# Install ccextractor with Homebrew, Nix, apt, scoop, winget

Tool for extracting closed captions from video files. Version 0.96.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ccextractor.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ccextractor
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ccextractor
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ccextractor
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cc/ccextractor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- Ubuntu apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ccextractor
```

  Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ccextractor from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/ccextractor
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ccextractor.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id CCExtractor.CCExtractor -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: CCExtractor.CCExtractor from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ccextractor
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.96.6
- **Source summary:** Tool for extracting closed captions from video files
- **Homepage:** <https://www.ccextractor.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ccextractor (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.96.6
## Project history and usage

CCExtractor is the official closed-caption and subtitle extraction tool maintained by the CCExtractor project. The README describes it as software for producing subtitles from TV recordings and keeping up with many source formats.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in April 2014 and is described by its metadata as the official version maintained by the core team. The project is GPL-2.0 licensed and combines a C core with C++, Python, and newer Rust components documented in its change log.

### Adoption history

CCExtractor has crossed from specialist broadcast/video tooling into mainstream packaging. Its README and downloads page document Windows package managers such as WinGet, Chocolatey, and Scoop, while the supplied package facts list Homebrew, Nix, Ubuntu, Scoop, and WinGet.

### How it is used

The main workflow is command-line subtitle extraction: run ccextractor on video inputs to produce subtitle files. Official command-line documentation says the main program is console-based and can be scripted for integration into larger processes.

### Why package nerds care

CCExtractor is significant because it packages an unusually deep media-domain parser behind a single CLI. It handles closed captions, teletext subtitles, DVD sources, transport streams, and related formats, making it a staple utility for automation, archival, accessibility, and media repair workflows.

### Timeline

- 2014: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2021: 0.94 release notes record CEA-708 extraction changes and Rust decoder work.
- 2025: 0.95 and 0.96 release notes record broader Rust porting, Docker usage, and expanded subtitle format support.
- 2026: Homebrew formula packages CCExtractor 0.96.6.

### Related projects

- Official docs mention the Flutter GUI and additional CCExtractor-team projects such as Subtitle Downloader, Activity Extractor, and CCAligner.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/CCExtractor/ccextractor>
- <https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor>
- <https://www.ccextractor.org>
- <https://ccextractor.org/docs/cchome>
- <https://ccextractor.org/public/general/command_line_usage>
- <https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor#readme>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/ccextractor.json>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ccextractor: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cc/ccextractor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ccextractor - 0.94+ds1-3build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ccextractor from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | fast closed captions extractor for MPEG and H264 files | https://www.ccextractor.org/
- Scoop - extras/ccextractor: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ccextractor.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - CCExtractor.CCExtractor: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: CCExtractor.CCExtractor from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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