# Install vsview with Homebrew

Next-generation VapourSynth previewer. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:vsview
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vsview
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:vsview
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.9.0
- **Source summary:** Next-generation VapourSynth previewer
- **Homepage:** <https://jaded-encoding-thaumaturgy.github.io/vs-view/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T19:53:15Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- vsview (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.9.0
## Project history and usage

VSView is a Python/PySide6 VapourSynth previewer for opening scripts, videos, and images, with workspaces, integrated tools, and plugin-oriented extension points.

### Project history

The official repository describes VSView as a modern, extensible previewer for VapourSynth. Its documentation says it was built as a modern replacement for VSPreview, with cleaner maintainability and clearer plugin integration.

GitHub repository metadata records the vs-view repository as created in December 2025. Official tags show early vsview prereleases followed by versioned releases through VSView 0.8.0 in June 2026.

### Adoption history

VSView is packaged for Python-first workflows in its official documentation, which recommends pip and uv installation and optional extras for recommended or full plugin bundles. The supplied input shows Homebrew packaging as another route for users who prefer system package managers.

### How it is used

Official usage docs show launching VSView from the command line, opening VapourSynth or Python scripts and media files, passing script arguments, managing settings, and using workspaces plus built-in plugin panels to inspect and compare media sources.

### Why package nerds care

VSView is interesting to package users because it joins VapourSynth's script-centric video ecosystem with a desktop previewer, modern Python packaging, optional plugin extras, and a Homebrew command entry point. It is a GUI application, but it still exposes a CLI-oriented installation and launch flow.

### Timeline

- 2025: GitHub metadata records creation of the vs-view repository.
- 2026: Official tags list the first VSView prerelease and 0.1.0 line.
- 2026: Official docs describe VSView as a modern replacement for VSPreview.
- 2026: VSView 0.8.0 release notes describe plugin API expansion and a new histogram plugin.

### Related projects

- The official docs connect VSView to VapourSynth and position it as a successor to VSPreview. Its pyproject also shows a workspace containing VSView-related CLI and plugin packages such as vsview-cli and second-party plugin packages.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Jaded-Encoding-Thaumaturgy/vs-view>
- <https://github.com/Jaded-Encoding-Thaumaturgy/vs-view>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaded-Encoding-Thaumaturgy/vs-view/main/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaded-Encoding-Thaumaturgy/vs-view/main/docs/index.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaded-Encoding-Thaumaturgy/vs-view/main/docs/usage/configuration.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaded-Encoding-Thaumaturgy/vs-view/main/docs/usage/overview.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaded-Encoding-Thaumaturgy/vs-view/main/pyproject.toml>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vsview. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: ~/.config/vsview/global_settings.json
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/vsview/global_settings.json
- Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\vsview\global_settings.json, %APPDATA%\vsview\global_settings.json when --settings-roaming is used

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph