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Developer tools for interacting with and manipulating ICC profiles. Version 2.3.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08.

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macOS

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brew install iccdev

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overview

Package summary

Developer tools for interacting with and manipulating ICC profiles

Commands and aliases

  • iccApplyNamedCmm
  • iccApplyProfiles
  • iccApplySearch
  • iccApplyToLink
  • iccDescribeSinkTest
  • iccDumpProfile
  • iccDumpProfileGui
  • iccFromCube
  • iccFromJson
  • iccFromXml
  • iccPngDump
  • iccProfileVisualize
  • iccRoundTrip
  • iccSpecSepToTiff
  • iccTiffDump
  • iccToJson
  • iccToXml
  • iccV5DspObsToV4Dsp

history

Project history and usage

iccDEV is the International Color Consortium's open-source library and tool collection for interacting with, manipulating, and applying ICC-based color management profiles. The project was formerly known as DemoIccMAX and now packages command-line tools, libraries, build recipes, and developer documentation around ICC and iccMAX profile work.

Project history

The ICC README describes the consortium's purpose as promoting open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform color management systems and explains that iccDEV grew out of DemoIccMAX. It supports both the ICC profile specification and the iccMAX profile specification, tying the codebase directly to ICC standardization work.

The broader ICC site traces the consortium to its 1993 founding by eight industry vendors and explains the ICC profile format as a cross-platform device profile format. iccDEV is therefore not just a utility bundle; it is executable reference and developer tooling around a profile format used across imaging, print, display, and color workflows.

Adoption history

The README lists installation paths through Homebrew, npm, and Docker, while the build documentation gives platform-specific CMake instructions for Ubuntu, macOS, Windows MSVC, Windows ClangCL, and MinGW. That packaging spread reflects a mixed audience of color-management developers, conformance testers, and users converting or inspecting profile data.

How it is used

The Homebrew formula exposes many specialized tools, including profile application, XML/JSON conversion, profile dumping, TIFF/PNG helpers, round-trip tests, visualization, and iccMAX/v4 compatibility helpers. Typical use is inspecting ICC profiles, converting profile representations, applying color transforms, and validating profile behavior in development pipelines.

Why package nerds care

iccDEV is package-nerdy because it turns a standards consortium's color-science artifacts into installable CLI tools. It sits far from the common web/server package mainstream, yet it is exactly the sort of domain-specific tooling that package managers preserve for reproducible technical workflows.

Timeline

  • 1993: International Color Consortium established by eight industry vendors.
  • 2010: ICC profile specification published as ISO 15076-1:2010 according to ICC's overview.
  • 2010s: DemoIccMAX served as the earlier project identity for iccMAX-oriented demo and reference tooling.
  • 2020s: iccDEV packaging includes Homebrew, npm, and Docker installation paths, with CMake build support across major desktop/server platforms.

Related projects

  • Related projects and standards include ICC profiles, iccMAX, ISO 15076-1, ICC v4 profiles, color management modules, profile XML/JSON representations, image metadata tooling, and the International Color Consortium's technical working groups.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for iccdev. 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 4 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
iccApplyNamedCmmcliglobal executable
iccApplyProfilescliglobal executable
iccApplySearchcliglobal executable
iccApplyToLinkcliglobal executable
iccDescribeSinkTestcliglobal executable
iccDumpProfilecliglobal executable
iccDumpProfileGuicliglobal executable
iccFromCubecliglobal executable
iccFromJsoncliglobal executable
iccFromXmlcliglobal executable
iccPngDumpcliglobal executable
iccProfileVisualizecliglobal executable
iccRoundTripcliglobal executable
iccSpecSepToTiffcliglobal executable
iccTiffDumpcliglobal executable
iccToJsoncliglobal executable
iccToXmlcliglobal executable
iccV5DspObsToV4Dspcliglobal 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 version2.3.2.1
manager updated2026-07-08
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:iccdev
Version2.3.2.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/iccdev
Homepagehttps://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV
Repositoryhttps://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV
Upstream docshttps://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.2.1.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-08T03:44:56Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesjpeg-turbo, libpng, libtiff, wxwidgets
Build dependenciescmake, nlohmann-json
Uses from macOSlibxml2
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 Nameiccdev
Version Scheme0
Revision1
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

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

Related tools

  • jpeg-turboRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libpngRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtiffRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • wxwidgetsRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • dmtx-utilsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, image-processing.
  • ctlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, color-management, image-processing.
  • little-cms2Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, color-management, icc-profiles.
  • gptlineLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, jpeg, jpeg-turbo.
  • pdftilecutLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, jpeg, jpeg-turbo.
  • sarif-toolsLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, jpeg, jpeg-turbo.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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