x265

Install command: 
brew install x265

H.265/HEVC encoder

https://github.com/Multicorewareinc/x265

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/x265.json

Formula code: x265.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 ✅ 4.3
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.5 Cross-platform make

Binaries: x265

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days1,576,373
Downloads30,634,416
Analytics install events (30 days)60,422
Downloads / install events (30 days)26.1×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs60,416171,543728,052
Installs (--HEAD)6736
Installs on Request5502,0896,209
Installs on Request (--HEAD)5526
Build Errors511