Homebrew Formulae: x264

x264

Install command:

brew install x264

H.264/AVC encoder

https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/x264.json

Formula code: x264.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on Apple Silicon	golden gate	✅
	tahoe	✅
	sequoia	✅
	sonoma	✅
	ventura	✅
macOS on Intel	sonoma	✅
macOS on Intel	ventura	✅
Linux	ARM64	✅
Linux	x86_64	✅

Current versions:

stable	✅	r3222
head	⚡️	HEAD

Binaries: x264

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days	1,236,253
Downloads	22,734,733
Analytics install events (30 days)	36,908
Downloads / install events (30 days)	33.5×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:38:57Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. 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	36,907	91,614	509,173
Installs (`--HEAD`)	1	1	26
Installs on Request	254	826	6,215
Installs on Request (`--HEAD`)	1	1	16
Build Errors	2