macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mltlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mltMacPorts ports tree · multimedia/mlt/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 2550
Install mlt with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper, winget
Author, manage, and run multitrack audio/video compositions. Version 7.40.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libmlt++-dev.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mltAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mlt · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mltFedora Rawhide package metadata · mlt · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mltnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ml/mlt/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S mltArch Linux sync databases · mlt · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libmlt++-devDebian stable package indexes · libmlt++-dev · source: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install meltopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · melt · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id charmbracelet.melt -eWindows Package Manager source index · charmbracelet.melt · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Author, manage, and run multitrack audio/video compositions
Project links
Commands and aliases
- melt
- melt-7
history
Project history and usage
MLT, the Media Lovin' Toolkit, is an open-source multimedia framework designed for television broadcasting and packaged for command-line and library use around the `melt` executable. The project site describes it as a framework for authoring, managing, and running multitrack audio/video compositions, and as the engine of non-linear video editors and other media applications.
Project history
Technically, MLT provides a toolkit for broadcasters, video editors, media players, transcoders, web streamers, and related applications through ready-to-use tools, XML authoring components, and an extensible plugin API. Meltytech describes MLT as an engine that can author a multimedia composition, manipulate it, save it, reload it, and execute it for playback, streaming, or non-realtime encoding. That design gives MLT a package-manager niche broader than a single CLI: installing it supplies the `melt` renderer plus shared framework pieces used by desktop editors and headless media pipelines.
How it is used
Adoption is strongest in video-editing and broadcast-style workflows. The MLT projects page lists Flowblade, Kdenlive, Shotcut, Synfig Studio, OpenShot 1.x, Melted, and other applications or services using MLT. Meltytech also documents case-study deployments for video souvenirs, Wikimedia-oriented rendering, ETV India, SLAM!FM playout, and broadcast graphics. In practice, users encounter MLT directly through `melt` commands and indirectly when editors serialize projects to MLT XML and hand rendering or playback to the framework.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:video,audio
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
melt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
melt-7 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version7.40.0
manager updated2026-07-10
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mlt |
|---|---|
| Version | 7.40.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.mltframework.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/mltframework/mlt |
| Last updated | 2026-07-10T02:36:58Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
libmlt++-dev 7.30.0-1+b2
MLT multimedia framework C++ wrapper (development)
sudo apt install libmlt++-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Debian apt95%
libmlt++7 7.30.0-1+b2
MLT multimedia framework C++ wrapper (runtime)
sudo apt install libmlt++7- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Debian apt95%
libmlt-data 7.30.0-1
multimedia framework (data)
sudo apt install libmlt-data- Section: libs
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: mlt
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Debian apt95%
libmlt-dev 7.30.0-1+b2
multimedia framework (development)
sudo apt install libmlt-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Debian apt95%
libmlt7 7.30.0-1+b2
multimedia framework (runtime)
sudo apt install libmlt7- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 32 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Debian apt95%
melt 7.30.0-1+b2
command line media player and video editor
sudo apt install melt- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Debian apt95%
python3-mlt 7.30.0-1+b2
multimedia framework (Python bindings)
sudo apt install python3-mlt- Section: python
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Nix95%
mlt
nix profile install nixpkgs#mlt- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Ubuntu apt95%
libmlt++-dev 7.22.0-1build6
MLT multimedia framework C++ wrapper (development)
sudo apt install libmlt++-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Ubuntu apt95%
libmlt++7 7.22.0-1build6
MLT multimedia framework C++ wrapper (runtime)
sudo apt install libmlt++7- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Ubuntu apt95%
libmlt-data 7.22.0-1build6
multimedia framework (data)
sudo apt install libmlt-data- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: mlt
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Ubuntu apt95%
libmlt-dev 7.22.0-1build6
multimedia framework (development)
sudo apt install libmlt-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Ubuntu apt95%
libmlt7 7.22.0-1build6
multimedia framework (runtime)
sudo apt install libmlt7- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 32 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Ubuntu apt95%
melt 7.22.0-1build6
command line media player and video editor
sudo apt install melt- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-mlt 7.22.0-1build6
multimedia framework (Python bindings)
sudo apt install python3-mlt- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mlt
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
apk95%
mlt 7.38.0-r1
MLT Multimedia Framework
sudo apk add mlt- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mlt
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mlt
source trail
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- external package-manager database matches
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