ocicl
Shares rank 33 of 35 package managers by recommenders
Common Lisp package manager that people prefer over Quicklisp for managing dependencies, though one critic says it fixes packaging without rethinking it.
Common Lisp package manager that people prefer over Quicklisp for managing dependencies, though one critic says it fixes packaging without rethinking it.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Preferred over Quicklisp
“I think OCICL will meet your expectations more readily than Quicklisp”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp” “compared to OCICL it kinda feels ancient”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Common Lisp, ASDF, and Quicklisp: packaging explained”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Does little to rethink packaging
“it's fixing the existing packaging, but not doing much to rethink it”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Common Lisp, ASDF, and Quicklisp: packaging explained”
Other package managers people recommend
The four most recommended other package managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 35 package managers, rankedWhat people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“ocicl[2] (heavily AI-assisted recently)”
“I think OCICL will meet your expectations more readily than Quicklisp”
“it's fixing the existing packaging, but not doing much to rethink it”
“It does all of this and more.”
“You can pin dependencies with Qlot or Ocicl”
“compared to OCICL it kinda feels ancient”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.