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:

Latest Release (9.4.0.rc2)

Source VTK-9.4.0.rc2.tar.gz 7c6076724f96fd8425d30b37e11b01cedd1eed564e23346da46a332fcf9859d8
Data VTKData-9.4.0.rc2.tar.gz 3f9e171dae3321f512d27945c99ce597d2193e2f9313f6eed353dfaec8c08a08
VTKDataFiles-9.4.0.rc2.tar.gz 2d555848104b42652dbc00007b39e3ffc1e29e854f088f508fa8af26d4944670
VTKLargeData-9.4.0.rc2.tar.gz b7bd86f4b89f8e964dae56824f632b7c0daa0f2b269c376350e5ab23e72318a8
VTKLargeDataFiles-9.4.0.rc2.tar.gz 9eaaffd61fad0ddce27d8dd01bc3b9d51fffb5f37b70f35d297bd4742dd7ea78
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl a63dd53bdcb2d2435eb0fbf5f79267c1c2ec484ffe6bcf4b9c313486555c9088
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl 8a9ef0e9f70ec536c89209cfda3972e5cc9628c920668150c35b3e077e76b209
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl 344ce895f3c5be648421c3c023e6adbca48f0c388599ca36bdc560ff31ae8668
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl 245a6649f85fbac84a75d9638c830f209b451f4b1b6f7582978a1e39b0aa17da
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl 4d1c024001828751c69ede17a565f5ccdf1671a06652a730e3e4bf312993f2a8
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl 804b66871469020c7b6fd8a72d0bf398d84c0d9832fc7288cf20ab2a8a2e2a12
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl 775753ae5a505ce8feed149c12363808d228d8b8bb06b32a887ce2ea96084fe6
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl 07006ca42671d681e54fc9fa41717fa602a9292a28359829e8cfcb1f39218179
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-linux_x86_64.whl 66d0ba8b5d4c5d9cdfb0eea10c1cdb3a336776d7a0778a43fa7535c319d215c0
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl e4554151e1ff1e5c85814206708af07334e5f69be3230546dd64f5238e1915de
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl 8b63dcdb72b9669eb7af4a502c7fac0b160f2f84814008b28e32f435ba69c8ae
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl 5b6a9041166c881dd92be083846e4039ceae136a3f7a1c9f1683e6f51218d2b4
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl 72b525282adae945c0083208c9b5815659c8bed3fc00fde3d7ddba06363707e3
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl 4f13ffebb2170ef9471ce943f74e28da46a2a8778a850d675e27eb63b364e2d2
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl b597f4ddb8db6d1137a5d9071d5580a2110a2bfcff5c116fffec78da82eda251
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-linux_x86_64.whl 7d4725f77af6490e760078fd4e2c475fac3a7b954cb02115f4731db54e39932f
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl 5d66c44e35172bd77f5fcb10ce24b84ea4824259c85601e77f79045c36246155
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl c9dfa4a4968613f108a6f996e0b36e4621b15f52853bf1a08d8742fc93aee173
vtk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl f9faf289337502a086a8c288df6712b9eba8e2cd523e1475d87e27d63243aba9
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.tar.xz 605ac033b470111c5ea219b366c898a1d6cef9030fb61c9ca114f5ca9c6bf06c
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_10_x86_64.tar.xz 9aaaebcf99ab202c844b3bb5d575a17501e680019a23aa72a10de1f065d3b6ad
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.tar.xz c924b98c1990dacf3673067099e5fee89348f575fd29507caefefefaab2f0817
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.tar.xz 42bd80a270d4aa407b48c41c5b7c0319dc84c0eea93fae42acaa0fe57917e616
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.tar.xz 881131a55d6697965ba43fd234e1476cae4d084a4f22a1124c8fb25467516d50
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_10_x86_64.tar.xz e4c0ec46b78cfce07bb66939b208b4d6803e46dcffac00361c2037e438df623c
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.tar.xz a193413e1466bc46806ff52e192bd17fb32d65af5d0ad9c141bec98a52129ca1
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.tar.xz 6e53dc072d186bc5d5245d023ff3e5451f0eedfeeaff7c6adf6bf509dba3f4a7
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-linux_x86_64.tar.xz 5b06addd1e45015b6b54374d136a38710630c53d404b5a7fb4ea59ab340b80ed
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_10_x86_64.tar.xz a0c3fdfe7bef4df6b76f246018a126e0196d2e5dcd02c76624ec6be5b58bdc35
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.tar.xz 0e44af216462f8eedcdcdc9de3d11989818cb02589c470a7bb1897b2e343aa56
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.tar.xz a5f21db0bda936af2eb1d72f3858f261c0ebcfd5799695bc41028c214bf7f1a1
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.tar.xz 73a3ac8b92bb0a9ab047f1f9e291f2cbb500b23f42bf69ef1250517121b8ecc4
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_10_x86_64.tar.xz 2c9fe3d4f374a085a5a676698f6eb2a789674432238af76bab3ab8d0d31b2483
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.tar.xz 64331e4f8a530e58ded10709da9b13b7072113aa8138606cb4f581504f5813ef
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-linux_x86_64.tar.xz 75ad5eacaa97c88968fb8182e9835f5a2f04507bb05d78706d0a077354711998
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_10_x86_64.tar.xz 7b3b57de291ec8389a51d8af80228ce3515d34459d8c0b9ce284423612c8b212
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-macosx_11_0_arm64.tar.xz 8dc23c04a14d6d0f6402d8a9ba4d358f58100419d2c712fd134a8ab93ef90f53
vtk-wheel-sdk-9.4.0rc2-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.tar.xz ed0c42832379fad4a52c4b055d2d792b2ec1e1414ae4857ac337b3b05062a93e
vtkDocHtml-9.4.0.rc2.tar.gz 3b8154c1ec0a1fe77f781bd648a11d3b940ce700fb2277a9e611cf3d2a97a7d9

