libtirpc ☆

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Description:
Port of Sun's Transport-Independent RPC library to Linux

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Networking

Tags: rpc networking libraries linux nfs system-utilities

Install: brew install libtirpc

About:
Libtirpc is a modern implementation of the Transport-Independent Remote Procedure Call (TI-RPC) library, originally developed by Sun Microsystems. It provides a mechanism for making procedure calls to remote servers, decoupling the RPC mechanism from the underlying transport protocol. This library is essential for enabling legacy RPC services on modern Linux systems that have removed the original Sun RPC implementation from their standard C libraries.

Key Features:

IPv6 support for modern network architectures
Supports multiple transport protocols including TCP and UDP
Provides backward compatibility for applications using legacy Sun RPC
Thread-safe implementation for concurrent operations

Use Cases:

Enabling NFS client functionality on systems without built-in RPC support
Porting legacy network services to modern Linux distributions
Developing custom RPC-based client/server applications

Alternatives:

glibc RPC – Legacy implementation bundled with older glibc versions; libtirpc is the modern replacement
ONC RPC – Original Sun RPC implementation; libtirpc is a portable fork with modern enhancements

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 6:14pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	eb9ec78a
Oct 27, 2024 12:49pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	168d9143