# Install vapoursynth with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Video processing framework with simplicity in mind. Version 77 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vapoursynth ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vapoursynth ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install vapoursynth ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/vapoursynth/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install python3-vapoursynth ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-vapoursynth 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#vapoursynth ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/va/vapoursynth/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S vapoursynth ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: vapoursynth from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libvapoursynth4 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libvapoursynth4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/vapoursynth ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vapoursynth.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id VapourSynth.VapourSynth -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: VapourSynth.VapourSynth from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vapoursynth - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 77 - **Source summary:** Video processing framework with simplicity in mind - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:34-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - vapoursynth (cli) - vspipe (cli) - vapoursynth (alias) - vspipe (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 - zimg ## Build dependencies - ninja - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: This formula does not contain optional filters that require extra dependencies. To use vapoursynth.core.bs, execute: brew install vapoursynth-bestsource To use vapoursynth.core.ocr, execute: brew install vapoursynth-ocr To use vapoursynth.core.sub, execute: brew install vapoursynth-sub To use vapoursynth.core.ffms2, execute: brew install ffms2 For more information regarding plugins, please visit: https://www.vapoursynth.com/doc/installation.html#plugins-and-scripts - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 77 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage VapourSynth is a scriptable video-processing framework built around a C++ core and a Python module. Its own documentation describes it as difficult to classify neatly - application, plugin, and library at once - because users write Python scripts that drive a native frame-processing engine. ### Project history The project was created by Fredrik Mellbin after he began thinking through alternative designs for AviSynth. The official introduction says most of the initial implementation was written over a three-month period, with the goal of making a 21st-century rewrite inspired by AviSynth rather than another direct clone. Early public development was already active in 2012. Release posts from November 2012 discuss R15/R16 work on API changes, AviSynth compatibility, AVISource, and calls for users to port favorite AviSynth functions, filters, and scripts. By December 2013, R22 added Windows x64 support, removed the Qt dependency in favor of C++11, and reviewed locking so relevant functions were thread-safe. ### Adoption history VapourSynth grew in the same enthusiast video-processing culture that used AviSynth scripts for restoration, denoising, deinterlacing, inverse telecine, resizing, and encoding preparation. Its selling points for that audience were Python scripting, frame-level multithreading, runtime colorspace flexibility, per-frame properties, variable format support, and compatibility with many existing AviSynth plugins. The project remains active as a niche but important tool in the video-encoding ecosystem. The GitHub project advertises the framework as 'with simplicity in mind', links to the official documentation, and shows a long release history, with R77 current in June 2026. ### How it is used Typical use is to write a `.vpy` Python script that builds a clip graph, loads source material, applies filters or third-party plugins, and emits frames through tools such as `vspipe` into encoders or preview applications. Package users care about the plugin ABI, Python bindings, bundled command-line tools, and whether the build exposes the same core behavior across macOS, Linux, and Windows. Compared with line-oriented command-line transcoders, VapourSynth is usually not the final encoder. It is the programmable preprocessing layer: a precise, reproducible scriptable frameserver that can be inserted before x264, x265, FFmpeg-based workflows, or specialized restoration/upscaling pipelines. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, VapourSynth is interesting because it sits at the boundary between native multimedia libraries, Python packaging, and a plugin ecosystem. A useful package must provide the core library, Python module, command-line bridge, and enough ABI stability for separately packaged filters. Its history also explains why distributions package it even though the audience is specialized: it is one of the main modern heirs to AviSynth-style scripted video processing, and it made that workflow portable and Python-based instead of tied to older Windows-centric tooling. ### Timeline - 2012: Official documentation copyright begins and early R15/R16 release posts describe API and AviSynth-compatibility work. - 2013: R22 adds Windows x64 support, removes Qt, moves core code toward C++11, and improves thread safety. - 2026: GitHub release history shows R77 as the latest release in June 2026. ### Related projects - AviSynth is the direct conceptual predecessor and compatibility target. - VapourSynth plugins and scripts, including ports of AviSynth filters, form much of the practical ecosystem around the core. ### Sources - Official December 2013 release archive: https://www.vapoursynth.com/2013/12/ - Official GitHub repository: https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth - Official November 2012 release archive: https://www.vapoursynth.com/2012/11/ - Official introduction: https://www.vapoursynth.com/doc/introduction.html ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** vapoursynth - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - vapoursynth: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/va/vapoursynth/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - python3-vapoursynth - 73-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-vapoursynth from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Python interface for VapourSynth | http://www.vapoursynth.com - dnf - vapoursynth-devel - 73-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vapoursynth-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for vapoursynth | http://www.vapoursynth.com - dnf - vapoursynth-libs - 73-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vapoursynth-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | VapourSynth's core library with a C++ API | http://www.vapoursynth.com - dnf - vapoursynth-tools - 73-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vapoursynth-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Extra tools for VapourSynth | http://www.vapoursynth.com - pacman - vapoursynth - 76-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: vapoursynth from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A video processing framework with the future in mind | http://www.vapoursynth.com/ - zypper - libvapoursynth4 - 76-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libvapoursynth4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A video processing framework | https://www.vapoursynth.com/ - zypper - libvsscript0 - 76-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libvsscript0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Library for interfacing Python with VapourSynth | https://www.vapoursynth.com/ - zypper - python3-vapoursynth - 76-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python3-vapoursynth from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Python interface for VapourSynth | https://www.vapoursynth.com/ - zypper - vapoursynth-devel - 76-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vapoursynth-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for VapourSynth | https://www.vapoursynth.com/ - zypper - vapoursynth-tools - 76-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vapoursynth-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Extra tools for VapourSynth | https://www.vapoursynth.com/ - MacPorts - vapoursynth: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/vapoursynth/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/vapoursynth: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vapoursynth.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - VapourSynth.VapourSynth: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: VapourSynth.VapourSynth from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - 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Shared terms: cli, media, python, python-3-14, vapoursynth. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vapoursynth.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vapoursynth.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph