libfabric ☆
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Description:
OpenFabrics libfabric
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 2.4.0@0  |  Tracked Since: Oct 20, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Networking
Tags: networking hpc rdma fabric communication
Install: brew install libfabric
About:
Libfabric is a high-performance network abstraction layer that provides a unified API for fabric services including message and atomic data transfer, RMA, and connection management. It serves as the core component of the OpenFabrics Interfaces (OFI) framework, enabling applications to directly access network hardware capabilities with minimal overhead. This library is essential for high-performance computing (HPC) environments requiring low-latency communication.
Key Features:
  • Hardware-agnostic API for diverse network fabrics
  • Supports high-performance RDMA operations
  • Extensible provider framework for vendor drivers
  • Low-latency, low-overhead communication path
Use Cases:
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC) clustering
  • Large-scale scientific simulations and modeling
  • Distributed data processing frameworks
Alternatives:
  • OpenMPI – Higher-level MPI implementation that may use libfabric as a transport layer
  • UCX – Alternative unified communication framework with similar performance goals
Version History
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Oct 20, 2025 5:10pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 95d0f50f
Sep 11, 2025 11:11am 0 VERSION_BUMP 04699712
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