# subliminal mit Homebrew, apk, apt, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für subliminal in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:subliminal
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install subliminal
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add subliminal
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: subliminal from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install subliminal
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: subliminal from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install python313-subliminal
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-subliminal from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:subliminal
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.7.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Library to search and download subtitles
- **Homepage:** <https://subliminal.readthedocs.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-24T05:08:49Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- subliminal (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.7.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Subliminal is a Python library and command-line program for finding and downloading subtitles for video files. In package-manager culture it sits in the small but useful class of media automation tools: something installed with Homebrew, Debian, or another OS package manager so media-library scripts can call a stable `subliminal` executable.

### Projektgeschichte

The official changelog shows Subliminal as an established Python project by the early 2010s, with 0.2 released in July 2011 and a 0.7 rewrite in October 2013. The modern documentation presents both a CLI and a library API, reflecting the project's two audiences: shell users who want subtitle files beside videos, and Python users who want provider/refiner/scoring logic inside a larger application.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The Homebrew input records Subliminal packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, and openSUSE-family package managers. That spread is typical for small Python CLI utilities that are useful to media servers, NAS setups, and cron-driven home automation.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The official usage guide centers on `subliminal download -l en <video>`, with options for languages, providers, refiners, age filters, output directory, cache management, and TOML configuration. The docs explicitly warn cron users to restrict searches by age to avoid abusing subtitle providers.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package nerds care about Subliminal because it turns a fragile web task into a repeatable CLI/API dependency with provider plugins, cache behavior, config-file support, and distro packages. It is also a good example of why package managers carry niche media tools: the package is small, but the workflow is exactly the kind of thing users want to script.

### Zeitleiste

- 2011: Version 0.2 appears in the official changelog.
- 2013: Version 0.7 is described as a complete rewrite.
- 2016: The Read the Docs build identifies Antoine Bertin copyright and Sphinx documentation.
- 2026: GitHub tags show continued 2.x maintenance.

### Related projects

- The official CLI documents providers such as OpenSubtitles, OpenSubtitles.com, Podnapisi, Addic7ed, NapiProjekt, and TVSubtitles, plus refiners such as metadata, OMDB, TMDB, and TVDB.

### Quellen

- Input package-manager data: source_facts.package-manager
- Official CLI docs: https://subliminal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/cli.html
- Official docs: https://subliminal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/usage.html
- Official repository/tags: https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für subliminal wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: ~/.config/subliminal/subliminal.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/subliminal/subliminal.toml
- Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Acme\subliminal\subliminal.toml

## Credential files

- Linux: ~/.config/subliminal/subliminal.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/subliminal/subliminal.toml
- Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Acme\subliminal\subliminal.toml
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - python3-subliminal - 2.2.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-subliminal from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python library to search and download subtitles (python3 version) | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
- Debian apt - subliminal - 2.2.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: subliminal from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Command-line tool to search and download subtitles | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
- Ubuntu apt - python3-subliminal - 2.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-subliminal from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python library to search and download subtitles (python3 version) | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
- Ubuntu apt - subliminal - 2.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: subliminal from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Command-line tool to search and download subtitles | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
- apk - subliminal - 2.6.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: subliminal from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Python library and CLI tool for searching and downloading subtitles | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
- apk - subliminal-pyc - 2.6.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: subliminal-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for subliminal | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
- zypper - python313-subliminal - 2.7.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-subliminal from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Python library to search and download subtitles | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal
- zypper - python314-subliminal - 2.7.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python314-subliminal from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Python library to search and download subtitles | https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/subliminal.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/subliminal.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph