macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install opensubdivlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install opensubdivMacPorts ports tree · graphics/opensubdiv/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install opensubdiv with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Open-source subdivision surface library. Version 3.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add opensubdivAlpine Linux edge package indexes · opensubdiv · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libosd-devDebian stable package indexes · libosd-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install opensubdivFedora Rawhide package metadata · opensubdiv · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#opensubdivnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/op/opensubdiv/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S opensubdivArch Linux sync databases · opensubdiv · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install OpenSubdiv-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · OpenSubdiv-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Open-source subdivision surface library
Project links
Commands and aliases
- bfr_evaluate
- far_perf
- far_regression
- hbr_baseline
- hbr_regression
- osd_regression
history
Project history and usage
OpenSubdiv is Pixar’s open-source subdivision-surface library for evaluating and drawing smooth subdivision surfaces on CPU and GPU architectures. It packages production graphics R&D into reusable libraries and test tools, giving DCC applications and renderers a common implementation of high-performance subdivision.
Project history
Pixar describes OpenSubdiv as the fifth generation of a subdivision library lineage used in its proprietary animation system, rooted in research and production experience from Tony DeRose, Tien Truong, and Pixar’s broader graphics group. The library exposes the subdivision behavior needed to match RenderMan-style limit surfaces while supporting massively parallel execution.
The project was introduced publicly around SIGGRAPH 2012 and saw a fuller 2.0 release at SIGGRAPH 2013. OpenSubdiv 2.0 added an evaluation API and moved to the Apache License, broadening its usefulness for open-source consumers. Version 3.0, announced by Pixar and DreamWorks Animation in 2015, was a near rewrite focused on performance, memory use, and a cleaner API.
Adoption history
OpenSubdiv spread because subdivision surfaces are a common production primitive but historically differed across tools. A shared implementation helped models preserve crease rules, face-varying data, and limit-surface behavior as assets moved between modeling, animation, lookdev, and rendering packages.
Industry coverage documented adoption in commercial DCC tools such as Maya, 3ds Max, Houdini, Poser, and DAZ Studio after the early releases. Blender’s ability to consume the library was helped by the Apache license change, making the package notable at the boundary between studio R&D and open-source desktop graphics.
How it is used
Developers embed OpenSubdiv in modeling tools, viewport engines, renderers, and asset-processing pipelines that need Catmull-Clark-style subdivision with predictable results. The command-line regression and performance utilities packaged by Homebrew are mostly for validation and benchmarking; the central payload is the library used by graphics software.
The library matters most when dense animated meshes need interactive feedback. GPU-backed subdivision can draw a faithful smooth surface in the viewport without baking every subdivided polygon into the authored asset.
Why package nerds care
OpenSubdiv is a classic package-nerd artifact: a library from a famous production studio, released with a permissive license, then pulled into general-purpose graphics stacks. Its dependencies and build flags matter because consumers often care about CPU vectorization, GPU backends, and exact numerical behavior.
Timeline
- 1998: Pixar’s subdivision-surface production work was publicized through SIGGRAPH research and shorts such as Geri’s Game.
- 2012: OpenSubdiv was first publicly released as an open-source expression of Pixar subdivision technology.
- 2013: OpenSubdiv 2.0 added the Evaluation API and switched to the Apache License.
- 2015: OpenSubdiv 3.0 was announced by Pixar and DreamWorks Animation with a major rewrite.
Related projects
- Related technologies include RenderMan, USD/Hydra, Alembic, and DCC applications that implement Catmull-Clark subdivision. OpenSubdiv is also part of the wider Pixar open-source graphics family alongside OpenUSD.
Sources
- https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv
- https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/docs/intro.html
- https://www.cgchannel.com/2013/07/pixar-to-release-opensubdiv-2-0-at-siggraph-2013/
- https://www.cgchannel.com/2015/06/pixar-and-dreamworks-announce-opensubdiv-3-0/
- https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/pixars-opensubdiv-v2-a-detailed-look/
- https://www.opensubdiv.org/
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
bfr_evaluate | cli | global executable | |
far_perf | cli | global executable | |
far_regression | cli | global executable | |
hbr_baseline | cli | global executable | |
hbr_regression | cli | global executable | |
osd_regression | 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 version3.7.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdivnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:opensubdiv |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.7.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/opensubdiv |
| Homepage | https://www.opensubdiv.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv |
| Upstream docs | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/docs/intro.html |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv/archive/refs/tags/v3_7_0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | glfw |
| 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 | opensubdiv |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| 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.
Debian apt95%
libosd-dev 3.6.0-3
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - development
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosd-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Debian apt95%
libosd-doc 3.6.0-3
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - documentation
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosd-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Debian apt95%
libosdcpu3.6.0 3.6.0-3
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - CPU runtime
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosdcpu3.6.0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Debian apt95%
libosdgpu3.6.0 3.6.0-3
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - GPU runtime
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosdgpu3.6.0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Debian apt95%
opensubdiv-tools 3.6.0-3
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - tools
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install opensubdiv-tools- Section: graphics
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Nix95%
opensubdiv
nix profile install nixpkgs#opensubdiv- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Ubuntu apt95%
libosd-dev 3.5.0-2.1build1
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - development
http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosd-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Ubuntu apt95%
libosd-doc 3.5.0-2.1build1
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - documentation
http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosd-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Ubuntu apt95%
libosdcpu3.5.0t64 3.5.0-2.1build1
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - CPU runtime
http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosdcpu3.5.0t64- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Ubuntu apt95%
libosdgpu3.5.0t64 3.5.0-2.1build1
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - GPU runtime
http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install libosdgpu3.5.0t64- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
Ubuntu apt95%
opensubdiv-tools 3.5.0-2.1build1
high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - tools
http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/
sudo apt install opensubdiv-tools- Section: universe/graphics
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
apk95%
opensubdiv 3.6.1-r1
An Open-Source subdivision surface library
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv
sudo apk add opensubdiv- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
apk95%
opensubdiv-dev 3.6.1-r1
An Open-Source subdivision surface library (development files)
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv
sudo apk add opensubdiv-dev- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
apk95%
opensubdiv-tools 3.6.1-r1
An Open-Source subdivision surface library (tools)
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv
sudo apk add opensubdiv-tools- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
apk95%
opensubdiv-tutorials 3.6.1-r1
An Open-Source subdivision surface library (tutorials)
https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv
sudo apk add opensubdiv-tutorials- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
dnf95%
opensubdiv 3.7.0-3.fc44
High performance subdivision surface libraries
https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv
sudo dnf install opensubdiv- License: Pixar AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: opensubdiv
- 8 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Opensubdiv
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