macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libvoikkolocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install libvoikko with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Linguistic software and Finnish dictionary. Version 4.3.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-14.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libvoikkoAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libvoikko · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libvoikko-devDebian stable package indexes · libvoikko-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libvoikkoFedora Rawhide package metadata · libvoikko · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libvoikkonixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libvoikko/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libvoikkoArch Linux sync databases · libvoikko · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libvoikko-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libvoikko-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Linguistic software and Finnish dictionary
Project links
Commands and aliases
- voikkogc
- voikkohyphenate
- voikkospell
- voikkovfstc
history
Project history and usage
libvoikko is the core library in the Voikko stack, a Finnish-focused suite for morphological analysis, spell checking, grammar checking, hyphenation, and related linguistic data. It began as office-suite spell-checking infrastructure and grew into a reusable language-processing library used by desktop tools, search expansion, and machine-learning pipelines that process Finnish text.
Project history
The Voikko architecture page describes a layered project: libvoikko provides high-level algorithms, voikko-fi supplies Finnish morphology, libreoffice-voikko integrates with LibreOffice, and related plugins connect Voikko to spell-checking front ends. The project site says Voikko was originally developed as a spell checker for OpenOffice and LibreOffice.
Voikko's own VFST transition document dates the first libvoikko 1.0 and Suomi-malaga 0.7.1 release to August 2006, supporting Finnish spell checking and hyphenation. Grammar checking arrived during 2008 with libvoikko 2.0, and dictionary-format changes in 2009 added support for morphological analysis.
The project started in late 2005 as Hunspell-fi, but the maintainers moved toward Suomi-malaga and later finite-state technology because Finnish compounds, suffix chains, memory behavior, and grammar/hyphenation needs exceeded what plain Hunspell dictionaries handled comfortably.
Adoption history
Voikko became important in Finnish Linux and office-document workflows because it served OpenOffice and LibreOffice users with native-quality Finnish spell checking, hyphenation, and grammar checking. The architecture page also documents Enchant integration and tmispell-voikko, giving applications paths to use Voikko without speaking its native API directly.
By 2019 libvoikko 4.3 added API support for listing analysis attribute values, explicitly calling out vectorizers for machine-learning applications. The project homepage describes later use in search expansion and improving machine-learning accuracy for Finnish texts.
How it is used
Homebrew users get command-line tools such as voikkospell, voikkohyphenate, voikkogc, and voikkovfstc. Developers use libvoikko through C, Java, Python, JavaScript, and other bindings to add Finnish spell checking, hyphenation, grammar checking, tokenization, and morphology to applications.
Why package nerds care
libvoikko is a classic language-package outlier: it is not merely a dictionary file but a native morphology engine with evolving dictionary formats, finite-state transducers, office-suite integration, and distro packaging concerns. Its history explains why Finnish language support often needs a specialized package rather than a generic Hunspell word list.
Timeline
- 2005: The work begins under the Hunspell-fi name.
- 2006-08: libvoikko 1.0 and Suomi-malaga 0.7.1 are released for Finnish spell checking and hyphenation.
- 2008: libvoikko 2.0 introduces grammar checking.
- 2009: libvoikko 2.2 adds dictionary-format changes for morphological analysis.
- 2012: The Finnish morphology rewrite in VFST format begins.
- 2015-12-14: libvoikko 4.0 and voikko-fi 2.0 make Finnish VFST dictionary format stable and production-ready.
- 2018-10-17: libvoikko 4.2 removes Malaga dictionary-format support.
- 2019-10-22: libvoikko 4.3 adds APIs useful for machine-learning vectorizers.
- 2025-05-23: libvoikko 4.3.3 updates the C++ standard to C++17 and includes build and memory-leak fixes.
Related projects
- Voikko is tied to voikko-fi, Suomi-malaga, libreoffice-voikko, Enchant, tmispell-voikko, hfst-ospell, Foma, VFST tooling, Joukahainen vocabulary maintenance, and office suites that need Finnish language services.
Sources
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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
voikkogc | cli | global executable | |
voikkohyphenate | cli | global executable | |
voikkospell | cli | global executable | |
voikkovfstc | 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 version4.3.3
manager updated2026-05-14
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://voikko.puimula.org/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libvoikko |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.3.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libvoikko |
| Homepage | https://voikko.puimula.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/voikko/corevoikko |
| Upstream docs | https://voikko.puimula.org/ |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://www.puimula.org/voikko-sources/libvoikko/libvoikko-4.3.3.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-14T16:54:50-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | hfstospell |
| Build dependencies | foma, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, 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 | libvoikko |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
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%
libvoikko-dev 4.3.2-1+b2
Development files for libvoikko
sudo apt install libvoikko-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
Debian apt95%
libvoikko1 4.3.2-1+b2
Library of free natural language processing tools
sudo apt install libvoikko1- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
Debian apt95%
python3-libvoikko 4.3.2-1
Python bindings for libvoikko
sudo apt install python3-libvoikko- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
Nix95%
libvoikko
nix profile install nixpkgs#libvoikko- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
Ubuntu apt95%
libvoikko-dev 4.3.2-1build1
Development files for libvoikko
sudo apt install libvoikko-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
Ubuntu apt95%
libvoikko1 4.3.2-1build1
Library of free natural language processing tools
sudo apt install libvoikko1- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-libvoikko 4.3.2-1build1
Python bindings for libvoikko
sudo apt install python3-libvoikko- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
apk95%
libvoikko 4.3.2-r2
Voikko spelling, hyphenation and grammar checker
sudo apk add libvoikko- License: MPL-1.1 GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
apk95%
libvoikko-dev 4.3.2-r2
Voikko spelling, hyphenation and grammar checker (development files)
sudo apk add libvoikko-dev- License: MPL-1.1 GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
apk95%
libvoikko-doc 4.3.2-r2
Voikko spelling, hyphenation and grammar checker (documentation)
sudo apk add libvoikko-doc- License: MPL-1.1 GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
dnf95%
libvoikko 4.3.3-7.fc45
Voikko is a library for spellcheckers and hyphenators
sudo dnf install libvoikko- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 6 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
dnf95%
libvoikko-devel 4.3.3-7.fc45
Development files for libvoikko
sudo dnf install libvoikko-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
dnf95%
python3-libvoikko 4.3.3-7.fc45
Python interface to libvoikko
sudo dnf install python3-libvoikko- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 2 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
dnf95%
voikko-tools 4.3.3-7.fc45
Test tools for libvoikko
sudo dnf install voikko-tools- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
pacman95%
libvoikko 4.3.3-3
A spelling and grammar checker, hyphenator and collection of related linguistic data for Finnish language
sudo pacman -S libvoikko- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
zypper95%
libvoikko-devel 4.3.3-1.3
Library of free natural language processing tools
sudo zypper install libvoikko-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libvoikko
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libvoikko
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment