Spack

Spack is a package manager for supercomputers, Linux, and macOS. It makes installing scientific software easy. Spack isn’t tied to a particular language; you can build a software stack in Python or R, link to libraries written in C, C++, or Fortran, and easily swap compilers or target specific microarchitectures. Learn more here.

Profile of Greg Becker

Spack contributor Greg Becker has many talents, not the least of which is scaling rock faces. LLNL Computing profiled this computer scientist in a piece titl...

Into a new decade: using Spack at LRZ

An account of how Spack is used on the HPC systems of the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ): origins, ongoing development and outlook on the future.

Exascale watch: El Capitan

HPC centers are always prepping for the next big thing. LLNL’s El Capitan supercomputer, coming online in 2023, will help usher in the exascale era with its ...

Spack at ECP annual meeting

We’re thrilled to be part of the Exascale Computing Project (ECP), a joint effort between the DOE Office of Science and NNSA that brings several together nat...

Video: Spack at FOSDEM ‘20

FOSDEM promotes the widespread use of free and open source software. The 2020 conference took place in Brussels, Belgium, on February 1–2. The FOSDEM website...

Spack on Microsoft Azure VMs

Another HPC cloud use case! A Microsoft Tech Community blog post describes the steps for using Spack to build and install packages on the Azure cloud for HPC...

Spack wins R&D 100 award

The trade journal R&D World Magazine announced the winners of its annual awards on October 31. And Spack is one of the winners! The competition recognize...

Spack wins FLC award

We’re excited to announce that Spack received a regional technology transfer award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC). The FLC has been around sinc...

Spack at SC19

SC19 kicks off this week in Denver, and there are Spack events every day. Make sure they’re all on your calendar with the list below.

Spack has a new website

Until now, spack.io has mostly been a landing page – an easy-to-remember URL with a brief description of Spack and links out to other, more important projec...