# Install hdr10plus_tool with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman

CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files. Version 1.7.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:hdr10plus_tool
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install hdr10plus_tool
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add hdr10plus-tool
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hdr10plus-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#hdr10plus_tool
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hd/hdr10plus_tool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S hdr10plus-tool
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: hdr10plus-tool from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:hdr10plus_tool
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hdr10plus_tool>
- **Version:** 1.7.2
- **Source summary:** CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool/archive/refs/tags/1.7.2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- hdr10plus_tool (cli)
- hdr10plus_tool (alias)

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## 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: 1.7.2
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool
- Upstream latest detected: 1.7.2 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

hdr10plus_tool is a Rust command-line utility for working with HDR10+ dynamic metadata in HEVC video streams. The project began as hdr10plus_parser and evolved from metadata extraction and verification into a broader toolkit for extracting, injecting, removing, plotting, and editing HDR10+ metadata.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in January 2019 and its first public release, 0.1.0, was named HDR10+ Parser. The README records the name change directly: the tool was previously hdr10plus_parser, then became hdr10plus_tool after it outgrew parsing alone.

Early releases in 2019 focused on correctness around HDR10+ metadata parsing, JSON generation, ffmpeg-piped input, and compatibility with Samsung tooling and MediaInfo. Later README-documented commands broadened the project into bidirectional metadata handling: extract metadata from HEVC or MKV inputs, inject JSON metadata into HEVC bitstreams, remove HDR10+ SEI messages, plot brightness metadata, and edit frame metadata.

### Adoption history

Adoption is mostly visible in video-encoding and home-media packaging contexts rather than broad platform documentation. Package-manager metadata in the batch shows the tool packaged for Homebrew, Nix, Alpine, and Arch-derived ecosystems, which fits a niche CLI used by people automating HDR video workflows.

The project lives near other HEVC/HDR command-line tooling: users commonly combine it with ffmpeg bitstream extraction and x265 HDR10+ JSON workflows, both of which are reflected in the upstream README examples and sample-file notes.

### How it is used

The common workflow is to extract HDR10+ metadata from an HEVC bitstream or MKV file into JSON, inspect or transform that JSON, and optionally inject it back into an encoded HEVC stream. The tool also supports verification-only parsing, metadata removal, brightness plotting to PNG, and frame-level edit operations described by JSON edit instructions.

For package users, the value is that it turns a specialized video metadata operation into a scriptable executable. The README examples show stdin pipelines from ffmpeg, which is why the package matters to shell-heavy encoding pipelines and reproducible media-processing recipes.

### Why package nerds care

hdr10plus_tool is small but useful in package-manager culture because it exposes a specialized media metadata operation as a single CLI with no GUI assumptions. It is the kind of formula that makes Homebrew, Nix, Alpine, and Pacman valuable to video hobbyists: a hard-to-build Rust utility becomes one command away and fits neatly into ffmpeg pipelines.

Its history also shows a familiar package evolution: a parser becomes a tool once users need round-tripping, validation, and inspection. That shift explains why the package name matters even though the executable remains narrow.

### Timeline

- 2019-01: Repository created and 0.1.0 released as HDR10+ Parser.
- 2019-01: 0.2.1 added a verify option for checking embedded metadata.
- 2019-01: 0.2.2 added piped input support using ffmpeg.
- 2019-11: 0.2.5 improved JSON generation and MediaInfo-related compatibility.
- 2020-01: 0.2.6 added regression tests while fixing parsing of MaxScl and Average MaxRGB values.
- 2026-01: 1.3.2 added support for multiple SEI messages and a remove subcommand.

### Related projects

- ffmpeg is commonly used to demux or pipe HEVC bitstreams into hdr10plus_tool.
- x265 appears in the upstream README as the source of sample HDR10+ metadata used for tests.
- MediaInfo appears in release notes as an interoperability target for HDR10+ profile detection.
- HDR-Multi-Tool-Gui and similar media GUIs often wrap CLI tools in this family, but hdr10plus_tool itself remains the scriptable core.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool/master/README.md>


## 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:** hdr10plus_tool
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - hdr10plus_tool: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hd/hdr10plus_tool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - hdr10plus-tool - 1.7.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hdr10plus-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files | https://github.com/quietvoid/h1.dr10plus_tool
- apk - hdr10plus-tool-doc - 1.7.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hdr10plus-tool-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files (documentation) | https://github.com/quietvoid/h1.dr10plus_tool
- pacman - hdr10plus-tool - 1.7.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: hdr10plus-tool from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files | https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/hdr10plus_tool.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/hdr10plus_tool.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
