# Install dnglab with Homebrew, Nix, zypper

Camera RAW to DNG file format converter. Version 0.7.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dnglab.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dnglab
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dnglab
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dnglab
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install dnglab
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dnglab
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.2
- **Source summary:** Camera RAW to DNG file format converter
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dnglab (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.2
## Project history and usage

DNGLab is a Rust command-line tool for converting camera RAW files into Adobe Digital Negative files. It sits in the photography-tooling niche where users want open, scriptable conversion outside proprietary camera vendor utilities.

### Project history

The project README presents DNGLab as an alpha-stage RAW-to-DNG converter and points users to the GitHub issue tracker for bugs. Its related rawler crate is published separately for RAW parsing, with the README warning that the API is not yet stable.

### Adoption history

DNGLab's adoption is centered on photographers and RAW-format tinkerers who need batch conversion, metadata inspection, or camera-format experimentation from the terminal. Release notes show the project expanding camera and file-format support over time, especially around the v0.5 line.

### How it is used

The CLI supports converting a single RAW file or a directory, analyzing RAW structure as JSON or YAML, extracting embedded originals from DNG files, and low-level DNG creation. That combination makes it useful both as a conversion command and as an inspection tool for RAW-format debugging.

### Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about DNGLab because it is a modern Rust entry in a space long dominated by desktop photo applications and vendor converters. Its single-binary CLI model fits Homebrew, Nix, and other developer-oriented package channels.

### Timeline

- 2021: Early public releases establish DNGLab as a CR3-focused RAW-to-DNG converter.
- 2022: v0.5.0 broadens supported file formats and improves DNG output.
- 2026: v0.7.x releases continue shipping prebuilt binaries.

### Related projects

- rawler is the related RAW parsing crate from the same project family.
- Adobe DNG Converter is the proprietary reference point for many RAW-to-DNG workflows.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab>
- <https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab/releases>
- <https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab/blob/main/SUPPORTED_CAMERAS.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - dnglab: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dn/dnglab/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - dnglab - 0.7.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dnglab from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Camera RAW to DNG file format converter | https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab
- zypper - dnglab-bash-completion - 0.7.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dnglab-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | This package provides tab completion for dnglab on the bash shell | https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab
- zypper - dnglab-fish-completion - 0.7.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dnglab-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | This package provides tab completion for dnglab on the fish shell | https://github.com/dnglab/dnglab


## Combined YAML source

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