# 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. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:opensubdiv ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install opensubdiv ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install opensubdiv ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/opensubdiv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add opensubdiv ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opensubdiv from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libosd-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libosd-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install opensubdiv ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opensubdiv 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#opensubdiv ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/opensubdiv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S opensubdiv ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: opensubdiv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install OpenSubdiv-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: OpenSubdiv-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:opensubdiv - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.7.0 - **Source summary:** Open-source subdivision surface library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - bfr_evaluate (cli) - far_perf (cli) - far_regression (cli) - hbr_baseline (cli) - hbr_regression (cli) - osd_regression (cli) - bfr_evaluate (alias) - far_perf (alias) - far_regression (alias) - hbr_baseline (alias) - hbr_regression (alias) - osd_regression (alias) ## Dependencies - glfw ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.7.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 - - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** opensubdiv - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libosd-dev - 3.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libosd-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - development | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Debian apt - libosd-doc - 3.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libosd-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - documentation | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Debian apt - libosdcpu3.6.0 - 3.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libosdcpu3.6.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - CPU runtime | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Debian apt - libosdgpu3.6.0 - 3.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libosdgpu3.6.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - GPU runtime | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Debian apt - opensubdiv-tools - 3.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: opensubdiv-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - tools | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Nix - opensubdiv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/opensubdiv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libosd-dev - 3.5.0-2.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libosd-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - development | http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Ubuntu apt - libosd-doc - 3.5.0-2.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libosd-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - documentation | http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Ubuntu apt - libosdcpu3.5.0t64 - 3.5.0-2.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libosdcpu3.5.0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - CPU runtime | http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Ubuntu apt - libosdgpu3.5.0t64 - 3.5.0-2.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libosdgpu3.5.0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - GPU runtime | http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - Ubuntu apt - opensubdiv-tools - 3.5.0-2.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: opensubdiv-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - tools | http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/ - apk - opensubdiv - 3.6.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opensubdiv from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An Open-Source subdivision surface library | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv - apk - opensubdiv-dev - 3.6.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opensubdiv-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An Open-Source subdivision surface library (development files) | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv - apk - opensubdiv-tools - 3.6.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opensubdiv-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An Open-Source subdivision surface library (tools) | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv - apk - opensubdiv-tutorials - 3.6.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opensubdiv-tutorials from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An Open-Source subdivision surface library (tutorials) | https://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv - dnf - opensubdiv - 3.7.0-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opensubdiv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | High performance subdivision surface libraries | https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv ## Related links - 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