git tag: “v9.4.0.rc2”

Previous Release (8.2.0)

Platform Files MD5
Source VTK-8.2.0.zip 94ba8959b56dcfa6bac996158669ac36
VTK-8.2.0.tar.gz 8af3307da0fc2ef8cafe4a312b821111
Data VTKData-8.2.0.zip fc609b766fa890cf5c73ee1ca9ff1e87
VTKData-8.2.0.tar.gz a6eab7bc02cee1376ee69243dde373ce
VTKLargeData-8.2.0.zip 7f4c093a84936bd07c54ce1b7d4b4b54
VTKLargeData-8.2.0.tar.gz def386ee0a3b988c52255e14af49b7b9
vtkDocHtml-8.2.0.tar.gz 909c289d404fb5902b7df20e45dee7a3

git tag: “v8.2.0”

An Earlier Release (7.1.1)

Platform Files MD5
Source VTK-7.1.1.zip ee9f921fc5bdc0d2ff8733a28c3e30e6
VTK-7.1.1.tar.gz daee43460f4e95547f0635240ffbc9cb
Standalone Python Interface (Installer) vtkpython-7.1.1-Windows-64bit.exe f75e6f49c167c464192fbc8ef473954a
vtkpython-7.1.1-Darwin-64bit.dmg c8392d0691d3cdc23a22aa484711449c
vtkpython-7.1.1-Linux-64bit.tar.gz f1be159d5779d441a21bc3cd1493d4e0
Data VTKData-7.1.1.zip aa276ce7a447c900bec4c41a355ed000
VTKData-7.1.1.tar.gz 3a424d51e8407497ce5f783323ac9b46
VTKLargeData-7.1.1.zip f78bf510cb3cfa23c7a1b0177ec91d94
VTKLargeData-7.1.1.tar.gz 17d9996cf6382037d1bb0a03c855a68b
Documentation vtkDocHtml-7.1.1.tar.gz e4ac0059a18a6e562e1e0008b4878180

git tag: “v7.1.1”


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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.