macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install opencoloriolocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install opencolorioMacPorts ports tree · graphics/opencolorio/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install opencolorio with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Color management solution geared towards motion picture production. Version 2.5.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-13.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add opencolorioAlpine Linux edge package indexes · opencolorio · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libopencolorio-devDebian stable package indexes · libopencolorio-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install OpenColorIOFedora Rawhide package metadata · OpenColorIO · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#opencolorionixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/op/opencolorio/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S opencolorioArch Linux sync databases · opencolorio · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install OpenColorIO-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · OpenColorIO-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Color management solution geared towards motion picture production
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ocioarchive
- ociobakelut
- ociocheck
- ociochecklut
- ocioconvert
- ociocpuinfo
- ociolutimage
- ociomakeclf
- ociomergeconfigs
- ocioperf
- ociowrite
history
Project history and usage
OpenColorIO, usually shortened to OCIO, is a production color-management framework for motion pictures, visual effects, animation, and related graphics pipelines. It gives artists and applications a common way to apply color transforms, display views, LUTs, and ACES-compatible workflows across many tools.
Project history
OCIO grew out of Sony Pictures Imageworks production needs. The official documentation says version 1.0 was released in 2011 after development beginning in 2003, and that OCIO v1 captured production experience from films including Spider-Man 2, Surf's Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Alice in Wonderland.
In February 2019, the Linux Foundation announced that OpenColorIO had become the Academy Software Foundation's second hosted project. That moved governance into a neutral foundation for motion-picture open source, while Sony Pictures Imageworks continued as an important contributor and Autodesk led much of the OCIO 2.0 design and implementation work.
OCIO v2 was developed from 2017 to 2020 and released in 2021. ASWF described v2 as a major update after three years of development and beta testing, adding a more accurate GPU renderer, faster CPU rendering, more accurate ACES transforms, Academy/ASC Common LUT Format support, ICC monitor profile support, and many config and API improvements.
Adoption history
OpenColorIO became an industry package because color management must be consistent across many applications in a studio pipeline. The ASWF announcement called it a fundamental tool for VFX and animation and named commercial application support including Katana, Mari, Nuke, and Silhouette FX; the project site also maintains a supported-applications directory across animation, compositing, editing, game-engine, look-development, rendering, review, and texture workflows.
OCIO's connection to ACES and LUT interoperability helped adoption beyond a single studio. The documentation describes it as ACES-compatible and LUT-format agnostic, while OCIO v2 added built-in ACES transforms and CLF support that make interchange and certification-oriented workflows easier for application developers and pipeline teams.
How it is used
Studios use OCIO config files to define color spaces, display transforms, looks, file rules, and view behavior for a show or facility. Applications then use the C++ or Python APIs, command-line tools such as `ociobakelut`, `ocioconvert`, `ociocheck`, `ociomakeclf`, and GPU shader generation to apply the same color decisions in compositing, rendering, playback, review, and game-engine contexts.
Artists usually encounter OCIO indirectly through host applications: selecting an OCIO config, viewing through a display/view transform, converting assets between color spaces, or using an ACES pipeline. Developers integrate OCIO when they need CPU/GPU color processing, LUT parsing, config validation, or menus that expose only the color spaces appropriate for a task.
Why package nerds care
OCIO is a classic package-manager stress test for media pipelines: it is a C++ library, Python module, CLI tool suite, and plugin dependency whose ABI, GPU backends, image/color standards, and VFX Reference Platform alignment all matter. A small version bump can affect application compatibility and color correctness across a studio.
Timeline
- 2003: Sony Pictures Imageworks began the development line that became OpenColorIO.
- 2011: OCIO 1.0 was released after years of Imageworks production use.
- 2019-02-08: OpenColorIO joined the Academy Software Foundation as its second hosted project.
- 2021-02-08: ASWF announced OCIO v2 availability after three years of development and four months of beta testing.
Related projects
- OpenColorIO is closely tied to ACES, Academy/ASC Common LUT Format, the VFX Reference Platform, ASWF governance, and application ecosystems such as Nuke, Katana, Maya, Houdini, Unreal Engine, and other DCC tools.
