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プロジェクトの歴史

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`.

採用の歴史

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.

使われ方

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.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

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.

タイムライン

• 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.

ソース

• https://asdf.common-lisp.dev/asdf.html
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/ocicl.json
• https://github.com/ocicl/ocicl
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocicl/ocicl/main/README.md