# 使用 Homebrew, apk, dnf 安装 openhmd

查看 openhmd 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:openhmd
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install openhmd
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add openhmd
```

  证据: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: openhmd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install openhmd
```

  证据: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openhmd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:openhmd
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.3.0
- **来源摘要:** Free and open source API and drivers for immersive technology
- **主页:** <http://openhmd.net>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/OpenHMD/OpenHMD>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- simple (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.3.0
## 项目历史与用法

OpenHMD is a free and open-source API and driver project for immersive hardware, especially head-mounted displays with built-in tracking. It provides a permissively licensed C library intended to let applications and runtimes talk to VR and XR devices without vendor SDK lock-in.

### 项目历史

The OpenHMD GitHub repository was created in May 2013, during the early consumer-VR wave around Oculus Rift developer hardware. Its README states the project's goal plainly: provide a free and open-source API and drivers for immersive technology such as head-mounted displays with built-in head tracking.

OpenHMD 0.2.0 was released in September 2016, and OpenHMD 0.3.0 "Djungelvral" followed in July 2019 after years of reverse engineering, testing, and device-support work. The 0.3 release notes and project blog highlight support work for devices such as 3Glasses D3, Oculus CV1, Windows Mixed Reality HMDs, NOLO, HTC Vive, and HTC Vive Pro.

### 采用历史

OpenHMD occupied an important niche before OpenXR became the dominant open standard: it gave Linux and open-source graphics developers a small, permissive library for experimental VR hardware access. Its Homebrew, Fedora, and Alpine packaging reflects that it is a library package more than an end-user application.

### 使用方式

Developers use OpenHMD to enumerate supported HMD devices and read pose/tracking data through a common API. Because device support often depends on reverse-engineered USB/HID behavior, users typically consult the device compatibility list before expecting full rotational, positional, or controller support.

OpenHMD is also used indirectly through bridges and higher-level projects, including attempts to connect supported headsets to SteamVR or other XR stacks.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

OpenHMD is package-nerd notable as a hardware-enablement library from the messy pre-OpenXR era. It is small, permissively licensed, and depends heavily on community reverse engineering, which makes its packaging and compatibility matrix more important than a typical application package.

### 时间线

- May 2013: the OpenHMD GitHub repository was created.
- September 2016: OpenHMD 0.2.0 was published.
- July 2019: OpenHMD 0.3.0 "Djungelvral" was released with expanded AR/VR device support.
- 2024-2025: issue activity and repository metadata show continued maintenance discussions, though the release cadence is sparse.

### Related projects

- OpenHMD sits near OpenXR, OpenVR/SteamVR, Monado, OSVR, libusb/HID stacks, and device-specific bridge projects such as SteamVR-OpenHMD.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/OpenHMD/OpenHMD>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/openhmd>
- <https://github.com/OpenHMD/OpenHMD>
- <https://github.com/OpenHMD/OpenHMD/releases>
- <https://www.openhmd.net/>
- <https://www.openhmd.net/index.php/2019/07/12/openhmd-0-3-0-djungelvral-released/>
- <https://www.openhmd.net/index.php/devices/>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- apk - openhmd - 0.3.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: openhmd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Free and Open Source API and drivers for immersive (VR) technology | http://www.openhmd.net/
- apk - openhmd-dev - 0.3.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: openhmd-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Free and Open Source API and drivers for immersive (VR) technology (development files) | http://www.openhmd.net/
- dnf - openhmd - 0.3.0^20250112git4dbc6c9-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openhmd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Free and Open Source API and drivers for immersive technology | http://www.openhmd.net
- dnf - openhmd-devel - 0.3.0^20250112git4dbc6c9-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openhmd-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development headers and libraries for openhmd | http://www.openhmd.net
- dnf - openhmd-doc - 0.3.0^20250112git4dbc6c9-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openhmd-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Developer documentation for openhmd | http://www.openhmd.net
- dnf - openhmd-examples - 0.3.0^20250112git4dbc6c9-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openhmd-examples from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Examples for openhmd | http://www.openhmd.net


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- 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
