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Install liblcf with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix

Library for RPG Maker 2000/2003 games data. Version 0.8.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install liblcf

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add liblcf

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

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install liblcf

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#liblcf

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

overview

Package summary

Library for RPG Maker 2000/2003 games data

Commands and aliases

  • lcf2xml
  • lcfstrings

history

Project history and usage

liblcf is the EasyRPG project's C++ library for reading and writing RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 game data, including LCF files and XML conversions. Its importance is less about being a general-purpose game library and more about preserving and interoperating with the proprietary data formats used by RPG Maker 2000/2003 games.

Project history

EasyRPG describes itself as a free, open source project compatible with RPG Maker 2000/2003 games. liblcf became the shared data layer for that effort: EasyRPG Player can interpret RPG Maker games while liblcf handles the game database, map, save, and related LCF-format data.

The GitHub repository was created on January 25, 2012, and the first GitHub release listed by the repository API was 0.2.1 on July 2, 2014. The README documents the tool side of the library through LCF2XML, which converts RPG Maker 2000/2003 files such as LMU, LMT, LDB, and LSD to XML and back, and LCFSTRINGS, which extracts strings from those files.

Adoption history

Adoption followed EasyRPG's portability story. Because EasyRPG targets desktop, mobile, console, and browser environments, liblcf is packaged as a reusable low-level component rather than only as an internal parser.

Package-manager metadata in this batch lists liblcf in Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, and Nix, reflecting its role as a niche but reusable library for RPG Maker 2000/2003 compatibility work.

How it is used

Developers use liblcf directly as a library or through its command-line tools when inspecting, converting, or validating RPG Maker 2000/2003 project data. Its build documentation covers Autotools and CMake, with CMake documented as the supported route for Windows builds.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, liblcf is a good example of a small preservation-oriented library whose CLI utilities are as important as the library ABI. It packages a reverse-engineered game-data format into a normal Unix build artifact, which makes RPG Maker preservation workflows scriptable.

Timeline

  • 2007: EasyRPG project copyright range begins on the project website.
  • 2012: EasyRPG/liblcf GitHub repository created.
  • 2014: liblcf 0.2.1 published as a GitHub release.
  • 2021: EasyRPG wiki liblcf build page last modified on January 22, 2021.
  • 2025: liblcf 0.8.1 "Stun" published on April 7, 2025.

Related projects

  • EasyRPG Player uses liblcf as the parser layer for RPG Maker 2000/2003 game data.
  • EasyRPG's broader ecosystem includes EasyRPG Player, EasyRPG Editor, the EasyRPG wiki, and the Open RTP asset project.

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.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
lcf2xmlcliglobal executable
lcfstringscliglobal 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 version0.8.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://easyrpg.org/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://easyrpg.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:liblcf
Version0.8.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/liblcf
Homepagehttps://easyrpg.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf
Upstream docshttps://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://easyrpg.org/downloads/player/0.8.1/liblcf-0.8.1.tar.xz
Dependenciesicu4c@78, inih
Build dependenciescmake
Uses from macOSexpat
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameliblcf
Version Scheme0
Revision1
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.

Nix95%

liblcf

nix profile install nixpkgs#liblcf
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/liblcf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

liblcf 0.8.1-r1

Library to handle RPG Maker 2000/2003 and EasyRPG projects

https://easyrpg.org/

sudo apk add liblcf
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: liblcf
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: liblcf from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

liblcf-dev 0.8.1-r1

Library to handle RPG Maker 2000/2003 and EasyRPG projects (development files)

https://easyrpg.org/

sudo apk add liblcf-dev
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: liblcf
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: liblcf-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

liblcf-tools 0.8.1-r1

Library to handle RPG Maker 2000/2003 and EasyRPG projects

https://easyrpg.org/

sudo apk add liblcf-tools
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: liblcf
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: liblcf-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

liblcf 0.8.1-5.fc45

Library to handle RPG Maker 2000/2003 game data

https://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf

sudo dnf install liblcf
  • License: MIT AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSL-1.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: liblcf
  • 8 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: liblcf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

liblcf-devel 0.8.1-5.fc45

Development files for liblcf

https://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf

sudo dnf install liblcf-devel
  • License: MIT AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSL-1.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: liblcf
  • 6 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: liblcf-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

liblcf-doc 0.8.1-5.fc45

Documentation for liblcf

https://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf

sudo dnf install liblcf-doc
  • License: MIT AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSL-1.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: liblcf
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: liblcf-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

liblcf-tools 0.8.1-5.fc45

Programs for handling RPG Maker 2000/2003 game data

https://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf

sudo dnf install liblcf-tools
  • License: MIT AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSL-1.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: liblcf
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Liblcf
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: liblcf-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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Related tools

  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • easyrpg-playerPopular package that depends on this formula.

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