# Install dita-ot with Homebrew, Nix, apt, zypper DITA Open Toolkit is an implementation of the OASIS DITA specification. Version 4.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dita-ot ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dita-ot ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dita-ot ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/dita-ot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dita-ot ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dita-ot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install dita ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dita from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dita-ot - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.4 - **Source summary:** DITA Open Toolkit is an implementation of the OASIS DITA specification - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:10-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dita (cli) - dita (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dita-ot/dita-ot - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage DITA Open Toolkit, usually shortened to DITA-OT, is an open-source publishing engine for content authored in the Darwin Information Typing Architecture. In package-manager terms it is the command-line engine behind many XML documentation build pipelines. ### Project history The project maintains a long release history back to the 1.0 era and now publishes current documentation through dita-ot.org. Its README describes a Java-based toolkit distributed as installable packages and built from source with Gradle. ### Adoption history DITA-OT is tied to the DITA authoring standard and the OASIS DITA community rather than to a single vendor product. Its website links source code, issue tracking, documentation source, community discussions, user groups, Stack Overflow tags, and recurring DITA-OT Day events, all signs of a specialized but durable documentation-tool ecosystem. ### How it is used Users run the included dita command with an input DITA map or topic and an output format, often inside documentation build scripts or CI jobs. The toolkit supports plug-ins, transformations, project files, and multiple output formats, so it functions as both a CLI and an extension point for publishing systems. ### Why package nerds care DITA-OT is package-nerdy because it packages a fairly complex Java/XML publishing stack behind one command. For documentation teams, installing dita-ot from a package manager is the boring, reproducible way to put DITA builds on developer laptops and CI runners. ### Timeline - 2000s: DITA-OT 1.x line establishes the toolkit for DITA publishing. - 2013: DITA-OT 1.8 release appears in the modern GitHub release history. - 2015: DITA-OT 2.x documentation era introduces the newer site structure. - 2025: DITA-OT 4.3 release notes document continued Java 17-based releases. ### Related projects - OASIS DITA is the standard around which DITA-OT is built. - Apache FOP and XML graphics tooling appear in DITA-OT's release notes as part of the PDF publishing stack. ### 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:** dita-ot - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dita-ot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/dita-ot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - dita-ot - 1.5.3+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dita-ot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | transforms DITA content (maps and topics) into deliverable formats | http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net - Ubuntu apt - dita-ot-doc - 1.5.3+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dita-ot-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DITA Open Toolkit (documentation) | http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net - zypper - dita - 1.1-85.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dita from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) | http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dita/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [docbook-xsl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docbook-xsl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, xml. - [halibut](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/halibut/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, publishing. - [xml2rfc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xml2rfc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, xml. - [xmltoman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xmltoman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, xml. - [action-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/action-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [adr-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adr-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [adr-viewer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adr-viewer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [cargo-docset](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-docset/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [calabash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/calabash/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, implementation, openjdk. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dita-ot.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dita-ot.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