# nextpnr-ice40 mit Homebrew, apk, apt installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für nextpnr-ice40 in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:nextpnr-ice40
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nextpnr-ice40
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nextpnr-ice40
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nextpnr-ice40 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install nextpnr-ice40
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: nextpnr-ice40 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:nextpnr-ice40
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.10
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Portable FPGA place and route tool for Lattice iCE40
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-22T14:05:37-07:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- nextpnr-ice40 (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.10
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

nextpnr-ice40 is the Lattice iCE40 build of nextpnr, YosysHQ's portable FPGA place-and-route tool. In the open FPGA stack it sits after synthesis: Yosys emits a JSON netlist, nextpnr-ice40 performs pack/place/route against the iCE40 architecture database, and IceStorm turns the routed ASCII bitstream into a programmable binary.

The project matters because it helped move the iCE40 flow away from one-off place-and-route tooling toward a retargetable FOSS framework. Public project material describes nextpnr as vendor-neutral and timing-driven, with iCE40 support backed by Project IceStorm and later support for ECP5, Nexus, Gowin, GateMate, and experimental back ends.

### Projektgeschichte

A 35C3 talk described nextpnr as the next step after Project IceStorm, replacing arachne-pnr in the open-source iCE40 flow while opening a path to multiple FPGA vendors. The 2019 Yosys+nextpnr paper framed the combination of Yosys and nextpnr as an architecture-neutral open-source Verilog-to-bitstream framework for commercial FPGAs, with iCE40 and ECP5 as hardware-proven early targets.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Adoption is strongest among people using small Lattice iCE40 boards, open hardware examples, CI-able FPGA builds, and education/hobbyist workflows where the vendor IDE is too heavy. GitHub showed about 1.7k stars and 318 forks on the nextpnr repository when researched, and the Homebrew API generated on 2026-04-23 reported 50 installs-on-request in the preceding 365 days for the separate nextpnr-ice40 formula.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Package nerd usage is usually scripted: synthesize Verilog with `yosys -p 'synth_ice40 ... -json design.json'`, run `nextpnr-ice40 --json design.json --pcf pins.pcf --asc design.asc`, then use `icepack` and `iceprog` from IceStorm. The Homebrew formula encodes that relationship directly by depending on `icestorm` and using `yosys` for its test dependency.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

The formula is intentionally architecture-specific rather than a monolithic all-FPGA build. That packaging shape mirrors nextpnr's build system, where `-DARCH=ice40` builds the iCE40 executable and keeps users from pulling every supported architecture database when they only need Lattice iCE40.

### Zeitleiste

- 2018-12: 35C3 talk presented nextpnr as a retargetable FOSS place-and-route tool replacing arachne-pnr in the IceStorm flow.
- 2019-03: Yosys+nextpnr paper described the framework for open Verilog-to-bitstream flows.
- 2026-03-12: GitHub release listing showed nextpnr 0.10 as the latest release.
- 2026-04-23: Homebrew formula API generated data for nextpnr-ice40 0.10.

### Related projects

- Yosys
- Project IceStorm
- arachne-pnr
- Project Trellis
- Project Oxide

### Quellen

- <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.10407>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nextpnr-ice40.json>
- <https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr>
- <https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9612-the_nextpnr_foss_fpga_place-and-route_tool>
- <https://prjicestorm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview.html>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - nextpnr-ice40 - 0.7-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: nextpnr-ice40 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FPGA place and route tool for Lattice iCE40 | https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
- Ubuntu apt - nextpnr-ice40 - 0.6-3build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nextpnr-ice40 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | FPGA place and route tool for Lattice iCE40 | https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
- apk - nextpnr-ice40 - 0.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nextpnr-ice40 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | portable FPGA place and route tool for ice40 | https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nextpnr-ice40.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nextpnr-ice40.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph