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Oil Runtime Compiler (ORC). Version 0.4.42 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install orc

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install orc

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

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add orc

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

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install liborc-0.4-0t64

Debian stable package indexes · liborc-0.4-0t64 · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install orc

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#orc

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S orc

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install liborc-0_4-0

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · liborc-0_4-0 · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Oil Runtime Compiler (ORC)

Commands and aliases

  • orc-bugreport
  • orcc

history

Project history and usage

ORC, the Oil Runtime Compiler and later described by GStreamer as the Optimized Inner Loop Runtime Compiler, is a C library and toolset for compiling and executing small array-processing programs that map well to SIMD instructions. Its Homebrew package installs tools such as `orcc` and `orc-bugreport` alongside the runtime library.

Project history

The ORC README calls ORC the successor to Liboil, the Library of Optimized Inner Loops. Liboil provided hand-optimized inner loops; ORC moved that idea toward a restricted assembly-like language that can be compiled at runtime, emitted as assembly source, extended with new opcodes, or emulated for testing.

ORC's design addressed a common multimedia problem: high-throughput audio and video filters need CPU-vectorized loops across several architectures, but handwritten intrinsics multiply code paths and runtime combinations. The README says ORC targets SIMD-style operations such as saturated addition and subtraction, with backends including SSE, MMX, MIPS, Altivec, NEON, and TI C64x+.

Adoption history

GStreamer adopted ORC as part of its multimedia stack and hosts the project page under the GStreamer site. GStreamer describes it as a library and tools for compiling SIMD assembly-language-like programs over arrays of data, maintained by the GStreamer Team.

A GStreamer 0.4.42 release announcement says liborc is used for SIMD acceleration in plugins including `audioconvert`, `audiomixer`, `compositor`, `videoscale`, and `videoconvert`. That places ORC under everyday desktop and media-pipeline workloads even when end users never call `orcc` directly.

How it is used

Library users describe kernels in ORC's small language, then let ORC generate target-specific code or run an emulated fallback. The README frames this as useful when a program needs vector extensions directly from an application, wants assembly output without linking the ORC runtime, or needs runtime-defined functions that ordinary compiler intrinsics cannot produce.

`orcc` is the developer-facing compiler tool. Downstream packages mostly care about the shared library because GStreamer plugins and similar media code depend on it for fast pixel, sample, and buffer transformations.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, ORC is a quiet dependency with a clear reason to exist: it lets multimedia packages ship portable SIMD acceleration without carrying a bespoke assembly implementation for every CPU family. It also explains why a tiny compiler package appears as a dependency of much larger audio and video stacks.

Timeline

  • Liboil era: ORC's README identifies ORC as the successor to the Library of Optimized Inner Loops.
  • 0.4 series: The README states that ORC 0.4 releases maintain API and ABI compatibility inside the series.
  • 2026-01-08: GStreamer announced ORC 0.4.42 and named several GStreamer plugins that use liborc for SIMD acceleration.

Related projects

  • ORC is historically related to Liboil and operationally related to GStreamer. Its problem space overlaps compiler auto-vectorization, handwritten SIMD intrinsics, and architecture-specific assembly, but it takes a small domain-specific runtime compiler approach.

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:runtime

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • 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

CommandKindExposureNote
orc-bugreportcliglobal executable
orcccliglobal 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 version0.4.42
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/orc.html

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:orc
Version0.4.42
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/orc
Homepagehttps://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/orc.html
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc
Upstream docshttps://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/orc.html
LicenseBSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/orc/orc-0.4.42.tar.xz
Build dependenciesmeson, ninja
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameorc
Version Scheme0
Revision0
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%

liborc-0.4-0t64 1:0.4.41-1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-0t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liborc-0.4-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

liborc-0.4-dev 1:0.4.41-1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler (development headers)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liborc-0.4-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

liborc-0.4-dev-bin 1:0.4.41-1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler (development tools)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-dev-bin
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liborc-0.4-dev-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

liborc-0.4-doc 1:0.4.41-1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler (documentation)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liborc-0.4-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

orc

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

liborc-0.4-0t64 1:0.4.38-1build1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-0t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liborc-0.4-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

liborc-0.4-dev 1:0.4.38-1build1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler (development headers)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liborc-0.4-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

liborc-0.4-dev-bin 1:0.4.38-1build1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler (development tools)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-dev-bin
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liborc-0.4-dev-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

liborc-0.4-doc 1:0.4.38-1build1

Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler (documentation)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc

sudo apt install liborc-0.4-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liborc-0.4-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

orc 0.4.41-r0

Oil Run-time Compiler

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/orc.html

sudo apk add orc
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: orc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

orc-compiler 0.4.41-r0

Orc compiler

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/orc.html

sudo apk add orc-compiler
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: orc-compiler from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

orc-dev 0.4.41-r0

Oil Run-time Compiler (development files)

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/orc.html

sudo apk add orc-dev
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: orc-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

orc 0.4.41-3.fc44

The Oil Run-time Compiler

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/

sudo dnf install orc
  • License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: orc
  • 4 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: orc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

orc-compiler 0.4.41-3.fc44

Orc compiler

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/

sudo dnf install orc-compiler
  • License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: orc
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: orc-compiler from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

orc-devel 0.4.41-3.fc44

Development files and libraries for Orc

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/

sudo dnf install orc-devel
  • License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: orc
  • 5 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: orc-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

orc-doc 0.4.41-3.fc44

Documentation for Orc

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/

sudo dnf install orc-doc
  • License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: orc
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Orc
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: orc-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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