# molten-vk を Homebrew でインストール

molten-vk のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:molten-vk
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install molten-vk
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:molten-vk
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **パッケージマネージャページ:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/molten-vk>
- **バージョン:** 1.4.2
- **ソース概要:** Implementation of the Vulkan graphics and compute API on top of Metal
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK>
- **ライセンス:** Apache-2.0
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.2.tar.gz>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-24T17:00:08Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- MoltenVKShaderConverter (cli)
- MoltenVKShaderConverter (エイリアス)

## ビルド依存関係

- cmake

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-04
- マネージャ版: 1.4.2
- マネージャ更新日: 2026-07-24
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK
- 検出された最新: v1.4.2 (最新)
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

MoltenVK began at The Brenwill Workshop Ltd. as a commercial portability layer for running Vulkan graphics code on Apple's Metal framework. Brenwill announced the product in July 2016 for iOS and macOS, with Bill Hollings presenting it around SIGGRAPH as a way for game developers to keep Vulkan-style rendering paths while targeting Apple platforms.

### プロジェクトの歴史

Its major ecosystem turn came on February 26, 2018, when Khronos announced the Vulkan Portability Initiative with Valve, LunarG, and The Brenwill Workshop. That announcement released MoltenVK as open source under Khronos stewardship, described it as translating the portable Vulkan subset to Metal on macOS and iOS, and tied it to the macOS Vulkan SDK work. Valve's Dota 2 port was used as an early production example of the value of the stack.

### 採用の歴史

In practice MoltenVK is linked into games, emulators, engines, and graphics applications that already speak Vulkan and need Apple-platform deployment without rewriting their renderer around Metal. Its repository describes a layered Vulkan 1.4 implementation over Metal for macOS, iOS, tvOS, visionOS, simulators, Mac Catalyst, and Apple Silicon, with automatic SPIR-V to Metal Shading Language conversion and a standalone MoltenVKShaderConverter tool. Khronos material lists users and adjacent projects including Dota 2, Metro Exodus, Final Fantasy XIV, DXVK, VKD3D, Google Android Emulator, Dolphin, Autodesk Fusion 360, Google Filament, and other engines and games.

### 使われ方

As a Homebrew package, molten-vk occupies a developer-tool niche rather than a command-heavy CLI niche: it ships the runtime and shader-conversion tooling for local Vulkan-on-Apple builds. It sits beside the Vulkan SDK and portability-layer ecosystem rather than replacing native Vulkan drivers.

### ソース

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/molten-vk>
- <https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK>
- <https://moltengl.com/press/moltenvk-brings-vulkan-to-ios-and-macos/>
- <https://vulkan.org/user/pages/09.events/vulkanised-2024/vulkansied-2024-bill-hollings-brenwill.pdf>
- <https://www.khronos.org/news/press/vulkan-applications-enabled-on-apple-platforms>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## ソースデータベース詳細

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** molten-vk
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** macos, xcode
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


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## Combined YAML source

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