# Install vvenc with Homebrew, Nix Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder. Version 1.14.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vvenc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vvenc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vvenc ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vv/vvenc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vvenc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.14.0 - **Source summary:** Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause-Clear - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:21:23-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - vvencFFapp (cli) - vvencapp (cli) - vvencFFapp (alias) - vvencapp (alias) ## 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: 1.14.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvenc - Upstream latest detected: v1.14.0 (current) ## Project history and usage VVenC is Fraunhofer HHI's open, optimized encoder for the H.266/VVC video-compression standard, aimed at making VVC encoding usable in real software pipelines. ### Project history VVC/H.266 was finalized in July 2020 by JVET, the joint standards effort of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG. Fraunhofer HHI describes the standard as the successor to HEVC/H.265 and as targeting roughly 50 percent bit-rate reduction at the same subjective quality across a broad set of media applications. VVenC followed that standardization milestone quickly. Its public GitHub repository was created in September 2020, and its wiki says the initial version was released in September 2020. The project was initiated to provide a publicly available, fast, efficient encoder based on VTM but redesigned with SIMD optimizations, improved search algorithms, multi-threading, and practical encoder features. ### Adoption history Fraunhofer presents VVenC as the encoder half of an open VVC toolchain. Its documentation references a 2021 ACM Multimedia paper on a complete end-to-end open-source VVC toolchain, and the wiki describes encoded bitstreams as decodable by standard-compliant decoders such as VVdeC or VTM and usable in multimedia pipelines. ### How it is used Users typically feed raw video into VVenC through the command-line encoder or integrate the encoder library for VVC experiments. The project emphasizes predefined quality/speed presets, frame-level rate control, perceptual optimization, and expert controls for researchers or codec engineers who need to tune compression behavior. ### Why package nerds care VVenC is significant because reference encoders prove a standard but are usually too slow for everyday experiments. VVenC gives package users an installable, optimized, BSD-licensed VVC encoder that can generate real bitstreams for testing decoders, muxers, adaptive-streaming workflows, and codec comparisons. ### Timeline - July 2020: VVC/H.266 was finalized. - September 2020: VVenC's public repository was created and the project wiki identifies the initial release. - October 2020: Early public VVenC releases appeared. - 2021: Fraunhofer-associated papers documented VVenC as an open optimized VVC encoder and part of an end-to-end open-source VVC toolchain. ### Related projects - VVdeC is the companion decoder; VTM is the VVC reference model; FFmpeg and GPAC-style multimedia pipelines are natural downstream integration points for encoded VVC bitstreams. ### Sources - - - - - ## 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:** vvenc - **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 - vvenc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vv/vvenc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [vvdec](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vvdec/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [uvg266](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/uvg266/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encoder, h266, media, video. - [dav1d](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dav1d/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video, video-codec. - [dirac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dirac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video, video-codec. - [openapv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openapv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video-codec. - [ab-av1](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ab-av1/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [aften](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aften/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encoder, media. - [alass](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alass/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vvenc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vvenc.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