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OS-independent implementation of the ACPI specification. Version 20260408 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26.
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overview
Package summary
OS-independent implementation of the ACPI specification
Project links
Commands and aliases
- acpibin
- acpidump
- acpiexamples
- acpiexec
- acpihelp
- acpisrc
- acpixtract
- iasl
history
Project history and usage
ACPICA is the ACPI Component Architecture project, an open-source, operating-system-independent implementation of the ACPI specification. It includes kernel-resident ACPI components and user-space utilities such as iASL, acpidump, acpiexec, acpixtract, and related tools.
Project history
Intel's official ACPICA overview describes ACPICA as a reference implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification, written in ANSI C for portability across 32-bit and 64-bit operating-system environments. The same overview says ACPICA contains both kernel-mode and user-mode components.
The official download page says ACPICA is maintained in Git, with commits made as individual fixes and features are completed, and provides source packages, makefiles, utilities, and release logs. The GitHub repository was created in 2011 and mirrors the source tree with documents, source, tests, and release tags.
Adoption history
ACPICA has an unusually direct path from upstream package to operating-system internals. Intel's overview says ACPICA updates for Linux are provided periodically in patch form and that the code is converted and integrated into the Linux kernel source. The input package-manager facts show the user-space tools packaged across Homebrew, Alpine, Chocolatey, DNF, MacPorts, Arch, and openSUSE.
How it is used
Package users most often encounter ACPICA through command-line utilities: iASL compiles and disassembles ACPI Source Language and AML, acpidump obtains ACPI tables, acpixtract extracts tables, and acpiexec helps exercise AML execution. The GitHub source tree's compiler help documents iASL options for compiling, disassembling, generating listings, and creating table templates.
Why package nerds care
ACPICA matters to package nerds because it sits at the boundary between firmware specifications, kernel enablement, and user-space diagnostics. Packaging it gives developers and distro maintainers reproducible tools for inspecting, compiling, and debugging ACPI tables without depending on a full kernel tree.
Timeline
- 2011-08-08: GitHub repository created.
- 2015-06-16: GitHub tag R061615 appears in the repository tag list.
- 2021: Intel overview references ACPICA version 20210331 in documentation text.
- 2024-12-12: ACPICA release R2024_12_12 published on GitHub.
- 2026-04-08: ACPICA Release version 20260408 published.
Related projects
- Related projects include the ACPI specification, Linux ACPI subsystem work, firmware/BIOS development workflows, iASL, acpidump, acpiexec, and ACPI table debugging tools.
Sources
- Intel overview, download and documentation pages, GitHub repository/release metadata, and source_facts.package-manager.
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
acpibin | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
acpidump | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
acpiexamples | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
acpiexec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
acpihelp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
acpisrc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
acpixtract | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
iasl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version20260408
manager updated2026-05-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:acpica |
|---|---|
| Version | 20260408 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/acpica/acpica |
| Repository | https://github.com/acpica/acpica |
| Last updated | 2026-05-26T23:37:47-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation