ocaml/opam

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opam is a source-based package manager. It supports multiple simultaneous compiler installations, flexible package constraints, and a Git-friendly development workflow.

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Merged PRs (30d): 21

Dominant language: OCaml
License: No license data
Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
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704 open issues indexed

opam 2.6.0 ignores git system/global config, suggest using envvar Open

AREA: DOCUMENTATION

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

ocaml/opam#7152 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Change in behavior on index.tar.gz with leading slash Open

CONSIDER CLOSING

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/opam#7149 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 17, 2026
opam pin edit removes url.checksum Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

ocaml/opam#7143 · Opened Sep 14, 2026
`OpamSolution.fuzzy_name` seems to do unnecessary computations Open

AREA: PERFORMANCE

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

ocaml/opam#7141 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 14, 2026
Investigate landlock(7) as a replacement to bubblewrap Open

AREA: SANDBOX

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/opam#7140 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
reftest: add `<pkg:` helper that doesn't launch an `opam update` Open

AREA: TEST

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

ocaml/opam#7133 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Unlisted extra-files from the files/ directory aren't copied to the build directory when installing packages from a 1.2 repository Open

AREA: FORMAT KIND: BUG

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7132 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Notify on low-end hardware to set `jobs=1` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

ocaml/opam#7126 · Opened Sep 2, 2026
Use immutable values for system `environment` Open

AREA: API

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/opam#7125 · Opened Sep 2, 2026
opam install --save Open

KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

ocaml/opam#7123 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 1, 2026
Split lint checks into ""important"" checks and ""cosmetic"" checks Open

AREA: UI KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7118 · Opened Aug 31, 2026
opam pin add does not run the linter whereas opam install does Open

AREA: UI

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7117 · Opened Aug 31, 2026
Opam should have opam-audit integrated Open

KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

ocaml/opam#7113 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 31, 2026
opam install --no-lint Open

KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7110 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 27, 2026
Local pinned packages do not detect 1.2 adjacent files (url, descr, files/**) Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

ocaml/opam#7109 · Opened Aug 27, 2026
opam show --normalise doesn't do anything when used in conjunction with --raw Open

AREA: UI KIND: BUG KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

ocaml/opam#7108 · Opened Aug 27, 2026
Add a new --exclude-sections argument to opam-installer Open

KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

ocaml/opam#7105 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Update the cache's magic version on real change instead of opam-version changes Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7104 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Homogeneise `OpamSystem` functions Open

AREA: API

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

ocaml/opam#7093 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Disable developer mode in reftests Open

AREA: TEST

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

ocaml/opam#7089 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 20, 2026
nix should be the os-family for both nixos and for users requesting Nix Open

AREA: DEPEXTS

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7087 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 20, 2026
New repository is not completely loaded when `packages/opam` path exists Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

ocaml/opam#7083 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 17, 2026
opam init: sandbox script check should display stderr Open

AREA: SANDBOX AREA: UI

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

ocaml/opam#7081 · Opened Aug 14, 2026
With some configuration, switch invariant are always recomputed Open

AREA: FORMAT KIND: BUG

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7079 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2026
Switch loading can create a inconsistent cache Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7078 · Opened Aug 14, 2026
Feature request: ignoring optional dependencies in lockfiles Open

AREA: LOCK KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7076 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 14, 2026
`opam sw --switch foo show` doesn't fail on nonexistent switches Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

ocaml/opam#7075 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2026
opam admin repo upgrade generates ocaml packages not reflecting the repository current ones Open

AREA: ADMIN AREA: TEST KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

ocaml/opam#7074 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Modifying opam repository files containing CRLF makes opam update fail Open

AREA: REPOSITORY KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/opam#7065 · Opened Jul 29, 2026
After upgrading the compiler, `opam switch` shows wrong info Open

AREA: UI

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7061 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Investigate faster depext install checks Open

AREA: DEPEXTS AREA: PERFORMANCE

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7060 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Extend depexts availablity search to all platforms Open

AREA: DEPEXTS

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7059 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
repository set-url fails when Git fsmonitor leaves a socket under .git Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

ocaml/opam#7054 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 25, 2026
Do not break lines when showing command to update the shell environment Open

AREA: UI

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

ocaml/opam#7050 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 22, 2026
`opam install .foo` add package `oo` Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7043 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 16, 2026
Document `OpamClient` arguments of function Open

AREA: API AREA: DOCUMENTATION

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

ocaml/opam#7036 · Opened Jul 15, 2026
`opam source` should do a `git clone` when sourcing git repositories Open

KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#7035 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 15, 2026
opam repo does not follow the 'redirect' field Open

AREA: DOCUMENTATION AREA: REPOSITORY KIND: BUG KIND: FEATURE WISH

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

ocaml/opam#7032 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 14, 2026
opam repo add triggers a git-maintenance race condition Open

AREA: ENGINE KIND: BUG

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

ocaml/opam#7031 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 13, 2026
reftest: Add a test for opam env --inplace-path Open

AREA: TEST

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7028 · Opened Jul 13, 2026
Parallelise removal of the build dir while other things are being built/installed Open

AREA: PERFORMANCE

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7027 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
Add more Windows tests for `.install` Open

AREA: TEST

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

ocaml/opam#7025 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
Test the `OPAMREPOSITORYTARRING` option accros all reftests Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/opam#7024 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
On paths display, for user output and tests Open

AREA: PORTABILITY AREA: TEST AREA: UI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ocaml/opam#7023 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
On Windows, installing a binary via `libexec` field in `.install` fails Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ocaml/opam#7022 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
On Windows, some installed files via `.install` are not cleaned on package removal Open

KIND: BUG

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

ocaml/opam#7021 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
Replace Re.split/replace by OCaml 5.5's String.split_all/replace_all Open

AREA: BUILD AREA: PERFORMANCE TOPIC: OCAML5

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

ocaml/opam#7020 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
Add some tests for mercurial and darcs support Open

AREA: TEST

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

ocaml/opam#7019 · Opened Jul 9, 2026
`OpamFilename.open_in` doesn't have the same behaviour accross platforms Open

AREA: API

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

ocaml/opam#6997 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 3, 2026
Abstract `OpamAdminRepoUpgrade.do_upgrade` to do an upgrade on another layout than curent directory Open

AREA: API

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ocaml/opam#6994 · Opened Jul 1, 2026

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