The standalone python links point to a package containing a binary executable that you can simply download, unpack, and run to create visualizations using VTK’s python interface. For Tcl or Java support, or for more full-featured Python integration, you will have to compile VTK from source code using CMake and compiler for your platform. Note that compared to the git master branch, the latest release option is better tested and easier to install, but it will not have the newest features being developed in the git repository. You can also:

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Latest Release (9.5.0)

Data VTKData-9.5.0.tar.gz 91cd3dd6382430e7cabbec8969f2ef0f8e9cb23ca50e7b0a7018a429e6695caf
VTKDataFiles-9.5.0.tar.gz 433a6b12f2e0d0a53ee14dac4811d7d1fb81aa3d4c41e958d30fa816c556ff45
VTKLargeDataFiles-9.5.0.tar.gz df3a6b7c4f93a24d6f1a09e4fcb50bcf576ea7477882dafcce7e17d4172290fa
Documentation vtkDocHtml-9.5.0.tar.gz e120b7ca13521c9919ae9dc819cb067b037455fbf35c4140a492984018dc8f89
Source VTK-9.5.0.tar.gz 04ae86246b9557c6b61afbc534a6df099244fbc8f3937f82e6bc0570953af87d
VTKLargeData-9.5.0.tar.gz 214c285d6eecf7c7b35a1dba279d68f47c343a2bbcdaabe51c4a58be9fb0392d

git tag: 'v9.5.0'

Find VTK Python wheels at: https://vtk.org/files/release/9.5. The wheel naming adheres to the Wheel Binary Package Format 1.0 (PEP 427). We provide wheels for Python 3.8-3.13 on Windows, macOS (Intel and ARM), and Linux platforms. Wheel SDK packages are also available for developers requiring header files and libraries. Wheels are also available at Pypi.org.

Previous Release (9.4.2)

Source VTK-9.4.2.tar.gz 36c98e0da96bb12a30fe53708097aa9492e7b66d5c3b366e1c8dc251e2856a02
Data VTKData-9.4.2.tar.gz 1e0aa3df63ce3975d29eeb66985fc373330824f90c2991be52951ad2a8241b11
VTKDataFiles-9.4.2.tar.gz 127d53b99251ad1cb3667831542f8c98b1f9fb0c4af0f6ee0f303a89d158b300
VTKLargeData-9.4.2.tar.gz cbe08c034c2877f9b6a21084ba8602fa5a497088323ce09f1163f6e828ab25ca
VTKLargeDataFiles-9.4.2.tar.gz b812a87c974a33d3e0bd759644cdc3609faa714494155301d283ba02a86a1ffe
Documentation vtkDocHtml-9.4.2.tar.gz f31d0fbb95b73346b8675925b2e212fbe4f61ab94b38967ffd434a3d8fd20390

git tag: 'v9.4.2'

Find VTK Python wheels at: https://vtk.org/files/release/9.4. The wheel naming adheres to the Wheel Binary Package Format 1.0 (PEP 427). We provide wheels for Python 3.8-3.13 on Windows, macOS (Intel and ARM), and Linux platforms. Wheel SDK packages are also available for developers requiring header files and libraries. Wheels are also available at Pypi.org.

Earlier Release (8.2.0)

Source VTK-8.2.0.tar.gz 8af3307da0fc2ef8cafe4a312b821111
Data VTKData-8.2.0.tar.gz a6eab7bc02cee1376ee69243dde373ce
VTKLargeData-8.2.0.tar.gz def386ee0a3b988c52255e14af49b7b9
Documentation vtkDocHtml-8.2.0.tar.gz 909c289d404fb5902b7df20e45dee7a3

git tag: 'v8.2.0'

Find VTK Python wheels at: https://vtk.org/files/release/8.2. The wheel naming adheres to the Wheel Binary Package Format 1.0 (PEP 427). We provide wheels for Python 3.8-3.13 on Windows, macOS (Intel and ARM), and Linux platforms. Wheel SDK packages are also available for developers requiring header files and libraries. Wheels are also available at Pypi.org.

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Access the Git source-code repository

VTK development is hosted in Git here: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk

Download additional components

Nightly Documentation Archive – The documentation for the nightly build of VTK is also available as a gzipped tarball: vtkNightlyDocHtml.tar.gz. This is useful if you would like your own local copy of the VTK documentation without spending the extra time and effort to build it yourself.

MPEG2 Source Code – Download a CMake-ified source tree of the patented MPEG2 library with the different flavors of line endings from one of these links: Windows: vtkmpeg2encode.zip or Unix/Mac: vtkmpeg2encode.tar.gz.

FFMPEG Source Code – The FFMPEG multimedia library source code can be obtained either from the sourceforge web site or by downloading ffmpeg_source.tar.gz. The tar file also contains instructions on how to link Paraview to the library.

Questions / Problems

For problems or questions, we recommend that you join to the VTK discourse, and post your questions there. Or, send an email to: kitware@kitware.com.