# Install hdr10plus_tool with Homebrew, apk, pacman, Nix CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files. Version 1.7.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#hdr10plus_tool. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:hdr10plus_tool ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install hdr10plus_tool ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add hdr10plus-tool ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hdr10plus-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S hdr10plus-tool ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: hdr10plus-tool from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#hdr10plus_tool ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hd/hdr10plus_tool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:hdr10plus_tool - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.7.2 - **Source summary:** CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - hdr10plus_tool (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.7.2 ## Project history and usage hdr10plus_tool is a Rust command-line utility for working with HDR10+ dynamic metadata in HEVC video streams. The project began as hdr10plus_parser and evolved from metadata extraction and verification into a broader toolkit for extracting, injecting, removing, plotting, and editing HDR10+ metadata. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in January 2019 and its first public release, 0.1.0, was named HDR10+ Parser. The README records the name change directly: the tool was previously hdr10plus_parser, then became hdr10plus_tool after it outgrew parsing alone. Early releases in 2019 focused on correctness around HDR10+ metadata parsing, JSON generation, ffmpeg-piped input, and compatibility with Samsung tooling and MediaInfo. Later README-documented commands broadened the project into bidirectional metadata handling: extract metadata from HEVC or MKV inputs, inject JSON metadata into HEVC bitstreams, remove HDR10+ SEI messages, plot brightness metadata, and edit frame metadata. ### Adoption history Adoption is mostly visible in video-encoding and home-media packaging contexts rather than broad platform documentation. Package-manager metadata in the batch shows the tool packaged for Homebrew, Nix, Alpine, and Arch-derived ecosystems, which fits a niche CLI used by people automating HDR video workflows. The project lives near other HEVC/HDR command-line tooling: users commonly combine it with ffmpeg bitstream extraction and x265 HDR10+ JSON workflows, both of which are reflected in the upstream README examples and sample-file notes. ### How it is used The common workflow is to extract HDR10+ metadata from an HEVC bitstream or MKV file into JSON, inspect or transform that JSON, and optionally inject it back into an encoded HEVC stream. The tool also supports verification-only parsing, metadata removal, brightness plotting to PNG, and frame-level edit operations described by JSON edit instructions. For package users, the value is that it turns a specialized video metadata operation into a scriptable executable. The README examples show stdin pipelines from ffmpeg, which is why the package matters to shell-heavy encoding pipelines and reproducible media-processing recipes. ### Why package nerds care hdr10plus_tool is small but useful in package-manager culture because it exposes a specialized media metadata operation as a single CLI with no GUI assumptions. It is the kind of formula that makes Homebrew, Nix, Alpine, and Pacman valuable to video hobbyists: a hard-to-build Rust utility becomes one command away and fits neatly into ffmpeg pipelines. Its history also shows a familiar package evolution: a parser becomes a tool once users need round-tripping, validation, and inspection. That shift explains why the package name matters even though the executable remains narrow. ### Timeline - 2019-01: Repository created and 0.1.0 released as HDR10+ Parser. - 2019-01: 0.2.1 added a verify option for checking embedded metadata. - 2019-01: 0.2.2 added piped input support using ffmpeg. - 2019-11: 0.2.5 improved JSON generation and MediaInfo-related compatibility. - 2020-01: 0.2.6 added regression tests while fixing parsing of MaxScl and Average MaxRGB values. - 2026-01: 1.3.2 added support for multiple SEI messages and a remove subcommand. ### Related projects - ffmpeg is commonly used to demux or pipe HEVC bitstreams into hdr10plus_tool. - x265 appears in the upstream README as the source of sample HDR10+ metadata used for tests. - MediaInfo appears in release notes as an interoperability target for HDR10+ profile detection. - HDR-Multi-Tool-Gui and similar media GUIs often wrap CLI tools in this family, but hdr10plus_tool itself remains the scriptable core. ### Sources - - - - ## 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 - hdr10plus_tool: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hd/hdr10plus_tool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - hdr10plus-tool - 1.7.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hdr10plus-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files | https://github.com/quietvoid/h1.dr10plus_tool - apk - hdr10plus-tool-doc - 1.7.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hdr10plus-tool-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files (documentation) | https://github.com/quietvoid/h1.dr10plus_tool - pacman - hdr10plus-tool - 1.7.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: hdr10plus-tool from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files | https://github.com/quietvoid/hdr10plus_tool ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/hdr10plus_tool.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/hdr10plus_tool.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