install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install librcsc

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overview

Package summary

RoboCup Soccer Simulator library

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

librcsc-config
librcscenv
rcg2csv
rcg2txt
rcgrenameteam
rcgresultprinter
rcgreverse
rcgvalidator
rcgverconv
rcgversion
rclmscheduler
rclmtableprinter

history

Project history and usage

librcsc is the HELIOS base C++ library for building RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D teams and related log, analysis, and support tools.

Project history

The librcsc README describes it as a basic library for developing simulated soccer teams and related tools for the RoboCup Soccer Simulation, with compatibility work for rcssserver-18. Its repository belongs to the helios-base organization, tying it to the HELIOS sample team ecosystem.

A 2013 RoboCup symposium paper on HELIOS Base describes the base as a common library, sample team, visual debugger, and formation editor meant to reduce the infrastructure burden for multiagent soccer simulation teams. That paper frames librcsc's role: provide networking, synchronization, world modeling, and simulator-facing support so researchers can focus on team behavior.

Adoption history

librcsc's adoption is narrower than general-purpose libraries, but within RoboCup Soccer Simulation it is important infrastructure. The GitHub tag history shows RoboCup-year snapshots from 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, suggesting it is maintained around competition cycles.

How it is used

Users build librcsc before building HELIOS base or related tools. The package includes development helpers and utilities such as librcsc-config, log converters, result printers, version converters, and scheduler/table utilities for RoboCup soccer-simulation workflows.

Why package nerds care

librcsc is a niche package, but it is interesting because it packages a competition research stack as a reusable C++ library. For package managers, it turns RoboCup 2D simulation from a bundle of local academic build scripts into an installable dependency.

Timeline

1997: RoboCup held its first official games and conference, including simulation roots described by the RoboCup history page.
2013: HELIOS Base paper presented the common-library/sample-team/tooling package for RoboCup Soccer 2D Simulation.
2013: librcsc repository tags include RoboCup 2013 round snapshots.
2019: librcsc tags include RoboCup 2019 and RoboCup 2019 final snapshots.
2023: librcsc release support-v18 added support for rcssserver-18.
2024: librcsc tag rc2024 recorded a RoboCup-cycle snapshot.

Related projects

librcsc is related to helios-base, soccerwindow2, rcssserver, the RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D league, and the broader RoboCup competition ecosystem.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:library-like

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
`librcsc-config`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`librcscenv`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcg2csv`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcg2txt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcgrenameteam`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcgresultprinter`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcgreverse`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcgvalidator`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcgverconv`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rcgversion`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rclmscheduler`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`rclmtableprinter`	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 version2026

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:librcsc
Version	2026
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/helios-base/librcsc
Repository	https://github.com/helios-base/librcsc
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

package graph

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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.

combined/librcsc.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
pkg.so package database
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