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Install colmap with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo. Version 4.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install colmap

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install colmap

Debian stable package indexes · colmap · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#colmap

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/co/colmap/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo

Commands and aliases

  • colmap

history

Project history and usage

COLMAP is a general-purpose Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo pipeline with both graphical and command-line interfaces.

Project history

The official README says COLMAP was originally written by Johannes Schoenberger with funding from PhD advisors Jan-Michael Frahm and Marc Pollefeys. It builds on existing computer-vision work and asks research users to cite its 2016 Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo papers.

The project has evolved from a reconstruction application into a broader ecosystem including official Docker images, Conda packages, and Python bindings through PyCOLMAP.

Adoption history

COLMAP became a standard open-source tool in photogrammetry, 3D reconstruction, and computer-vision research because it combines mature SfM/MVS algorithms with a usable GUI, CLI automation, sample datasets, and reproducible citation targets.

Official download notes point to Windows binaries, Linux/Unix/BSD packages through Repology, Docker images, Conda packages, PyPI Python bindings, and source builds, showing adoption across research and package-manager distribution channels.

How it is used

Users reconstruct ordered or unordered image collections through automatic reconstruction, GUI workflows, or CLI pipelines. Package users commonly install the colmap executable for local photogrammetry jobs, research experiments, or scripted reconstruction.

Why package nerds care

COLMAP is packaging-significant because it combines GUI, CLI, CUDA-sensitive computer-vision dependencies, Docker images, Conda packaging, Python bindings, and native distribution packages in one scientific software stack.

Timeline

  • 2016: COLMAP citation papers for Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo are published.
  • 2020s: Official README documents Docker images, Conda packages, PyCOLMAP bindings, and distribution packages.
  • 2024: Official README includes GLOMAP citation guidance for the global SfM pipeline.

Related projects

  • Official README names dependencies and related components including ceres-solver, poselib, sift-gpu, vlfeat, PyCOLMAP, and GLOMAP.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for colmap. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 23 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
colmapcliglobal 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 version4.1.0
manager updated2026-06-27
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected4.1.0

https://github.com/colmap/colmap

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:colmap
Version4.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/colmap
Homepagehttps://colmap.github.io/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/colmap/colmap
Upstream docshttps://colmap.github.io/
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/colmap/colmap/archive/refs/tags/4.1.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-27T12:34:09Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesboost, ceres-solver, cgal, eigen, faiss, flann, gflags, glew, glog, gmp, libomp, lz4, metis, mpfr, onnx, onnxruntime, openimageio, openssl@3, poselib, qtbase, qtsvg, sqlite, suite-sparse
Build dependenciescmake
Uses from macOScurl, sqlite
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecolmap
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

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%

colmap 3.10-2

Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo

https://github.com/colmap/colmap

sudo apt install colmap
  • Section: science
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 20 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Colmap
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: colmap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

colmap

nix profile install nixpkgs#colmap
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Colmap
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/colmap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

colmap 3.9.1-2build2

Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo

https://github.com/colmap/colmap

sudo apt install colmap
  • Section: universe/science
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 20 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Colmap
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: colmap from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cgalRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • flannRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gflagsRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glewRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • librealsenseShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-vision, science.
  • opencvShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-vision, science.
  • vispShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-vision, science.
  • g2oShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-vision, science.
  • gabeditShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gui, science.
  • openvinoShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-vision, science.

source trail

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Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment