# Install f3d with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Fast and minimalist 3D viewer. Version 3.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-03. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:f3d ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install f3d ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install f3d ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: f3d from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install f3d ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#f3d ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/f3/f3d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S f3d ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: f3d from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install f3d ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/f3d ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/f3d.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id f3d-app.f3d -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: f3d-app.f3d from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:f3d - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.5.0 - **Source summary:** Fast and minimalist 3D viewer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-03T21:06:26-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - f3d (cli) - f3d (alias) ## Dependencies - alembic - assimp - hdf5 - imath - netcdf - opencascade - vtk ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.5.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-03 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d - Upstream latest detected: v3.5.0 (current) ## Project history and usage F3D is a fast, minimalist 3D viewer and rendering library centered on opening many 3D and scientific-data formats from a desktop UI or command line with good defaults and few interface distractions. ### Project history F3D was initially created by Kitware SAS by Joachim Pouderoux, Michael Migliore, and Mathieu Westphal. The repository was created in 2020, and the project README describes it as maintained by the F3D-APP Foundation. The early releases established the core viewer. The changelog shows v1.0.0, later v1.2.0 separating the executable into libf3d and the `f3d` application, and v1.3.0 introducing an alpha version of libf3d with Python bindings. The 2.x and 3.x lines expanded F3D from a viewer into a small ecosystem: configuration files, file-manager integration, thumbnails, many plugin-backed formats, C/C++/Python/Java/JavaScript bindings, WebAssembly/browser viewing, and an Android version. ### Adoption history F3D's adoption is driven by a gap between heavyweight CAD/scientific visualization tools and quick image viewers. Its package-manager value is that users can install one CLI-friendly viewer for glTF, STL, STEP, PLY, OBJ, FBX, Alembic, USD, VTK-related data, and other formats without launching a full modeling environment. The input package facts list F3D across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE, reflecting broad interest from desktop, visualization, and developer workflows. ### How it is used The simplest use is `f3d /path/to/file.ext`, optionally with `--output=/path/to/img.png` for noninteractive rendering. The README also emphasizes thumbnails, hotkeys, drag-and-drop, command-line control, configuration files, and file-manager integration. F3D is used by people who need to inspect assets quickly: game and 3D artists checking mesh files, engineers previewing CAD-ish formats, scientists viewing VTK-style datasets, and developers scripting preview renders in CI or documentation pipelines. libf3d turns the viewer into an embeddable renderer with C++17 APIs plus C, Python, Java, and JavaScript bindings, which explains why packaging often matters beyond the `f3d` executable. ### Why package nerds care F3D is notable because it packages a hard dependency stack behind a small user experience: VTK, OpenCASCADE, Assimp, Alembic, Draco, OpenUSD, OpenVDB, PDAL, OSPRay, ImGui, and related libraries appear in the project's acknowledgments or plugin story, but the command remains a simple viewer. For package maintainers, F3D is interesting because optional format support and plugins turn build choices into user-visible capabilities. For users, it is the rare 3D package that behaves like a Unix viewer: install it, point it at a file, get pixels. ### Timeline - 2020: f3d-app/f3d repository created. - 2021: v0.1.0 through v1.2.x releases published on GitHub. - 2021: v1.2.0 separates the executable into libf3d and application layers. - 2021: v1.3.0 introduces an alpha libf3d library and Python bindings. - 2024: v3.0.0 modernizes libf3d APIs around C++17 and expands command/control APIs. - 2025: v3.3.0 creates a WebAssembly-based F3D web application. - 2026: v3.5.0 adds an Android version and more rendering, file-format, and plugin features. ### Related projects - VTK is a core rendering and visualization foundation for F3D. - Assimp, OpenCASCADE, Alembic, Draco, OpenUSD, OpenVDB, PDAL, OSPRay, and ImGui are part of the broader dependency and format-support ecosystem documented by F3D. - libf3d is the embeddable library shipped by the same project. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for f3d. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Linux: /etc/f3d/config.json, /etc/f3d/config.d, /usr/share/f3d/configs/config.json, /usr/share/f3d/configs/config.d, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/f3d/config.json, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/f3d/config.d - macOS: /usr/local/etc/f3d/config.json, /usr/local/etc/f3d/config.d, ~/Library/Application Support/f3d/config.json, ~/Library/Application Support/f3d/config.d - Windows: %APPDATA%\f3d\config.json, %APPDATA%\f3d\config.d ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** f3d - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - f3d - 3.1.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: f3d from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | fast and minimalist 3D viewer | https://f3d.app/ - Nix - f3d: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/f3/f3d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - f3d - 2.2.1+dfsg-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: f3d from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | fast and minimalist 3D viewer | https://f3d.app/ - dnf - f3d - 3.5.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Fast and minimalist 3D viewer | https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d - dnf - f3d-devel - 3.5.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for f3d | https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d - dnf - f3d-java - 3.5.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d-java from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Java bindings for the f3d | https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d - dnf - f3d-python3 - 3.5.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d-python3 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Python 3 bindings for the f3d | https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d - pacman - f3d - 3.5.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: f3d from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A fast and minimalist 3D viewer | https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d - zypper - f3d - 3.5.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fast and minimalist 3D viewer | https://f3d.app - zypper - f3d-bash-completion - 3.5.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash completion for f3d | https://f3d.app - zypper - f3d-devel - 3.5.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for f3d | https://f3d.app - zypper - f3d-fish-completion - 3.5.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for f3d | https://f3d.app - zypper - f3d-zsh-completion - 3.5.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for f3d | https://f3d.app - zypper - libf3d3 - 3.5.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libf3d3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | F3d library | https://f3d.app - Scoop - extras/f3d: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/f3d.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - f3d-app.f3d: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: f3d-app.f3d from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - 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Shared terms: cli, desktop, imath, media, viewer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/f3d.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/f3d.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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