EDAPack¶

EDAPack provides portable, pre-built binary packages of open-source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools. Each package:

Runs without requiring a local compiler toolchain or library installation.
Is published as a self-contained release tarball or zip, downloadable directly from GitHub Releases or installable via IVPM (gh-rls source).
Ships with a bin/ directory that IVPM can automatically prepend to PATH, so tools are available to downstream tasks immediately.
Integrates with the DV Flow task framework where applicable.

Available Packages¶

Package	Description	Docs
iverilog-bin	Icarus Verilog Verilog simulation compiler and runtime.	iverilog-bin docs
verilator-bin	Verilator Verilog/SystemVerilog simulator/linter, bundled with the Bitwuzla SMT solver and the UVM library.	verilator-bin docs
yosys-bin	Yosys open synthesis suite with multi-version Python bindings (`pyosys`), the `yosys-slang` SystemVerilog plugin, Boolector SMT solver, and DV Flow integration.	yosys-bin docs
nextpnr-bin	nextpnr FPGA place-and-route tool with iCE40, ECP5, Nexus, and generic backends, plus bundled chipdb files.	nextpnr-bin docs
icestorm-bin	Project IceStorm iCE40 bitstream utilities (`icepack`, `iceprog`, `icetime`, and friends).	icestorm-bin docs
symbiyosys-bin	SymbiYosys formal verification front-end, bundled with Boolector, Yices2, and Z3 solvers.	symbiyosys-bin docs
openroad-bin	OpenROAD autonomous RTL-to-GDS physical design flow tool for ASIC implementation.	openroad-bin docs
opensta-bin	OpenSTA gate-level static timing analysis engine.	opensta-bin docs
ngspice-bin	ngspice mixed-level/mixed-signal analog and digital circuit simulator.	ngspice-bin docs
gcc-riscv-bin	Complete RISC-V bare-metal cross-compiler toolchain (binutils + GCC + newlib) supporting rv32i, rv32imac, rv64i, and rv64imac multilib variants.	gcc-riscv-bin docs
gdb-multiarch-bin	GDB built with `--enable-targets=all`, supporting x86/x86_64, RISC-V, ARM/AArch64, Xtensa/ESP32, and many more architectures.	gdb-multiarch-bin docs
qemu-riscv	QEMU RISC-V system emulator for running bare-metal and Linux-based RISC-V workloads on an x86_64 host.	qemu-riscv docs

Platform Support¶

Package	Linux x86_64	Linux aarch64	macOS arm64	Windows x64
iverilog-bin	✓			✓
verilator-bin	✓	✓	✓
yosys-bin	✓			✓
nextpnr-bin	✓
icestorm-bin	✓			✓
symbiyosys-bin	✓	✓
openroad-bin	✓
opensta-bin	✓
ngspice-bin	✓
gcc-riscv-bin	✓	✓
gdb-multiarch-bin	✓	✓
qemu-riscv	✓

Quick Start¶

Install from a GitHub Release tarball — download the appropriate asset from the package’s GitHub Releases page, then extract it:

tar xf <package>-manylinux_2_28_x86_64-<version>.tar.gz

The extracted directory contains a bin/ subdirectory you can add to PATH manually, or let IVPM manage it automatically.

Install with IVPM from the published catalog¶

EDAPack publishes a top-level package catalog at the site root:

https://edapack.github.io/ivpm.yaml

The catalog defines one dep-set per tool (verilator, yosys, nextpnr, …) plus curated multi-tool collections named with a category prefix:

Collection	Tools
`sim.rtl`	Verilator + Icarus Verilog (RTL simulation)
`sim.analog`	ngspice (analog/mixed-signal simulation)
`flow.fpga.ice40`	Yosys + nextpnr + IceStorm (iCE40 bitstream flow)
`flow.asic`	Yosys + OpenROAD + OpenSTA (RTL-to-GDS ASIC flow)
`verif.formal`	Yosys (formal-verification backend)
`embedded.riscv`	gcc-riscv + gdb-multiarch + qemu-riscv (RISC-V bare-metal)

As a standalone operation — point ivpm update --from directly at the published catalog and select the dep-set to install with -d. No local ivpm.yaml is required:

# Install a single tool
ivpm update --from https://edapack.github.io/ivpm.yaml -d verilator

# Install a whole collection
ivpm update --from https://edapack.github.io/ivpm.yaml -d flow.asic

This fetches the named dep-set into packages/ in the current directory.

By referencing the catalog from your own ivpm.yaml — use the ivpm.yaml source type to pull a named dep-set from the published catalog into your project. Each deps entry names the catalog url and the dep-set to bundle:

package:
  name: my-project
  dep-sets:
    - name: default-dev
      deps:
        # Pull a curated collection …
        - name: edapack-asic
          src: ivpm.yaml
          url: https://edapack.github.io/ivpm.yaml
          dep-set: flow.asic
        # … and/or an individual tool
        - name: edapack-verilator
          src: ivpm.yaml
          url: https://edapack.github.io/ivpm.yaml
          dep-set: verilator

# then run:
ivpm update

In either case IVPM automatically selects the correct platform asset for each tool and prepends the package bin/ directory to PATH, so the tools are available to downstream tasks immediately.

Source & Issues¶

All package repositories live under the EDAPack GitHub organisation. Bug reports and pull requests are welcome in the individual repositories.

Developer Guide¶

How the edapack build & release system works, and how to build, release, and extend the tool packages.

Developer Guide

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