# Install coin3d

Open Inventor 2.1 API implementation (Coin). Version 4.0.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:coin3d
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install coin3d
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#coin3d
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/coin3d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:coin3d
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/coin3d>
- **Version:** 4.0.8
- **Source summary:** Open Inventor 2.1 API implementation (Coin)
- **Homepage:** <https://coin3d.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/coin3d/coin>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://coin3d.github.io/Coin/html>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/coin3d/coin/releases/download/v4.0.8/coin-4.0.8-src.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-25T06:43:42Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- coin-config (cli)
- coin-config (alias)

## Dependencies

- qtbase

## Build Dependencies

- boost
- cmake
- doxygen

## macOS Provided Libraries

- expat

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: The Python bindings (Pivy) are now in the `pivy` formula.
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 4.0.8
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-25
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/coin3d/coin
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** coin3d
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - coin3d: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/coin3d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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