# Install djvulibre with Homebrew

DjVu viewer. Version 3.5.30 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:djvulibre
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install djvulibre
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:djvulibre
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.5.30
- **Source summary:** DjVu viewer
- **Homepage:** <https://djvu.sourceforge.net/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T13:13:40+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- any2djvu (alias)
- bzz (alias)
- c44 (alias)
- cjb2 (alias)
- cpaldjvu (alias)
- csepdjvu (alias)
- ddjvu (alias)
- djvm (alias)
- djvmcvt (alias)
- djvudigital (alias)
- djvudump (alias)
- djvuextract (alias)
- djvumake (alias)
- djvups (alias)
- djvused (alias)
- djvuserve (alias)
- djvutoxml (alias)
- djvutxt (alias)
- djvuxmlparser (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.5.30
## Project history and usage

DjVuLibre is the open source implementation of DjVu, a document-image format and software platform aimed at fast distribution of scanned documents, digital documents, and high-resolution images.

### Project history

DjVu was originally developed at AT&T Labs-Research and was sold to LizardTech in March 2000. LizardTech released the reference implementation under the GNU GPL in October 2000, after which DjVuLibre continued as an enhanced open source version maintained by original DjVu inventors.

### Adoption history

The official DjVuLibre site describes DjVu as being used by hundreds of academic, commercial, governmental, and non-commercial sites, and lists distribution availability through Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Windows, and Mac OS packages.

### How it is used

Package users get a broad command-line toolkit for creating, inspecting, assembling, extracting, decoding, and converting DjVu documents, plus the C++ DjVu reference library. The source README also notes that most users on macOS can install the Homebrew package directly.

### Why package nerds care

DjVuLibre matters in package collections because it is both an archival-document utility suite and the reusable library behind many DjVu workflows. It is the package that turns a historically web-centric scanned-document format into normal Unix command-line plumbing.

### Timeline

- 2000-03: AT&T sold DjVu to LizardTech.
- 2000-10: LizardTech released the reference implementation under the GNU GPL.
- 2026-05: DjVuLibre 3.5.30 was released.

### Related projects

- The official site lists DjView4, JavaDjVu, and DjvuDigital as related DjVu projects.

### Sources

- <https://djvu.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/djvu/djvulibre-git/ci/master/tree/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/djvulibre.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/djvulibre.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation