# AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO

A color management framework for visual effects and animation.

Repository: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/opencolorio
Homepage: https://opencolorio.org
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: opencolorio
Last push: 2026-07-10T01:05:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 59, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5894, "days_push": 55, "days_rel": 112, "gap_med": 103, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2089, forks 499 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:12.279926+00:00)

## What it is
OpenColorIO (OCIO) is a complete color management framework for motion picture production, emphasizing visual effects and computer animation. It provides consistent color handling across applications, supports ACES, and is natively integrated into tools like Nuke, Maya, Houdini, and Blender.

## Use cases
- manage color spaces across a vfx pipeline
- apply ACES output transforms in a renderer
- convert images between log and linear color spaces
- load and apply LUTs in compositing
- ensure consistent color across multiple dcc applications
- gpu-accelerated color processing in a game engine

## When to choose
- building vfx or animation pipelines needing industry-standard color management
- integrating ACES workflows into rendering or compositing tools
- needing consistent color across applications like Nuke, Maya, or Blender

## When to avoid
- simple photo editing without multi-colorspace needs
- projects requiring only basic sRGB conversion

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: graphics, image-processing, sdk, plugin-system
- domain: graphics, media, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, python, cross-platform
- tags: color-management, vfx, aces, lut, film-production, animation, game-development, gpu

## Member repositories
- AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.279926+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:55:37.151030+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.279926+00:00, sha 51b5a545f48c)
  - homepage: https://opencolorio.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:35:22.931145+00:00, sha 9589eb9497e2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.