# Install lutgen with Homebrew, apk, Nix, scoop
Blazingly fast interpolated LUT generator and applicator for color palettes. Version 1.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-14. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#lutgen.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:lutgen
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install lutgen
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add lutgen
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lutgen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lutgen
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lu/lutgen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Windows
- Scoop (92%):
```sh
scoop install main/lutgen
```
Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/lutgen.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:lutgen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Source summary:** Blazingly fast interpolated LUT generator and applicator for color palettes
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-14T21:16:41Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- lutgen (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.1
## Project history and usage
Lutgen is a Rust project for generating and applying interpolated lookup tables for color palettes. The upstream README describes it as a fast LUT utility for arbitrary and popular color palettes, with both CLI and Studio packaging.
### Project history
The ozwaldorf/lutgen-rs repository was created in 2023 and developed as a Rust workspace containing CLI, Studio, and library components. The README centers the project on recoloring images to desktop color schemes, with examples for Hald CLUTs and color corrections.
Lutgen's documentation has a dedicated wiki at lut.sh, while the repository README documents source installation, crates.io packages, a Nix flake, and development-shell commands.
### Adoption history
The supplied package metadata lists Lutgen across Alpine APK, Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop, and the README adds crates.io and Nix flake installation paths. This makes it a package-manager-friendly desktop theming utility rather than only a Rust crate.
Repository metadata shows a few hundred stars and active maintenance into 2026, which fits a focused but visible audience in color-scheme, wallpaper, and Linux desktop customization communities.
### How it is used
Users can install the CLI from source with `cargo install --path crates/cli`, from crates.io as `lutgen-cli`, or through package managers. The project also ships Lutgen Studio and a Rust library documented through docs.rs.
The README emphasizes applying palettes to images and producing Hald CLUT-style outputs, and the Nix flake supports running both `lutgen` and `lutgen-studio` directly.
### Why package nerds care
Lutgen is significant for package nerds because it turns a desktop-rice workflow into a small reproducible command-line tool: generate a LUT, apply a palette, and integrate it with package-managed themes or wallpapers.
Its multi-surface packaging, including CLI, GUI, crate, and flake, is a modern Rust packaging pattern where the repository is simultaneously an application, a library, and a theme-tool distribution point.
### Timeline
- 2023: ozwaldorf/lutgen-rs repository created.
- 2026: GitHub metadata and release listing show continued activity.
- 2026: Lutgen Studio v0.4.0 published as the latest GitHub release.
### Related projects
- Hald CLUT workflows are a documented source and output model.
- Catppuccin, Gruvbox, and Nord appear in README example outputs.
- Nix flakes, crates.io, docs.rs, and Lutgen Studio are related packaging or project surfaces.
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## Security Notes
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for lutgen. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Nix - lutgen: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lu/lutgen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - lutgen - 1.0.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lutgen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Blazingly fast interpolated LUT generator and applicator for arbitrary and popular color palettes | https://github.com/ozwaldorf/lutgen-rs
- apk - lutgen-bash-completion - 1.0.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lutgen-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for lutgen | https://github.com/ozwaldorf/lutgen-rs
- apk - lutgen-doc - 1.0.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lutgen-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Blazingly fast interpolated LUT generator and applicator for arbitrary and popular color palettes (documentation) | https://github.com/ozwaldorf/lutgen-rs
- apk - lutgen-fish-completion - 1.0.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lutgen-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for lutgen | https://github.com/ozwaldorf/lutgen-rs
- apk - lutgen-zsh-completion - 1.0.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lutgen-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for lutgen | https://github.com/ozwaldorf/lutgen-rs
- Scoop - main/lutgen: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/lutgen.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lutgen.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lutgen.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