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acpica for Mac

OS-independent implementation of the ACPI specification

Quick answer: acpica is a command-line tool for macOS. Install it with brew install acpica. It is distributed under the Intel-ACPI OR GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause licence. It has 181 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What acpica is

acpica is a command-line tool for macOS: OS-independent implementation of the ACPI specification.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/acpica/acpica.

How to install acpica

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install acpica.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install acpica on Mac?

Run brew install acpica in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is acpica open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the Intel-ACPI OR GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause licence.

Does acpica run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is acpica?

It was installed 181 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #2588 in this catalogue.

What version of acpica is current?

The latest packaged version is 20260408.