# Install spirv-llvm-translator with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper Tool and a library for bi-directional translation between SPIR-V and LLVM IR. Version 22.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:spirv-llvm-translator ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install spirv-llvm-translator ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add spirv-llvm-translator ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spirv-llvm-translator from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install spirv-llvm-translator ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: spirv-llvm-translator 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#spirv-llvm-translator ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spirv-llvm-translator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S spirv-llvm-translator ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: spirv-llvm-translator from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libLLVMSPIRVLib-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libLLVMSPIRVLib-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:spirv-llvm-translator - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 22.1.2 - **Source summary:** Tool and a library for bi-directional translation between SPIR-V and LLVM IR - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:20-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - llvm-spirv (cli) - llvm-spirv (alias) ## Dependencies - llvm ## Build dependencies - cmake - pkgconf - spirv-headers ## 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: 22.1.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - Upstream latest detected: v22.1.2 (current) ## Project history and usage SPIRV-LLVM-Translator is Khronos Group's LLVM/SPIR-V bidirectional translator, packaged mainly for developers building OpenCL, SYCL, and GPU-compute compiler stacks that need the `llvm-spirv` command or `LLVMSPIRVLib`. ### Project history Khronos released SPIR-V 1.0 in 2015 as a standardized intermediate language for graphics shaders and compute kernels, and announced open source utilities including a bidirectional LLVM-to-SPIR-V translator. The translator repository now describes itself as the source for a library and command-line tool that translate between LLVM IR and SPIR-V, with current support focused on the OpenCL/compute `Kernel` capability. The project tracks LLVM closely: its README says the main branch is intended to build against LLVM main, while release tags map to released LLVM and Clang versions. That makes the package feel less like a standalone end-user app and more like a bridge component in a larger compiler-toolchain graph. ### Adoption history The package-manager footprint in the supplied input lists the translator in Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE-family packaging. That distribution pattern reflects its role as a low-level build dependency for toolchains rather than a command most users install directly. ### How it is used The central CLI is `llvm-spirv`: the README documents translating LLVM bitcode to SPIR-V and using `-r` to translate SPIR-V back to LLVM bitcode. It also documents version and extension controls, which matter when compiler output must match a particular OpenCL or SPIR-V environment. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care because the translator has to line up with LLVM, SPIRV-Headers, and often SPIRV-Tools. Small version mismatches can break builds or validation in GPU compiler stacks, so distro formulas and ports tend to encode it as part of the wider Khronos/LLVM toolchain set. ### Timeline - 2015: Khronos releases OpenCL 2.1 and SPIR-V 1.0 and announces open source SPIR-V utilities, including an LLVM/SPIR-V translator. - Ongoing: The translator main branch tracks LLVM main, with compatibility tags for released LLVM and Clang versions. ### Related projects - SPIRV-Tools provides assembler, disassembler, validator, optimizer, and related processing commands that are commonly used alongside translator output. - SPIRV-Headers supplies the Khronos SPIR-V headers and grammar files consumed by SPIR-V tooling. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** spirv-llvm-translator - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - spirv-llvm-translator: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spirv-llvm-translator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - spirv-llvm-translator - 22.1.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spirv-llvm-translator from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for bi-directional translation between SPIR-V and LLVM IR | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - apk - spirv-llvm-translator-dev - 22.1.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spirv-llvm-translator-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for bi-directional translation between SPIR-V and LLVM IR (development files) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - apk - spirv-llvm-translator-libs - 22.1.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spirv-llvm-translator-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for bi-directional translation between SPIR-V and LLVM IR (libraries) | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - dnf - spirv-llvm-translator - 22.1.2-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: spirv-llvm-translator from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | LLVM to SPIRV Translator | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - dnf - spirv-llvm-translator-devel - 22.1.2-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: spirv-llvm-translator-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for LLVM to SPIRV Translator | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - dnf - spirv-llvm-translator-tools - 22.1.2-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: spirv-llvm-translator-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Standalone llvm to spirv translator tool | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - pacman - spirv-llvm-translator - 22.1.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: spirv-llvm-translator from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | LLVM <-> SPIR-V converter for compilers targeting SPIR-V | https://www.khronos.org/spirv/ - zypper - libLLVMSPIRVLib-devel - 22.1.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libLLVMSPIRVLib-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for LLVM/SPIR-V Bi-Directional Translator library | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator - zypper - libLLVMSPIRVLib22 - 22.1.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libLLVMSPIRVLib22 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | LLVM/SPIR-V Bi-Directional Translator library | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator ## Related links - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - 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