install libfabric-devel- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libfabric
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
pacman95%
libfabric 2.5.1-1
User-space API for OpenFabrics Interfaces (OFI)
https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/
sudo pacman -S libfabric- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
zypper95%
libfabric 2.5.1-1.2
User-space RDMA Fabric Interfaces
http://www.github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
sudo zypper install libfabric- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
zypper95%
libfabric-devel 2.5.1-1.2
Development files for the libfabric library
http://www.github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
sudo zypper install libfabric-devel- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
zypper95%
libfabric-devel-32bit 2.5.1-1.2
Development files for the libfabric library
http://www.github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
sudo zypper install libfabric-devel-32bit- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
zypper95%
libfabric1 2.5.1-1.2
User-space RDMA fabric interfaces
http://www.github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
sudo zypper install libfabric1- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 12 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
zypper95%
libfabric1-32bit 2.5.1-1.2
User-space RDMA fabric interfaces
http://www.github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
sudo zypper install libfabric1-32bit- License: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libfabric
- 6 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libfabric
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