install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install vipsdisp

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install vipsdisp

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/vipsdisp/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#vipsdisp

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/vi/vipsdisp/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/vipsdisp

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/vipsdisp.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Viewer for large images

Project links

Commands and aliases

vipsdisp

history

Project history and usage

vipsdisp is a small GTK4/libvips image viewer built for opening very large images quickly while using little memory. It inherits libvips' niche strengths: tiled, pyramidal, scientific, high-bit-depth, multi-page, and unusual technical image formats that ordinary viewers often struggle with.

Project history

The public repository was created in June 2015, but the changelog presents the modern app history around its GTK4 generation: version 1.0 is labeled the first GTK4 release, version 2.0 started in September 2021 with a new rendering system, smooth zoom, pages-as-bands mode, and better pyramid detection, and later 2.x releases added GTK4 Wayland, animations, color management, save options, and better OME-TIFF handling.

The 3.x and 4.x series refined the viewer from a specialist demo into a practical desktop utility: next/previous image browsing, copy/paste and drag/drop, properties display, animated JXL, high-DPI support, Windows icon and binaries, UltraHDR/camera RAW support noted in release metadata, and further repaint improvements copied from nip4's image widget.

How it is used

vipsdisp is used to inspect huge or technical images interactively: pathology slides, OpenEXR/FITS/Matlab/NIfTI/Analyze data, OME-TIFF-like multi-page images, high dynamic range images, camera RAW, and conventional PNG/JPEG/WebP/JXL/TIFF/PDF/SVG inputs. It computes only the visible tiles needed for display, keeps sparse texture pyramids on the GPU, and offers false color, log-scale, scale/offset, metadata, save-as, multi-page, animated, and pages-as-bands display modes.

The README notes that the same image widget is used by nip4, the libvips image-processing spreadsheet. That makes vipsdisp both a standalone viewer and a reusable display component in the libvips GUI family.

Why package nerds care

For package users, vipsdisp fills the gap between a command-line image library and heavyweight scientific viewers. It is the quick sanity-check tool for files that are too large, too tiled, too many-paged, or too numerically exotic for ordinary desktop viewers.

Timeline

2015-06: The vipsdisp repository was created.
2021-09: The 2.0 development line began with a new rendering system and smooth zoom.
2023-09: Version 2.6 added color management and caching/display improvements.
2024-03: Version 3.0.4 era added next/previous image, copy/paste, drag/drop, reload, and multi-file loading.
2025-05: Version 4.0.0 was redone around a revised nip4 image-view widget.
2026-04: Version 4.1.4 was released, with libvips 8.18-related file limit handling and navigation improvements.

Related projects

vipsdisp is directly related to libvips and nip4; it sits beside command-line tools such as vips and vipsthumbnail as the GUI viewer for large and technical images.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:image

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 3 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
`vipsdisp`	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 version4.1.4

manager updated2026-07-07

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/libvips/vipsdisp

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/libvips/vipsdispnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:vipsdisp
Version	4.1.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vipsdisp
Homepage	https://github.com/libvips/vipsdisp
Repository	https://github.com/libvips/vipsdisp
Upstream docs	https://github.com/libvips/vipsdisp#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/libvips/vipsdisp/releases/download/v4.1.4/vipsdisp-4.1.4.tar.xz
Last updated	2026-07-07T14:59:01Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	cairo, gdk-pixbuf, glib, graphene, gtk4, hicolor-icon-theme, vips
Build dependencies	meson, ninja, pkgconf
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	vipsdisp
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Nix95%

vipsdisp

nix profile install nixpkgs#vipsdisp

normalized package name match
Matched by: Vipsdisp

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

MacPorts95%

vipsdisp

sudo port install vipsdisp

normalized package name match
Matched by: Vipsdisp

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

Scoop95%

extras/vipsdisp

scoop install extras/vipsdisp

normalized package name match
Matched by: Vipsdisp

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vipsdisp.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/vipsdisp.yml

Used sources

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av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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