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Client library and utilities for iscsi. Version 1.20.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libiscsi

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libiscsi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libiscsi · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libiscsi-bin

Debian stable package indexes · libiscsi-bin · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libiscsi

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libiscsi · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libiscsi

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libiscsi/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libiscsi

Arch Linux sync databases · libiscsi · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libiscsi-devel

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libiscsi-devel · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Client library and utilities for iscsi

Commands and aliases

  • iscsi-discard
  • iscsi-inq
  • iscsi-ls
  • iscsi-md5sum
  • iscsi-perf
  • iscsi-pr
  • iscsi-readcapacity16
  • iscsi-rtpg
  • iscsi-swp
  • iscsi-test-cu

history

Project history and usage

libiscsi is a client-side C library and utility collection for implementing the iSCSI protocol. It packages asynchronous iSCSI and SCSI task handling into a reusable library plus command-line tools for target discovery, inspection, testing, and data operations.

Project history

The iSCSI protocol was standardized in RFC 3720 in 2003 as SCSI over TCP, then consolidated in RFC 7143 in April 2014. libiscsi implements the client side of that protocol, with an asynchronous core, a synchronous convenience layer, utility programs, examples, and an iSCSI conformance test tool.

The repository tags show libiscsi 1.1.0 in December 2011 and a long sequence through the 1.x series. The README describes the project as a work in progress aiming to cover iSCSI session establishment and maintenance plus low-level SCSI CDB construction and data-in parsing.

Adoption history

libiscsi is adopted by distributions and storage tools that need user-space iSCSI client behavior without depending on kernel initiator workflows. Its README also includes patches for making external packages such as SG3-UTILS and MTX iSCSI-aware, which points to its role as a library layer for storage utilities.

How it is used

The utilities cover operations such as logging in to targets, enumerating targets and devices, inquiry, capacity checks, performance tests, persistent reservations, and conformance tests. The README documents iscsi:// and iser:// URL formats, CHAP credentials, bidirectional CHAP, IPv6, header digest, and data digest support.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, libiscsi is a useful user-space storage protocol toolkit: small enough to ship as a library and CLI bundle, but deep enough to exercise SCSI/iSCSI edge cases through iscsi-test-cu. It is also a good example of a package where command-line URL handling, optional credentials, and protocol conformance tests matter more than a visible desktop UI.

Timeline

  • 2003-04: RFC 3720 standardized iSCSI as SCSI over TCP.
  • 2011-12-24: The repository records libiscsi 1.1.0.
  • 2014-04: RFC 7143 consolidated the iSCSI protocol specification.
  • 2025-07-15: The repository records libiscsi 1.20.3 with event-loop write and bug-fix changes.

Related projects

  • Related projects include the IETF iSCSI RFCs, SCSI standards, SG3-UTILS, MTX, STGT test-target workflows, CUnit for conformance testing, and packages that need user-space iSCSI access to storage targets.

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 8 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 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

CommandKindExposureNote
iscsi-discardcliglobal executable
iscsi-inqcliglobal executable
iscsi-lscliglobal executable
iscsi-md5sumcliglobal executable
iscsi-perfcliglobal executable
iscsi-prcliglobal executable
iscsi-readcapacity16cliglobal executable
iscsi-rtpgcliglobal executable
iscsi-swpcliglobal executable
iscsi-test-cucliglobal 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 version1.20.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.20.3

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:libiscsi
Version1.20.3
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libiscsi
Homepagehttps://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi
Upstream docshttps://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi#readme
LicenseLicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi/archive/refs/tags/1.20.3.tar.gz
Dependenciescunit
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelibiscsi
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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%

libiscsi-bin 1.20.0-4

iSCSI client shared library - utilities

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apt install libiscsi-bin
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libiscsi-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libiscsi-dev 1.20.0-4

iSCSI client library development files

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apt install libiscsi-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libiscsi-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libiscsi7 1.20.0-4

iSCSI client shared library

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apt install libiscsi7
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libiscsi7 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

libiscsi

nix profile install nixpkgs#libiscsi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libiscsi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libiscsi-bin 1.19.0-3build4

iSCSI client shared library - utilities

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apt install libiscsi-bin
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiscsi-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libiscsi-dev 1.19.0-3build4

iSCSI client library development files

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apt install libiscsi-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiscsi-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libiscsi7 1.19.0-3build4

iSCSI client shared library

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apt install libiscsi7
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiscsi7 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

libiscsi 1.19.0-r2

iSCSI client library and utilities

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apk add libiscsi
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiscsi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libiscsi-dev 1.19.0-r2

iSCSI client library and utilities (development files)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apk add libiscsi-dev
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiscsi-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libiscsi-doc 1.19.0-r2

iSCSI client library and utilities (documentation)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apk add libiscsi-doc
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiscsi-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libiscsi-static 1.19.0-r2

iSCSI client library and utilities (static library)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apk add libiscsi-static
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiscsi-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libiscsi-utils 1.19.0-r2

iSCSI client utilites

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo apk add libiscsi-utils
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiscsi-utils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

libiscsi 1.20.3-4.fc44

iSCSI client library

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo dnf install libiscsi
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 6 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libiscsi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

libiscsi-devel 1.20.3-4.fc44

iSCSI client development libraries

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo dnf install libiscsi-devel
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libiscsi-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

libiscsi-utils 1.20.3-4.fc44

iSCSI Client Utilities

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo dnf install libiscsi-utils
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libiscsi
  • 8 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libiscsi-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

libiscsi 1.20.3-1

Clientside library to implement the iSCSI protocol

https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi

sudo pacman -S libiscsi
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libiscsi
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: libiscsi from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

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