# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:opencolorio
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install opencolorio
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install opencolorio
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/opencolorio/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add opencolorio
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libopencolorio-dev
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libopencolorio-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install OpenColorIO
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: OpenColorIO from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#opencolorio
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S opencolorio
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install OpenColorIO-devel
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: OpenColorIO-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:opencolorio
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/opencolorio>
- **Version:** 2.5.2
- **Source summary:** Color management solution geared towards motion picture production
- **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
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- ocioarchive (cli)
- ociobakelut (cli)
- ociocheck (cli)
- ociochecklut (cli)
- ocioconvert (cli)
- ociocpuinfo (cli)
- ociolutimage (cli)
- ociomakeclf (cli)
- ociomergeconfigs (cli)
- ocioperf (cli)
- ociowrite (cli)
- ocioarchive (alias)
- ociobakelut (alias)
- ociocheck (alias)
- ociochecklut (alias)
- ocioconvert (alias)
- ociocpuinfo (alias)
- ociolutimage (alias)
- ociomakeclf (alias)
- ociomergeconfigs (alias)
- ocioperf (alias)
- ociowrite (alias)

## 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

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- 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
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.5.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-13
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO
- Upstream latest detected: v2.5.2 (current)
## 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 Notes

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.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** opencolorio
- **Aliases:** ocio
- **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

- Debian apt - libopencolorio-dev - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libopencolorio-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | complete color management solution - development | https://opencolorio.org
- Debian apt - libopencolorio2.1t64 - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libopencolorio2.1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | complete color management solution - runtime | https://opencolorio.org
- Debian apt - opencolorio-tools - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: opencolorio-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | complete color management solution - utilities | https://opencolorio.org
- Debian apt - python3-pyopencolorio - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-pyopencolorio from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | complete color management solution - Python bindings | https://opencolorio.org
- Nix - opencolorio: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/opencolorio/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libopencolorio-dev - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libopencolorio-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | complete color management solution - development | https://opencolorio.org
- Ubuntu apt - libopencolorio2.1t64 - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libopencolorio2.1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | complete color management solution - runtime | https://opencolorio.org
- Ubuntu apt - opencolorio-tools - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: opencolorio-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | complete color management solution - utilities | https://opencolorio.org
- Ubuntu apt - python3-pyopencolorio - 2.1.3+dfsg-1.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-pyopencolorio from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | complete color management solution - Python bindings | https://opencolorio.org
- apk - opencolorio - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opencolorio from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Color management framework for visual effects and animation | https://opencolorio.org/
- apk - opencolorio-dev - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opencolorio-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Color management framework for visual effects and animation (development files) | https://opencolorio.org/
- apk - opencolorio-tools - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opencolorio-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | OpenColorIO color management framework tools | https://opencolorio.org/
- apk - py3-opencolorio - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py3-opencolorio from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Python3 bindings for OpenColorIO color management framework | https://opencolorio.org/
- dnf - OpenColorIO - 2.5.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: OpenColorIO from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Enables color transforms and image display across graphics apps | http://opencolorio.org/
- dnf - OpenColorIO-devel - 2.5.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: OpenColorIO-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development libraries and headers for OpenColorIO | http://opencolorio.org/
- dnf - OpenColorIO-tools - 2.5.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: OpenColorIO-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Command line tools for OpenColorIO | http://opencolorio.org/


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