# void-linux/xbps

The X Binary Package System (XBPS)

Repository: https://github.com/void-linux/xbps
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xbps
Homepage: https://voidlinux.org/xbps/
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: voidlinux, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-05-01T00:43:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 69, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3001, "days_push": 125, "days_rel": 205, "gap_med": 22.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1137, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.871406+00:00)

## What it is
XBPS (The X Binary Package System) is a binary package system written in C, designed from scratch to be fast, portable, and featureful. It provides a well-documented library API plus CLI frontends for installing, updating, and managing binary packages and repositories, powering Void Linux.

## Use cases
- manage binary packages on void linux
- install packages from signed remote repositories
- build a custom package manager frontend on the xbps library api
- resolve package dependencies and update reverse dependencies
- verify package integrity and detect broken installs
- resume interrupted package installs or updates

## When to choose
- you are running or packaging for Void Linux
- you need a fast, POSIX-compliant binary package manager with a C library API
- you want signed repositories, multiple compression formats, and integrity checking

## When to avoid
- you need source-based package management like Gentoo's portage
- you are on a non-Linux platform where xbps is not ported
- you want a high-level GUI package manager out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli, c
- tags: binary-packages, void-linux, package-management, posix, repositories, signed-repositories, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- void-linux/xbps (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.871406+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:36:22.607390+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/void-linux/xbps (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.871406+00:00, sha a9b993c14f85)
  - homepage: https://voidlinux.org/xbps/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:19.337948+00:00, sha 642ca8431fee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.