libplacebo
brew install libplacebo
v7.360.1
LGPL-2.1-or-later
GPU-accelerated image and video processing library with Vulkan/OpenGL/Metal backends for high-quality rendering pipelines.
Why you might care
libplacebo provides a high-performance, modular foundation for video scaling, color correction, and shader-based effects without building your own GPU pipeline. It's used by mpv and other media players; if you're authoring video software, this beats hand-rolling Vulkan/OpenGL bindings. Supports multiple graphics APIs and handles color management via Little CMS.
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Runtime dependencies
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Links
- https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libplacebo
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libplacebo.rb
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