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libffi_3_3

Foreign function call interface library

MIT sourceware.org libffi_3_3 1 release newest changed 16 days ago

version3.3 attributelibffi_3_3 rev

aarch64-linux 419fe0f449b3fbe3bdd53d9840288db4509ec32e 2026-09-28

x86_64-darwin 05988b07fb05cbcb50be6bce197b4b5f75b5e61b 2026-07-08

x86_64-linux 419fe0f449b3fbe3bdd53d9840288db4509ec32e 2026-09-28

systemsaarch64-darwin✓ aarch64-linux✓ x86_64-darwin✓ x86_64-linux

$ devbox add libffi_3_3@3.3

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/419fe0f449b3fbe3bdd53d9840288db4509ec32e#libffi_3_3  # aarch64-linux

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/05988b07fb05cbcb50be6bce197b4b5f75b5e61b#libffi_3_3  # x86_64-darwin

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/419fe0f449b3fbe3bdd53d9840288db4509ec32e#libffi_3_3  # x86_64-linux

JSON: /v2/resolve?name=libffi_3_3&version=latest

Releases

newest first, as /v2/pkg orders them

Version	arm mac	arm linux	x86 mac	x86 linux	Attribute	Commit	Date	Outputs
3.3resolved	–	✓	✓	✓	`libffi_3_3`	varies	2026-09-13	man, out, dev, info

Prereleases are listed but latest never picks one. “varies” means each system last changed at a different nixpkgs commit — the release page lists them.

Description

The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call any function specified by a call interface description at run-time. FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language. The libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed between the two languages.