# Install mpich with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Implementation of the MPI Message Passing Interface standard. Version 5.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mpich ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mpich ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mpich ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: science/mpich/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libmpich-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libmpich-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mpich ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpich from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mpich ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: mpich from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mpich ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpich from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mpich - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.0.1 - **Source summary:** Implementation of the MPI Message Passing Interface standard - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** mpich2 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-27T17:42:40-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - hydra_nameserver (cli) - hydra_persist (cli) - hydra_pmi_proxy (cli) - mpichversion (cli) - mpiexec.hydra (cli) - mpivars (cli) - parkill (cli) - hydra_nameserver (alias) - hydra_persist (alias) - hydra_pmi_proxy (alias) - mpichversion (alias) - mpiexec.hydra (alias) - mpivars (alias) - parkill (alias) ## Dependencies - gcc - hwloc ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 5.0.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.mpich.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage MPICH is a high-performance, portable implementation of the MPI Message Passing Interface standard from Argonne National Laboratory, with roots in the MPI standardization process. The project overview says development began in 1992 to give the MPI Forum implementation and usability feedback, and that the original system used the Chameleon portability layer, giving the name MPICH: MPI over CHameleon. ### Project history MPICH became one of the reference-grade MPI implementations for HPC users and implementers. The MPICH2 line began around 2001 to implement additional MPI-2 features, and the project name returned to MPICH with the 3.0 release in November 2012. Its README describes the implementation as providing all MPI functions and features required by the standard, with support for parallel-computing applications and a default build path using the CH4 device, OFI network module, and Hydra process management. ### Adoption history Adoption is unusually central to MPICH's story. The project lists derivative or partner implementations and collaborators including Intel, HPE Cray, ParTec, Ohio State University/MVAPICH, Microsoft, INRIA, and TotalView, and its README says MPICH-derived vendor implementations have been deployed on many Top500 HPC systems. The ACM recognized MPICH with the 2024 ACM Software System Award, placing it among infrastructure projects with lasting impact. ### How it is used As a package, MPICH gives developers the compiler wrappers, runtime, libraries, and mpiexec launcher needed to build and run MPI programs on workstations, clusters, and supercomputing environments. Package-manager users often install it as the portable open-source MPI option alongside or instead of Open MPI, vendor MPI stacks, or site-provided MPI modules. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mpich - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** libfabric, open-mpi - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libmpich-dev - 4.3.0+really4.2.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmpich-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development files for MPICH | https://www.mpich.org/ - Debian apt - libmpich12 - 4.3.0+really4.2.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmpich12 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Shared libraries for MPICH | https://www.mpich.org/ - Debian apt - mpich - 4.3.0+really4.2.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mpich from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Implementation of the MPI Message Passing Interface standard | https://www.mpich.org/ - Debian apt - mpich-doc - 4.3.0+really4.2.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mpich-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for MPICH | https://www.mpich.org/ - Nix - mpich: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: mpich from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - libmpich-dev - 4.2.0-5build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmpich-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development files for MPICH | https://www.mpich.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libmpich12 - 4.2.0-5build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmpich12 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Shared libraries for MPICH | https://www.mpich.org/ - Ubuntu apt - mpich - 4.2.0-5build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpich from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Implementation of the MPI Message Passing Interface standard | https://www.mpich.org/ - Ubuntu apt - mpich-doc - 4.2.0-5build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpich-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for MPICH | https://www.mpich.org/ - dnf - mpich - 4.2.2-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpich from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A high-performance implementation of MPI | https://www.mpich.org/ - dnf - mpich-autoload - 4.2.2-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpich-autoload from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Load mpich automatically into profile | https://www.mpich.org/ - dnf - mpich-devel - 4.2.2-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpich-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for mpich | https://www.mpich.org/ - dnf - mpich-doc - 4.2.2-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpich-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentations and examples for mpich | https://www.mpich.org/ - dnf - python3-mpich - 4.2.2-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-mpich from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | mpich support for Python 3 | https://www.mpich.org/ - zypper - mpich - 5.0.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpich from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | High-performance and widely portable implementation of MPI | http://www.mpich.org/ - zypper - mpich-devel - 5.0.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpich-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | SDK for MPICH version 5.0.1 | http://www.mpich.org/ ## Related links - 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Shared terms: cli, computing, gcc, hpc, hwloc. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpich.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mpich.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph