# Install ocicl with Homebrew, MacPorts, pacman OCI-based ASDF system distribution and management tool for Common Lisp. Version 2.17.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ocicl ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ocicl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ocicl ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/ocicl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S ocicl ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ocicl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ocicl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.17.0 - **Source summary:** OCI-based ASDF system distribution and management tool for Common Lisp - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T15:46:00Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ocicl (cli) - ocicl (alias) ## Dependencies - sbcl - zstd ## 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: 2.17.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-06 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl - Upstream latest detected: v2.17.0 (current) ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: ocicl.csv, ${XDG_DATA_HOME}/ocicl/ocicl-registry.cfg, .ocicl-lint.conf ## Credential files - Unix: ${XDG_DATA_HOME}/ocicl/ocicl-credentials.cfg ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ocicl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - pacman - ocicl - 2.16.13-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ocicl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | An OCI-based ASDF system distribution and management tool for Common Lisp | https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl - MacPorts - ocicl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/ocicl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [sbcl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sbcl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [zstd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zstd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cargo-binstall](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-binstall/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [corral](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/corral/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [eget](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eget/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [install-peerdeps](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/install-peerdeps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [libsolv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libsolv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [nrm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nrm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [ocaml-findlib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ocaml-findlib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [patch-package](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/patch-package/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [micromamba](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/micromamba/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, package-management. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ocicl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ocicl.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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