macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install batiklocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install batikMacPorts ports tree · java/batik/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install batik with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper
Java-based toolkit for SVG images. Version 1.19 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libbatik-javaDebian stable package indexes · libbatik-java · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install batikFedora Rawhide package metadata · batik · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#batiknixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ba/batik/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install xmlgraphics-batikopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · xmlgraphics-batik · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Java-based toolkit for SVG images
Project links
Commands and aliases
- batik-rasterizer
- batik-slideshow
- batik-squiggle
- batik-svgpp
- batik-ttf2svg
history
Project history and usage
Apache Batik is a long-running Java toolkit for rendering, generating, manipulating, viewing, and transcoding SVG. In package-manager terms it is both a library stack and a set of command-line tools such as the rasterizer, Squiggle SVG browser, SVG pretty-printer, and TTF-to-SVG converter.
Project history
Batik emerged during the early SVG standardization era. A W3C www-svg mailing-list announcement from December 4, 2000 announced the beta release of Batik 1.0 as an Apache Batik team project and described it as a Java 2D based SVG toolkit.
The current Apache project page describes the same core ambition: provide reusable Java modules for SVG parsing, generation, DOM support, viewing, scripting, and transcoding, plus a full SVG browser implementation to validate interoperability.
Batik remains part of Apache XML Graphics. Its GitHub repository is an Apache mirror for the official project, while the canonical documentation and release news live under xmlgraphics.apache.org.
Adoption history
Batik has persisted because SVG rendering and conversion are infrastructure needs. The Apache site explicitly points to real-life projects and products using Batik, and package metadata shows it shipped through Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu as libbatik-java, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE.
Recent Apache news shows active maintenance through version 1.19 on May 6, 2025, following 1.18 in 2024 and earlier bug-fix and security releases.
How it is used
Developers use Batik from Java applications to parse, render, generate, manipulate, and transcode SVG, including server-side conversion to formats such as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, EPS, and PDF when paired with related Apache components.
CLI users encounter it through tools such as batik-rasterizer, batik-squiggle, batik-svgpp, batik-slideshow, and batik-ttf2svg.
Why package nerds care
Batik is important package-manager archaeology: a pre-Rust, pre-Go, Java-era graphics toolkit that still matters because SVG conversion has long tails in build systems, documentation pipelines, desktop Java applications, and distribution repositories.
It is also a reminder that command-line packages can be wrappers around substantial library ecosystems. Installing batik pulls in decades of XML, SVG, Java2D, and Apache XML Graphics history, not just one executable.
Timeline
- 2000: Batik 1.0 beta announced on the W3C www-svg mailing list.
- 2020: Apache Batik 1.13 released as a bug-fix release.
- 2022: Apache Batik 1.15 and 1.16 released with security fixes noted in project news.
- 2024: Apache Batik 1.18 released.
- 2025: Apache Batik 1.19 released as a bug-fix release.
Related projects
- Apache XML Graphics is Batik's project family.
- Apache FOP is related through vector/PDF transcoding support noted by the Batik site.
- W3C SVG is the specification family Batik implements.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:image
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.batik/preferences.xml~/.batik/__svgbrowser.policy
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
batik-rasterizer | cli | global executable | |
batik-slideshow | cli | global executable | |
batik-squiggle | cli | global executable | |
batik-svgpp | cli | global executable | |
batik-ttf2svg | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.19
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:batik |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.19 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/batik |
| Homepage | https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-batik |
| Upstream docs | https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=xmlgraphics/batik/binaries/batik-bin-1.19.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | openjdk |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | batik |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
libbatik-java 1.18+dfsg-2
xml.apache.org SVG Library
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo apt install libbatik-java- Section: java
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: batik
- 5 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
Nix95%
batik
nix profile install nixpkgs#batik- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
Ubuntu apt95%
libbatik-java 1.17+dfsg-1
xml.apache.org SVG Library
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo apt install libbatik-java- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: batik
- 4 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik 1.19-3.fc44
Scalable Vector Graphics for Java
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 2 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-css 1.19-3.fc44
Batik CSS engine
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-css- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 2 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-demo 1.19-3.fc44
Samples for batik
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-demo- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-javadoc 1.19-3.fc44
Javadoc for batik
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-javadoc- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-rasterizer 1.19-3.fc44
Batik SVG rasterizer
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-rasterizer- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 5 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-slideshow 1.19-3.fc44
Batik SVG slideshow
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-slideshow- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-squiggle 1.19-3.fc44
Batik SVG browser
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-squiggle- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-svgpp 1.19-3.fc44
Batik SVG pretty printer
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-svgpp- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 5 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-ttf2svg 1.19-3.fc44
Batik SVG font converter
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-ttf2svg- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 5 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
dnf95%
batik-util 1.19-3.fc44
Batik utility library
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
sudo dnf install batik-util- License: Apache-2.0 AND W3C
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: batik
- 1 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
zypper95%
xmlgraphics-batik 1.18-1.5
Scalable Vector Graphics for Java
sudo zypper install xmlgraphics-batik- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Productivity/Graphics/Vector Editors
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: xmlgraphics-batik
- 4 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
MacPorts95%
batik
sudo port install batik- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Batik
zypper92%
xmlgraphics-batik-rasterizer 1.18-1.5
Batik SVG rasterizer
sudo zypper install xmlgraphics-batik-rasterizer- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Productivity/Graphics/Vector Editors
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: xmlgraphics-batik
- 9 dependencies
- 5 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Batik Rasterizer
source trail
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