Sources
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO
- https://opencolorio.org/
- https://opencolorio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- https://opencolorio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releases/ocio_2_0.html
- https://www.aswf.io/blog/ocio_v2/
- https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/press-release/academy-scientific-and-technical-award-winning-opencolorio-joins-academy-software-foundation
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for opencolorio. 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 7 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ocioarchive | cli | global executable | |
ociobakelut | cli | global executable | |
ociocheck | cli | global executable | |
ociochecklut | cli | global executable | |
ocioconvert | cli | global executable | |
ociocpuinfo | cli | global executable | |
ociolutimage | cli | global executable | |
ociomakeclf | cli | global executable | |
ociomergeconfigs | cli | global executable | |
ocioperf | cli | global executable | |
ociowrite | 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 version2.5.2
manager updated2026-05-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.5.2
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:opencolorio |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.5.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/opencolorio |
| Homepage | https://opencolorio.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO |
| Upstream docs | https://opencolorio.org/ |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.2.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-13T22:02:32Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | imath, little-cms2, minizip-ng, openexr, pystring, yaml-cpp, zlib-ng-compat |
| Build dependencies | cmake, pybind11, python@3.14, sse2neon |
| Uses from macOS | expat |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | OpenColorIO requires several environment variables to be set. You can source the following script in your shell-startup to do that: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/ocio/setup_ocio.sh Alternatively the documentation describes what env-variables need set: https://opencolorio.org/installation.html#environment-variables You will require a config for OCIO to be useful. Sample configuration files and reference images can be found at: https://opencolorio.org/downloads.html |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | opencolorio |
| Aliases |
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| 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 |
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source database matches
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Debian apt95%
libopencolorio-dev 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2
complete color management solution - development
sudo apt install libopencolorio-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Debian apt95%
libopencolorio2.1t64 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2
complete color management solution - runtime
sudo apt install libopencolorio2.1t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Debian apt95%
opencolorio-tools 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2
complete color management solution - utilities
sudo apt install opencolorio-tools- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 12 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Debian apt95%
python3-pyopencolorio 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2
complete color management solution - Python bindings
sudo apt install python3-pyopencolorio- Section: python
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Nix95%
opencolorio
nix profile install nixpkgs#opencolorio- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Ubuntu apt95%
libopencolorio-dev 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3
complete color management solution - development
sudo apt install libopencolorio-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Ubuntu apt95%
libopencolorio2.1t64 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3
complete color management solution - runtime
sudo apt install libopencolorio2.1t64- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Ubuntu apt95%
opencolorio-tools 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3
complete color management solution - utilities
sudo apt install opencolorio-tools- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 12 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-pyopencolorio 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3
complete color management solution - Python bindings
sudo apt install python3-pyopencolorio- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
apk95%
opencolorio 2.5.2-r0
Color management framework for visual effects and animation
sudo apk add opencolorio- License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
apk95%
opencolorio-dev 2.5.2-r0
Color management framework for visual effects and animation (development files)
sudo apk add opencolorio-dev- License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
apk95%
opencolorio-tools 2.5.2-r0
OpenColorIO color management framework tools
sudo apk add opencolorio-tools- License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
apk95%
py3-opencolorio 2.5.2-r0
Python3 bindings for OpenColorIO color management framework
sudo apk add py3-opencolorio- License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opencolorio
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
dnf95%
OpenColorIO 2.5.2-2.fc45
Enables color transforms and image display across graphics apps
sudo dnf install OpenColorIO- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: OpenColorIO
- 11 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
dnf95%
OpenColorIO-devel 2.5.2-2.fc45
Development libraries and headers for OpenColorIO
sudo dnf install OpenColorIO-devel- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: OpenColorIO
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
dnf95%
OpenColorIO-tools 2.5.2-2.fc45
Command line tools for OpenColorIO
sudo dnf install OpenColorIO-tools- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: OpenColorIO
- 16 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opencolorio
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