Install silo with Homebrew Cask

Project links

• Homepage
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

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Project history

Nevercenter developed Silo as a focused polygonal and subdivision-surface modeler with UV-mapping tools. In 2021 the company launched a major Silo update alongside Milo, its Unreal Engine-based real-time renderer, positioning the two as complementary modeling and presentation tools.

Adoption history

Nevercenter describes Silo as a long-running, focused modeler used either independently or alongside larger digital-content-creation suites. Its official press material says its lightweight workflow made it a go-to pure modeler for well over a decade.

How it is used

Artists use Silo for polygon and subdivision modeling, retopology, UV unwrapping, displacement work, and asset preparation. It can serve as a standalone modeler or feed models into rendering, animation, game-development, and visualization pipelines.

Why package nerds care

Silo represents the specialist-tool approach to creative software: a compact polygon and subdivision modeler installed separately instead of relying exclusively on a large all-in-one 3D suite. The Homebrew cask makes that proprietary desktop application reproducibly discoverable and installable on macOS.

Timeline

• 2021: Nevercenter launched Silo 2021 alongside the Milo real-time renderer.

Related projects

• Milo is Nevercenter's companion real-time renderer.
• The official material presents Silo as a focused companion to larger tools such as Blender and Maya.

Sources

• https://nevercenter.com/silo/features/
• https://nevercenter.com/silo/press/
• https://nevercenter.com/silo/support/manual/