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NUMA support for Linux. Version 2.0.19 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install numactl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add numactl

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

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libnuma-dev

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

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install numactl

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#numactl

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S numactl

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libnuma-devel

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

overview

Package summary

NUMA support for Linux

Commands and aliases

  • memhog
  • migratepages
  • migspeed
  • numactl
  • numademo
  • numastat

history

Project history and usage

numactl is the standard Linux user-space tool and companion library package for controlling NUMA scheduling and memory placement policy. It includes the `numactl` command, libnuma, and utilities such as `numastat` and `memhog`.

Project history

numactl grew out of early Linux 2.6 NUMA policy work. LWN published Andi Kleen's January 2004 announcement of a Linux 2.6 NUMA policy API implementation consisting of kernel policy API support, libnuma for applications, the `numactl` user-space policy tool, and test programs.

The current GitHub README keeps the same project definition: simple NUMA policy support, with a `numactl` program to run other programs under a specific NUMA policy and a libnuma shared library for applications. The README also states that the libnuma binary interface is intended to stay binary compatible, with incompatible changes using new symbol versions.

Adoption history

numactl became part of the normal Linux performance and systems toolbox because multi-socket and large-memory machines make memory locality observable. Linux man-pages document it as the command for running processes with specific NUMA scheduling or memory placement policy, inherited by child processes, and for setting persistent policy on shared memory segments or files.

Distribution adoption is broad. The av.db source record maps numactl/libnuma packages across Alpine, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE; Homebrew packages it for Linux bottles and showed stable 2.0.19 with 28,653 installs over the visible 365-day analytics window on July 1, 2026.

How it is used

Typical practical commands include `numactl --hardware` to inspect NUMA topology, `numactl --cpunodebind` or `--physcpubind` to bind CPU execution, `--membind` or `--preferred` to steer memory allocation, and `--interleave` to distribute pages across nodes. `numastat` is used to inspect allocation behavior after a workload runs.

Package nerds and performance engineers use numactl when benchmarking databases, JVMs, scientific workloads, ML training/inference processes, or any memory-bandwidth-sensitive service where scheduler placement and page locality can change results. The lazy but correct rule is to measure: pinning can help controlled benchmarks and production isolation, but bad bindings can make performance worse.

Why package nerds care

numactl is a small package with outsized systems significance. It exposes Linux NUMA policy to shell users and gives C/C++ programs libnuma, making it one of the common bridges between kernel memory policy and practical performance tuning.

Timeline

  • 2004-01: LWN carried Andi Kleen's announcement of libnuma/numactl and the Linux 2.6 NUMA policy API implementation.
  • 2003-2005: numactl source headers credit Andi Kleen/SuSE Labs work on command-line NUMA policy control.
  • 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula showed stable 2.0.19 and Linux-only bottle support.

Related projects

  • Linux kernel NUMA policy
  • libnuma
  • numastat
  • taskset
  • hwloc

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 2 platform targets.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
memhogcliglobal executable
migratepagescliglobal executable
migspeedcliglobal executable
numactlcliglobal executable
numademocliglobal executable
numastatcliglobal 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 version2.0.19
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:numactl
Version2.0.19
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/numactl
Homepagehttps://github.com/numactl/numactl
Repositoryhttps://github.com/numactl/numactl
Upstream docshttps://github.com/numactl/numactl#readme
LicenseGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent
Source archivehttps://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases/download/v2.0.19/numactl-2.0.19.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namenumactl
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Requirements
  • linux
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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%

libnuma-dev 2.0.19-1

Development files for libnuma

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

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

libnuma1 2.0.19-1

Libraries for controlling NUMA policy

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo apt install libnuma1
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: numactl
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libnuma1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

numactl 2.0.19-1

NUMA scheduling and memory placement tool

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo apt install numactl
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: numactl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

numactl

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

libnuma-dev 2.0.18-1build1

Development files for libnuma

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

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

libnuma1 2.0.18-1build1

Libraries for controlling NUMA policy

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo apt install libnuma1
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: numactl
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnuma1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

numactl 2.0.18-1build1

NUMA scheduling and memory placement tool

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo apt install numactl
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: numactl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

numactl 2.0.19-r0

Simple NUMA policy support

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo apk add numactl
  • License: LGPL-2.1-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: numactl
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: numactl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

numactl-dev 2.0.19-r0

Simple NUMA policy support (development files)

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo apk add numactl-dev
  • License: LGPL-2.1-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: numactl
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: numactl-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

numactl-doc 2.0.19-r0

Simple NUMA policy support (documentation)

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo apk add numactl-doc
  • License: LGPL-2.1-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: numactl
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: numactl-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

numactl-tools 2.0.19-r0

NUMA policy control tools

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

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

numactl 2.0.19-4.fc44

Library for tuning for Non Uniform Memory Access machines

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

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

numactl-devel 2.0.19-4.fc44

Development package for building Applications that use numa

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo dnf install numactl-devel
  • License: LGPL-2.1-only and GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: numactl
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: numactl-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

numactl-libs 2.0.19-4.fc44

libnuma libraries

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo dnf install numactl-libs
  • License: LGPL-2.1-only and GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: numactl
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: numactl-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

numactl 2.0.19-1

Simple NUMA policy support

https://github.com/numactl/numactl

sudo pacman -S numactl
  • License: GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: numactl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

libnuma-devel 2.0.19.27.gc9475de-1.2

NUMA Policy Control

https://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases

sudo zypper install libnuma-devel
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Languages/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: numactl
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Numactl
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libnuma-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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