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 (9.6.0)

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Source VTK-9.6.0.tar.gz d77d180694faafdc816578b9a53651f6790e799615811bfbb91018661a3bb8f2
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VTKLargeData-9.6.0.tar.gz e6bd72f8fb85cfc5dc8b69e14be6037015f08b04a7adeb689e3c614af0593f86
Documentation vtkDocHtml-9.6.0.tar.gz f55869c533882eb357f7909e0923e5f5c04eb61f87b9fde0ca7141634451d5a2

git tag: 'v9.6.0'

Find VTK Python wheels at: https://vtk.org/files/release/9.6. 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 (9.5.2)

Data VTKDataFiles-9.5.2.tar.gz 974fdf3b82323a65eae0c9475456754484ff839f78a32fed9753811295170a5b
Source VTK-9.5.2.tar.gz cee64b98d270ff7302daf1ef13458dff5d5ac1ecb45d47723835f7f7d562c989
VTKData-9.5.2.tar.gz 3f708e709b9e35e2dd62b105bb430dc15f5f46b79f2509ea9e1411ca3dc2eb5d
VTKLargeDataFiles-9.5.2.tar.gz 3fb46586d3980e19e897ffaab7f82a6586f311fc8e13c78b0cd6d51374221c18
Documentation vtkDocHtml-9.5.2.tar.gz bd2853ea15a81d2c2ba4013e8380ad1884973decf7c41ba4f68a555446b957ad
VTKLargeData-9.5.2.tar.gz cf7929e80af38c75b848bfbf5685f0f571ee958ce2e7d1d0d0b61b7991fe8219

git tag: 'v9.5.2'

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.

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.