# Install admesh with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts Processes triangulated solid meshes. Version 0.98.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install admesh. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:admesh ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install admesh ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install admesh ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: math/admesh/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add admesh ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: admesh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install admesh ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: admesh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install admesh ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: admesh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:admesh - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.98.5 - **Source summary:** Processes triangulated solid meshes - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-26T23:37:49-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - admesh (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.98.5 ## Project history and usage ADMesh is an old-school command-line and C-library tool for reading, checking, repairing, transforming, and writing STL-based triangulated solid meshes. It is especially associated with rapid prototyping and 3D-printing-era STL repair workflows. ### Project history The official README says ADMesh was released as an application in 1995/96 and that not much happened for a long time afterward. The modern GitHub repository was created in October 2013 as a fork to provide a shared library and collect bug fixes from downstream users. The project documentation describes ADMesh as ANSI C software, GPLv2+, and focused on STL input with output support for STL, VRML, OFF, and DXF. The README states that no further feature development is planned, but bugs may be resolved and pull requests are welcome if they keep the code warning-clean. ### Adoption history ADMesh predates the current 3D-printing boom, but its feature set maps cleanly onto package-manager utility expectations: one CLI, a C library, documented examples, and repair operations for flawed STL files. The supplied package metadata shows availability through Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, and Ubuntu. The historical README also records portability testing on Linux, SunOS, IRIX, DOS/Windows via DJGPP, and Windows NT-era systems. That cross-platform C heritage helps explain why the tool survived as a small packageable mesh utility. ### How it is used Users run admesh on STL files to inspect mesh statistics, repair disconnected facets, fill holes, fix normals, remove degenerate facets, merge files, transform coordinates, scale parts, and export to other mesh formats. The docs expose both a command-line interface and C API, plus Python bindings documentation. That makes ADMesh useful as a shell utility, a library dependency, or a backend for simple mesh-repair workflows. ### Why package nerds care ADMesh is the kind of package that keeps old CAD and rapid-prototyping workflows reproducible: compact ANSI C, GPL, no service component, and behavior centered on file transformations. For package maintainers, it is a practical example of preserving a niche engineering tool by moving it into a shared upstream repository. ### Timeline - 1995/96: README says ADMesh was released as an application. - 2013-10: GitHub repository created for the modern shared-library fork. - v0.98.x: Modern releases document the CLI, C API, and packageable tarballs. ### Related projects - Anthony Martin's master's thesis is cited by the official docs for the underlying algorithms. - Python bindings are documented by the project. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - admesh - 0.98.5-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: admesh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool for processing triangulated solid meshes. | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - Debian apt - libadmesh-dev - 0.98.5-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadmesh-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool for processing triangulated solid meshes. | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - Debian apt - libadmesh1 - 0.98.5-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadmesh1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool for processing triangulated solid meshes. | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - Ubuntu apt - admesh - 0.98.5-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: admesh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool for processing triangulated solid meshes. | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - Ubuntu apt - libadmesh-dev - 0.98.5-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libadmesh-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool for processing triangulated solid meshes. | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - Ubuntu apt - libadmesh1 - 0.98.5-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libadmesh1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool for processing triangulated solid meshes. | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - apk - admesh - 0.98.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: admesh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A program for processing triangulated solid meshes | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - apk - admesh-dev - 0.98.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: admesh-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A program for processing triangulated solid meshes (development files) | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - apk - admesh-doc - 0.98.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: admesh-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A program for processing triangulated solid meshes (documentation) | https://github.com/admesh/admesh - dnf - admesh - 0.98.5-15.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: admesh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Diagnose and/or repair problems with STereo Lithography files | http://github.com/admesh/admesh/ - dnf - admesh-devel - 0.98.5-15.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: admesh-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for the admesh library | http://github.com/admesh/admesh/ - dnf - admesh-libs - 0.98.5-15.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: admesh-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Runtime library for the admesh application | http://github.com/admesh/admesh/ - MacPorts - admesh: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: math/admesh/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/admesh.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/admesh.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph