install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install ocicl

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install ocicl

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

Linux

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S ocicl

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

overview

Package summary

OCI-based ASDF system distribution and management tool for Common Lisp

Project links

Commands and aliases

ocicl

history

Project history and usage

ocicl is a Common Lisp package-management and development tool that applies OCI artifact distribution to ASDF systems. Its name compresses the idea into the project's own formula: OCI plus Common Lisp.

Project history

The upstream README presents ocicl as a modern alternative to Quicklisp for ASDF system distribution and management, with extra developer-tooling features such as linting, project scaffolding, dependency freshness checks, license collection, SBOM generation, and self-updates.

Its core design is to package Lisp code as OCI-compliant artifacts distributed from mirrored OCI registries, including GitHub and Docker Hub container registries. The runtime is embedded into a Lisp image and works with ASDF so missing systems can be resolved through the `ocicl` command-line tool.

The project deliberately borrows infrastructure patterns from the container ecosystem: TLS transport, proxy-aware downloads, sigstore verification, hosted CI publication, and project-local lock files through `ocicl.csv`.

Adoption history

ocicl serves a narrower ecosystem than mainstream language package managers, but it has package-manager distribution through Homebrew, MacPorts, and Linux RPM/DEB repositories documented by the project. Homebrew's API generated on 2026-07-01 lists 2,787 installs over 365 days and 545 installs over 90 days.

The tool's adoption story is tied to ASDF, the standard Common Lisp system-definition facility. ocicl does not replace ASDF; it feeds ASDF with project-local, version-pinned system locations and downloads.

How it is used

A developer runs `ocicl setup`, adds the generated runtime snippet to a Lisp startup file, and then lets ASDF load systems that ocicl records in `ocicl.csv`. The README recommends committing the CSV lock file while leaving downloaded source directories out of the project repository.

The command-line workflow includes installing systems, listing available versions, updating or removing systems, comparing versions, selecting alternate registries, authenticating to registries, generating SBOMs, collecting license data, and scaffolding projects.

Why package nerds care

ocicl is interesting because it reuses the container registry and OCI artifact stack for source-library distribution rather than container images. For package metadata work, it is a small but sharp example of registry convergence: Common Lisp libraries distributed with supply-chain features usually associated with container images.

Timeline

2023-05: Project examples in the README show early ocicl registry entries for Common Lisp libraries such as `str` and `cl-ppcre`.
2026-07-01: Homebrew formula metadata lists stable version 2.16.14, SBCL and zstd dependencies, and 2,787 installs over the previous 365-day analytics window.

Related projects

ocicl builds on ASDF for loading and system definition, competes conceptually with Quicklisp-style Common Lisp dependency distribution, and depends on OCI registry tooling, sigstore concepts, and hosted CI publication.

Sources

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 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ocicl.csv${XDG_DATA_HOME}/ocicl/ocicl-registry.cfg.ocicl-lint.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ${XDG_DATA_HOME}/ocicl/ocicl-credentials.cfg

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`ocicl`	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 version2.17.0

manager updated2026-07-06

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.17.0

https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ocicl
Version	2.17.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ocicl
Homepage	https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl
Repository	https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl
Upstream docs	https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl/archive/refs/tags/v2.17.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-06T15:46:00Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	sbcl, zstd
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	ocicl
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
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.

pacman95%

ocicl 2.16.13-1

An OCI-based ASDF system distribution and management tool for Common Lisp

https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl

sudo pacman -S ocicl

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
3 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Ocicl

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: ocicl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

ocicl

sudo port install ocicl

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ocicl

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/ocicl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/ocicl.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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