# Install handbrake with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Open-source video transcoder available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Version 1.11.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:handbrake ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install handbrake ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install HandBrake ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/HandBrake/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add handbrake ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: handbrake from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install handbrake ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: handbrake from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#handbrake ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ha/handbrake/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S handbrake ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: handbrake from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install handbrake ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: handbrake from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','gpg4win-vanilla' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/handbrake ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/handbrake.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id HandBrake.HandBrake -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: HandBrake.HandBrake from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:handbrake - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.11.2 - **Source summary:** Open-source video transcoder available for Linux, Mac, and Windows - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:45+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - HandBrakeCLI (cli) - HandBrakeCLI (alias) ## Dependencies - dav1d - freetype - fribidi - harfbuzz - jansson - jpeg-turbo - lame - libass - libbluray - libdvdnav - libdvdread - libogg - libvorbis - libvpx - libx11 - opus - speex - svt-av1 - theora - x264 - xz - zimg ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - cmake - libtool - meson - nasm - ninja - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 - libxml2 ## 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: 1.11.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage HandBrake is a volunteer-built, GPL-licensed video transcoder for Linux, Mac, and Windows. It became package-manager-famous because it turned the hard parts of everyday video conversion into a reproducible GUI and CLI workflow with presets, queues, and widely packaged codec tooling. ### Project history The official HandBrake history says the project was started in 2003 by the developer known as titer. titer remained the primary developer through April 2006, when the last official Subversion revision of that early era was committed. Development resumed informally in August and September 2006 after a period without official code changes. Forum contributors worked on optimized builds and on reverse-engineering support for Apple's 640x480 H.264 iPod firmware 1.2 format. Because the old Subversion repository could not be updated without titer's authorization, Rodney Hester created a mirror of the 0.7.1 and final Subversion trees so the revived contributors could build on them. On January 26, 2007, the fork was officially known as MediaFork. On February 13, 2007, titer gave support to the revived work, and by March 2, 2007 the developer and user services had returned under the HandBrake banner. The official history presents that reintegration as the point where the next release resumed the HandBrake name. Over time, HandBrake broadened from its early DVD/iPod-era identity into a general post-production transcoder. The official README and docs describe support for common video files, camera and mobile-device footage, screen recordings, DVD and Blu-ray sources, and output to MP4, MKV, or WebM using components such as FFmpeg, x264, x265, and SVT-AV1. ### Adoption history HandBrake's adoption came from being useful to both casual users and automation-heavy users. The GUI made transcoding accessible, while `HandBrakeCLI` let packagers, shell users, and batch workflows perform the same kind of conversion without a desktop session. Package-manager adoption is broad: the input facts list packages across Homebrew, Alpine, Debian/Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Chocolatey, Scoop, and winget. That cross-platform packaging mirrors the project's own platform support and makes HandBrake a common baseline tool on developer laptops, home media systems, and CI-like encoding boxes. ### How it is used The documented primary use is converting existing video sources into MP4, MKV, or WebM files that work on phones, tablets, TV media players, game consoles, computers, and browsers. The docs emphasize that HandBrake is a post-production transcoder, not a non-linear editor, disc authoring tool, or DRM circumvention tool. HandBrake's official presets are a major part of its user model. Presets encode practical compatibility knowledge for general use, web sharing, creators, social-size targets, and device classes; this is why the package is useful even when users do not want to become codec specialists. The command-line reference makes HandBrakeCLI important for package-manager users. It supports scripted source selection, preset use, output format choices, queue-like automation, and reproducible encode settings that fit shell pipelines and server-side jobs. ### Why package nerds care HandBrake is significant because it packages a complicated stack of video codecs, containers, filters, hardware-encoder options, and UI/CLI behavior behind one name users recognize. For package maintainers, it is both a popular application and a compatibility promise: users expect the formula or package to produce working GUI or CLI transcodes without manually assembling FFmpeg/x264/x265/SVT-AV1 workflows. It also illustrates why package metadata matters. There is a GUI app, a CLI executable, platform-specific build systems, GPL licensing, large dependency trees, and frequent codec capability shifts. Package nerds care because a small build-option difference can change which media workflows users can actually perform. ### Timeline - 2003: HandBrake started by titer. - 2006-04: Last official Subversion revision of the early titer-led era. - 2006-08: Informal development resumed around optimized and experimental builds. - 2006-09: Contributors collaborated on support for Apple's 640x480 H.264 iPod firmware 1.2 format. - 2007-01-26: The revived fork was officially known as MediaFork. - 2007-02-13: titer expressed support for the revived work. - 2007-03-02: Developer and user services returned under the HandBrake banner. ### Related projects - HandBrake relies on media projects including FFmpeg/libavcodec/libavformat, x264, x265, and SVT-AV1. Its history also includes the temporary MediaFork name used during the 2006-2007 revival. - The docs mention tools such as AnyDVD HD and MakeMKV only as separate applications that can create readable copies of damaged or protected discs; HandBrake itself documents that it does not defeat copy protection. ### Sources - - - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** handbrake - **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 - Debian apt - handbrake - 1.9.2+ds1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: handbrake from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK+ GUI) | https://handbrake.fr/ - Debian apt - handbrake-cli - 1.9.2+ds1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: handbrake-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (command line) | https://handbrake.fr/ - Nix - handbrake: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ha/handbrake/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - handbrake - 1.7.2+ds1-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: handbrake from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK+ GUI) | https://handbrake.fr/ - Ubuntu apt - handbrake-cli - 1.7.2+ds1-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: handbrake-cli from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (command line) | https://handbrake.fr/ - apk - handbrake - 1.10.2-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: handbrake from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Handbrake video transcoder | https://handbrake.fr - apk - handbrake-gtk - 1.10.2-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: handbrake-gtk from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | HandBrake Video Transcoder - GUI | https://handbrake.fr - apk - handbrake-lang - 1.10.2-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: handbrake-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package handbrake | https://handbrake.fr - pacman - handbrake - 1.11.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: handbrake from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Multithreaded video transcoder | https://handbrake.fr/ - MacPorts - HandBrake: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/HandBrake/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - handbrake: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: handbrake from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','gpg4win-vanilla' - Scoop - extras/handbrake: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/handbrake.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - HandBrake.HandBrake: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: HandBrake.HandBrake from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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/) - 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Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encoding, media, transcoding, video. - [ffmpeg-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-full/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encoding, media, transcoding, video. - [gpac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gpac/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, freetype, jpeg, jpeg-turbo, libogg. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/handbrake.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/handbrake.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