macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install montagelocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install montageMacPorts ports tree · science/montage/Portfile · source: api.github.com
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Install montage with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts
Toolkit for assembling FITS images into custom mosaics. Version 6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install montage.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install montageDebian stable package indexes · montage · source: deb.debian.org
overview
Package summary
Toolkit for assembling FITS images into custom mosaics
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mAdd
- mAddCube
- mArchiveExec
- mArchiveGet
- mArchiveList
- mBackground
- mBestImage
- mBgExec
- mBgModel
- mCalExec
- mCalibrate
- mCatMap
- mCatSearch
- mConcatFit
- mConvert
- mCoverageCheck
- mDAG
- mDAGFiles
- mDAGGalacticPlane
- mDAGTbls
- mDiff
- mDiffExec
- mDiffFit
- mDiffFitExec
- mExamine
- mExec
- mExecTG
- mFitExec
- mFitplane
- mFixHdr
- mFixNaN
- mFlattenExec
history
Project history and usage
Montage is an astronomy image-mosaicking toolkit associated with Caltech/IPAC and the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive. A 2008 CaltechAUTHORS record for the chapter "Web-based tools-montage: An astronomical image mosaic engine" lists G. Bruce Berriman, J. C. Good, A. C. Laity, J. C. Jacob, D. S. Katz, E. Deelman, G. Singh, and M.-H. Su among the creators, notes NASA and Caltech funding, and says the code is maintained by IRSA. The same record describes the central design promise: preserve calibration and astrometric fidelity while producing user-specified mosaics in astronomy coordinate systems and projections.
Project history
Technically, Montage became important because it is not only a monolithic mosaic maker. Its tools expose separate steps for image geometry analysis, reprojection, background matching, metadata table building, coaddition, and visualization, which is why the Homebrew package ships many small commands such as mProject, mDiff, mBgModel, mAdd, mImgtbl, mMakeHdr, and mViewer-related utilities. The Caltech record emphasizes ANSI C portability across Unix-like desktop, cluster, and supercomputer environments; later IPAC publication metadata describes it as a scalable C toolkit for FITS mosaics used in astronomy and information-technology communities for research, product generation, cyber-infrastructure, and visualization workflows.
How it is used
In practice, Montage sits in the scientific-command-line niche rather than the general image-processing niche. Astronomers use it to assemble science-grade FITS mosaics from survey or user images while keeping World Coordinate System metadata meaningful; workflow systems and archive services can compose its executables into larger pipelines. Version 5-era work added visualization features around mViewer, HEALPix input, and TOAST organization for WorldWide Telescope-style consumption, broadening the toolkit from mosaic generation into reproducible visual data products.
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:archive,image
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
mAdd | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mAddCube | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mArchiveExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mArchiveGet | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mArchiveList | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mBackground | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mBestImage | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mBgExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mBgModel | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mCalExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mCalibrate | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mCatMap | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mCatSearch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mConcatFit | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mConvert | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mCoverageCheck | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDAG | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDAGFiles | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDAGGalacticPlane | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDAGTbls | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDiff | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDiffExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDiffFit | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mDiffFitExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mExamine | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mExecTG | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mFitExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mFitplane | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mFixHdr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mFixNaN | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mFlattenExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mGetHdr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mGridExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mHdr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mHdrCheck | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mHdrWWT | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mHdrWWTExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mHdrtbl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mHistogram | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mImgtbl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mMakeHdr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mMakeImg | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mNotify | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mNotifyTG | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mOverlaps | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mPNGWWTExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mPad | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mPix2Coord | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mPresentation | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mProjWWTExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mProject | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mProjectCube | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mProjectPP | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mProjectQL | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mPutHdr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mRotate | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mShrink | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mShrinkCube | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mShrinkHdr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mSubCube | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mSubimage | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mTblExec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mTblSort | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mTileHdr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mTileImage | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mTranspose | 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 version6.0
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:montage |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu |
| Repository | https://github.com/Caltech-IPAC/Montage |
| Last updated | 2026-06-25T13:37:55+02:00 |
| 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%
montage 6.1+dfsg-1+b1
Toolkit for assembling FITS images into mosaics
http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
sudo apt install montage- Section: science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: montage
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Montage
Debian apt95%
montage-gridtools 6.1+dfsg-1+b1
Create files to run montage on the grid
http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
sudo apt install montage-gridtools- Section: science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: montage
- 3 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Montage
Debian apt95%
python3-montagepy 6.1+dfsg-1+b1
Python toolkit for assembling FITS images into mosaics
http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
sudo apt install python3-montagepy- Section: python
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: montage
- 8 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Montage
Ubuntu apt95%
montage 6.0+dfsg-9
Toolkit for assembling FITS images into mosaics
http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
sudo apt install montage- Section: universe/science
- Architecture: amd64
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Montage
Ubuntu apt95%
montage-gridtools 6.0+dfsg-9
Create files to run montage on the grid
http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
sudo apt install montage-gridtools- Section: universe/science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: montage
- 3 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Montage
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-montagepy 6.0+dfsg-9
Python toolkit for assembling FITS images into mosaics
http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
sudo apt install python3-montagepy- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: montage
- 8 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Montage
MacPorts95%
montage
sudo port install montage- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Montage
source trail
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
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