# Install coin3d with Homebrew, Nix Open Inventor 2.1 API implementation (Coin). Version 4.0.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## 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 page:** - **Version:** 4.0.10 - **Source summary:** Open Inventor 2.1 API implementation (Coin) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:03-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - coin-config (cli) - coin-config (alias) ## Dependencies - qtbase ## Build dependencies - boost - cmake - doxygen ## Uses from macOS - 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.0.10 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/coin3d/coin - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Coin is the core Coin3D library, an OpenGL-based C++ 3D graphics library implementing the Open Inventor 2.1 API. ### Project history The official README says Coin began in 1995 as a scene graph rendering library for VRML 1.0 scenes, initially based on SGI's Qv parser. After several years of VRML-related extensions, the project was redesigned around an Open Inventor-like API and named Coin. Coin reached Open Inventor 2.1 compatibility in autumn 2000. Its maintainers describe it as an independently developed implementation, not a code-sharing derivative of SGI Open Inventor. ### Adoption history Coin occupied a practical niche for scientific and engineering visualization software that wanted Open Inventor source compatibility on free software platforms. The project later became the core of the broader Coin3D family of libraries and continued across Linux, Windows/Cygwin, and macOS development environments. ### How it is used Developers link against Coin as a C++ library for retained-mode scene graphs, Open Inventor compatibility, VRML-related formats, and OpenGL rendering. The package also installs coin-config for build integration. ### Why package nerds care Coin matters to packagers because it is an ABI-sensitive C++ graphics library. The README documents major/minor/micro compatibility rules and notes that Unix shared libraries use ABI-versioned libCoin names so different major runtimes can coexist. ### Timeline - 1995: Project starts as a VRML 1.0 scene graph rendering library. - 1997: Maintainers begin a fundamental redesign toward an Open Inventor-style API. - 2000: Coin reaches Open Inventor 2.1 compatibility. - 2007: Maintainers move toward date-based release cycles while preserving ABI-based versioning. - 2019: Coin 4.0.0 is released with API changes to improve Open Inventor 2.1 conformance. ### Related projects - The official README positions Coin alongside other Open Inventor implementations and notes the wider Coin3D library family built around the core Coin library. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes 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:** - **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 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [qtbase](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/qtbase/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [doxygen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doxygen/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glbinding](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glbinding/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, graphics, media, opengl. - [glew](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glew/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, graphics, media, opengl. - [plotutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/plotutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, graphics, graphics-library, media. - [lib3ds](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lib3ds/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: 3d-graphics, cli, graphics, media. - [libdrawtext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libdrawtext/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, media, opengl. - [librsvg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/librsvg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, graphics-library, media. - [open-scene-graph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/open-scene-graph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: 3d-graphics, cli, graphics, media. - [opensubdiv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/opensubdiv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: 3d-graphics, cli, graphics, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/coin3d.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/coin3d.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph