macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libpanolocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install libpano with Homebrew, zypper
Build panoramic images from a set of overlapping images. Version 2.9.23 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libpano-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libpano-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Build panoramic images from a set of overlapping images
Project links
Commands and aliases
- PTblender
- PTcrop
- PTinfo
- PTmasker
- PTmender
- PToptimizer
- PTroller
- PTtiff2psd
- PTtiffdump
- PTuncrop
- panoinfo
history
Project history and usage
libpano13 is the Panorama Tools library for panoramic imaging: the C library and command-line tool set behind workflows that remap, optimize, blend, crop, and assemble overlapping photographs into panoramas.
Project history
Panorama Tools originated with Helmut Dersch's work at the University of Applied Sciences Furtwangen. The libpano13 README still identifies the library as part of Dersch's Panorama Tools and lists command-line tools such as PToptimizer and PTmender.
Community development continued on SourceForge, where the project describes libpano13 as the cross-platform library behind the Hugin photo stitcher. Development moved from Subversion to Mercurial in February 2011, and SourceForge repository paths changed again in May 2013.
Adoption history
libpano13 is most visible through Hugin and other panorama front ends, but it remains valuable as a scriptable command-line stack. Hugin documentation explains that PanoTools project files remain useful with Hugin, PTGui, PTAssembler, and related tools, and that command-line scripting helps automate repeated panorama work.
How it is used
A typical libpano13 command-line workflow uses PTmender to map images, PTblender or PTmasker for color and mask work, PTroller to merge TIFFs, PTcrop or PTuncrop for canvas adjustment, and panoinfo or PTinfo for inspection. That makes the package useful both as a library dependency and as a toolbox for batch panorama processing.
Why package nerds care
libpano13 is package-nerd catnip because it is the quiet geometry engine under a familiar GUI application. It carries old-school Unix virtues into photography: text project files, small tools, repeatable batch processing, and a library ABI that Hugin and other front ends depend on.
Timeline
- 2009: libpano13 2.9.14 added projections, a command-line tool, documentation, cleanups, and fixes.
- 2010: libpano13 2.9.17 added a projection, mosaic mode, cleanups, and fixes.
- 2011: libpano13 development moved from Subversion to Mercurial.
- 2011: libpano13 2.9.18 added the Thoby projection and was needed for Hugin 2011.0.0.
- 2023: libpano13 2.9.22 removed or stubbed insecure command-tool data-handling paths while keeping ABI compatibility.
Related projects
- Hugin is the main graphical panorama stitcher associated with libpano13.
- PTGui, PTAssembler, and related tools use PanoTools-style project files and workflows.
- Panotools::Script, GIMP plugin, Photoshop filters, and MPRemap are sibling projects in the Panorama Tools SourceForge area.
Sources
- https://hugin.sourceforge.io/docs/manual/Panorama_scripting_in_a_nutshell.html
- https://panotools.sourceforge.net/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/panotools/libpano13/ci/default/tree/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/panotools/files/libpano13/libpano13-2.9.22/
- https://wiki.panotools.org/Development_of_Open_Source_tools
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:image
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
PTblender | cli | global executable | |
PTcrop | cli | global executable | |
PTinfo | cli | global executable | |
PTmasker | cli | global executable | |
PTmender | cli | global executable | |
PToptimizer | cli | global executable | |
PTroller | cli | global executable | |
PTtiff2psd | cli | global executable | |
PTtiffdump | cli | global executable | |
PTuncrop | cli | global executable | |
panoinfo | cli | global 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 version2.9.23
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://panotools.sourceforge.net/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://panotools.sourceforge.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libpano |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.9.23 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libpano |
| Homepage | https://panotools.sourceforge.net/ |
| Repository | https://hg.code.sf.net/p/panotools/libpano13 |
| Upstream docs | https://panotools.sourceforge.net/ |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/panotools/libpano13/libpano13-2.9.23/libpano13-2.9.23.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | jpeg-turbo, libpng, libtiff |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libpano |
| Version Scheme | 1 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
zypper95%
libpano-devel 2.9.23-1.2
Panorama Tools Back-End Library
https://panotools.sourceforge.net/
sudo zypper install libpano-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpano
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpano
zypper95%
libpano-utils 2.9.23-1.2
Panorama Tools Utilities
https://panotools.sourceforge.net/
sudo zypper install libpano-utils- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Graphics/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpano
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpano
zypper95%
libpano13-3 2.9.23-1.2
Panorama Tools Back-End Library
https://panotools.sourceforge.net/
sudo zypper install libpano13-3- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpano
- 6 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpano
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment