libplacebo
brew install libplaceboReusable library for GPU-accelerated image/video processing primitives
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libplacebo
License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/libplacebo.json
Formula code: libplacebo.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 7.387.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| little-cms2 | 2.19.1 | Color management engine supporting ICC profiles |
| shaderc | 2026.4 | Collection of tools, libraries, and tests for Vulkan shader compilation |
| vulkan-loader | 1.4.363.0 | Vulkan ICD Loader |
Depends on when building from source:
| fast_float | 8.3.3 | Fast and exact implementation of the C++ from_chars functions for number types |
| meson | 1.12.1 | Fast and user friendly build system |
| ninja | 1.13.2 | Small build system for use with gyp or CMake |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| vulkan-headers | 1.4.363.0 | Vulkan Header files and API registry |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 140,155 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 892,230 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 6,456 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 21.7× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-09T00:52:12Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-10 to 2026-11-09. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 6,443 | 10,398 | 38,607 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 13 | 21 | 91 |
| Installs on Request | 277 | 423 | 2,020 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 13 | 21 | 91 |
| Build Errors | 2 |