LibrePower IBM i Repository ibmi.librepower.org

Modern open source
for IBM i

Native yum/dnf packages for IBM i (PASE), GPG-signed and kept current. No more stale open source on IBM i — the same tools and commands you already use on AIX.

# import the signing key and add the repo (one time) curl -fsSL https://ibmi.librepower.org/install.sh | bash # then install what you need yum install ripgrep fzf yq rclone fd

Every package is GPG-signed and verified on install · source on GitLab ↗

Running IBM i in production? Enterprise support, hardening and custom ports are available from SIXE.

Command-line tools

install under /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin

Data & JSON

Databases & connectors

talk to Db2 for i, PostgreSQL, MySQL & more

Python developer tools

modern Python tooling IBM doesn't ship

Security, services & observability