vapoursynth

Install command: 
brew install vapoursynth

Video processing framework with simplicity in mind

https://www.vapoursynth.com

License: LGPL-2.1-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/vapoursynth.json

Formula code: vapoursynth.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 ✅ 82
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

python@3.15 3.15.2 Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
zimg 3.0.6 Scaling, colorspace conversion, and dithering library

Depends on when building from source:

ninja 1.13.2 Small build system for use with gyp or CMake
pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit
vulkan-headers 1.4.363.0 Vulkan Header files and API registry

Binaries: vapoursynth, vspipe

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

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days79,726
Downloads1,311,047
Analytics install events (30 days)6,110
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Analytics:

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Installs6,10713,79640,429
Installs (--HEAD)3925
Installs on Request9882,1977,746
Installs on Request (--HEAD)3925
Build Errors48