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Install libofx with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Library to support OFX command responses. Version 0.10.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libofx

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libofx

MacPorts ports tree · devel/libofx/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libofx

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

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libofx-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libofx-dev · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libofx

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libofx

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libofx

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libofx

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libofx · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Library to support OFX command responses

Commands and aliases

  • ofx2qif
  • ofxdump

history

Project history and usage

libofx is an OFX banking-protocol library and utility package. It exists so personal-finance applications can parse bank, credit-card, and investment statements in OFX format without each application implementing the specification and its file-format quirks alone.

Project history

The README says libofx began as Benoit Gregoire's end-of-degree project with the objective of adding OFX support to GnuCash. It was then made into a generic library so open-source financial software could share the same OFX parser.

The project was implemented from the OFX 1.6 specification and later grew support for OFX 2.0. Early NEWS entries show the library moving from an initial public release through a C-compatible interface, ofx2qif, OFC support, investment transaction handling, and callback-based parsing.

Later maintenance focused on the parts that matter to package users: malformed-file robustness, character encoding, DTD discovery, Direct Connect support through ofxconnect, CMake support, Windows build fixes, and memory-safety fixes.

Adoption history

libofx became infrastructure for open-source finance software. Its own README names GnuCash as the initial motivation, and later NEWS entries refer to GnuCash bugs, AqBanking integration, KDE-reported client UID support, and package-oriented fixes.

Package-manager adoption follows from that role: users install libofx directly for command-line converters such as ofxdump and ofx2qif, while desktop finance applications use it as a parser dependency.

How it is used

The package includes ofxdump, which prints what the library understands from an OFX response file, and ofx2qif, which converts OFX files to Quicken Interchange Format. The repository also includes ofxconnect as a sample and test application for OFX Direct Connect workflows.

Developers use libofx through a C-style interface even though the implementation is C++. The library flattens parts of the complex OFX data model into practical C data structures for transactions, accounts, balances, securities, and investment data.

Why package nerds care

libofx is package-nerd useful because it bridges proprietary banking-export formats and Unix finance tools. It lets a small command-line pipeline or a larger accounting application read OFX without embedding an entire financial application stack.

Its long NEWS file is also a catalog of why file-format libraries stay alive for decades: banks emit strange data, standards evolve, parsers hit malformed input, and downstream applications need compatibility fixes more than new features.

Timeline

  • 2002: README copyright period begins and the README describes the project as originating from work to add OFX support to GnuCash.
  • Early releases: NEWS records libofx 0.1 as the initial public release.
  • 2007: NEWS records libofx 0.9.0 with version exports, DTD location support, encoding detection, Windows cross-compilation improvements, and OFX request API cleanup.
  • 2017: NEWS records libofx 0.9.13 with heap-overflow and crash fixes.
  • 2021: NEWS records libofx 0.10.0 with expanded investment and security handling.
  • 2022: NEWS records libofx 0.10.6 adding CMake build-system support.

Related projects

  • GnuCash is the initial application named by the README as the reason libofx was started.
  • AqBanking appears in the NEWS file as a related finance-connectivity project affected by libofx API and request-header changes.
  • OpenSP and OpenJADE are important parser dependencies discussed in the README because libofx uses OpenSP for SGML-style OFX parsing.
  • QIF and OFC are adjacent finance interchange formats supported by libofx tools or historical parser work.

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.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ofx2qifcliglobal executable
ofxdumpcliglobal 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 version0.10.9
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/libofx/libofxnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:libofx
Version0.10.9
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libofx
Homepagehttps://github.com/libofx/libofx
Repositoryhttps://github.com/libofx/libofx
Upstream docshttps://github.com/libofx/libofx
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/libofx/libofx/releases/download/0.10.9/libofx-0.10.9.tar.gz
Dependenciesopen-sp
Bottleavailable (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-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

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Debian apt95%

libofx-dev 1:0.10.9-1.1+b2

development package for libofx7t64

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

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

libofx-doc 1:0.10.9-1.1

documentation for libofx7t64

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo apt install libofx-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libofx-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libofx7t64 1:0.10.9-1.1+b2

library to support the Open Financial Exchange format

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo apt install libofx7t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libofx7t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ofx 1:0.10.9-1.1+b2

Open Financial Exchange programs

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo apt install ofx
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ofx from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

libofx

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

libofx-dev 1:0.10.9-1.1build2

development package for libofx7t64

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

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

libofx-doc 1:0.10.9-1.1build2

documentation for libofx7t64

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo apt install libofx-doc
  • Section: universe/doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libofx-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libofx7t64 1:0.10.9-1.1build2

library to support the Open Financial Exchange format

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo apt install libofx7t64
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libofx7t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

ofx 1:0.10.9-1.1build2

Open Financial Exchange programs

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo apt install ofx
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ofx from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

libofx 0.10.9-r1

OFX banking protocol abstraction library

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

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

libofx-dev 0.10.9-r1

OFX banking protocol abstraction library (development files)

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

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

libofx-tools 0.10.9-r1

OFX banking protocol abstraction library (tools)

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

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

libofx 0.10.9-9.fc45

A library for supporting Open Financial Exchange (OFX)

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo dnf install libofx
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 5 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libofx from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

libofx-devel 0.10.9-9.fc45

Development files needed for accessing OFX data

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

sudo dnf install libofx-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libofx
  • 4 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libofx-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

ofx 0.10.9-9.fc45

Tools for manipulating OFX data

https://github.com/libofx/libofx

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

libofx 0.10.9-2

API for the OFX banking standard

https://github.com/libofx

sudo pacman -S libofx
  • License: GPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libofx
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: libofx from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

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