Download VTK

Latest release: VTK 9.7.1 · Release notes · Previous releases

Install

Pick your package manager. Each one installs the latest release it packages.

pip install vtk

vtk on PyPI

conda install -c conda-forge vtk

vtk on conda-forge

# C++ headers and libraries
sudo apt install libvtk9-dev
# Python bindings
sudo apt install python3-vtk9

vtk9 on Ubuntu·vtk9 on Debian

# C++ headers and libraries
sudo dnf install vtk-devel
# Python bindings
sudo dnf install python3-vtk

vtk on Fedora

brew install vtk

vtk on Homebrew

vcpkg install vtk

vtk on vcpkg

Python wheels on PyPI support CPython 3.10–3.14 on Linux (x86_64, aarch64), macOS (x86_64, arm64), Windows (x64).

Distribution packages can lag behind

Linux distributions, Homebrew, and vcpkg update on their own schedules, so they may ship an older VTK than 9.7.1. Use pip or conda for the newest release, or build from source.

Development Builds

Wheels built from the development branch are published to VTK's package registry. Their versions look like 9.7.20261026.dev0.

pip install --pre --extra-index-url https://wheels.vtk.org vtk

WARNING

Development builds are untested between releases and may change without notice. Don't use them in production.

Source Code

Latest Release

Released September 28, 2026 · Git tag v9.7.1 · Release notes · Python wheels and all files

File	Contents	Size	SHA-256
VTK-9.7.1.tar.gz	Source code	56 MB	cae04fd35500…
VTKData-9.7.1.tar.gz	Test data, as an ExternalData object store	1.0 GB	030b25aeb4e8…
VTKDataFiles-9.7.1.tar.gz	Test data, laid out at its source-tree paths	1.1 GB	4c603ae6706d…
VTKLargeData-9.7.1.tar.gz	Large test data, as an ExternalData object store	236 MB	f38a7fdc4a30…
VTKLargeDataFiles-9.7.1.tar.gz	Large test data, laid out at its source-tree paths	236 MB	2d4f0f1e6da2…
vtkDocHtml-9.7.1.tar.gz	Offline HTML documentation	200 MB	e6262e3a80a4…

You only need the source archive to build VTK. The data archives are for running VTK's test suite.

Git Repository

git clone https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk.git

See Building from Source for compilation instructions.

Previous Releases

VTK 9.6.2

Released May 18, 2026 · Git tag v9.6.2 · Release notes · Python wheels and all files

File	Contents	Size	SHA-256
VTK-9.6.2.tar.gz	Source code	52 MB	aed12cec12a9…
VTKData-9.6.2.tar.gz	Test data, as an ExternalData object store	1.0 GB	408cd6a56a59…
VTKDataFiles-9.6.2.tar.gz	Test data, laid out at its source-tree paths	1.1 GB	0d15d07cb7c5…
VTKLargeData-9.6.2.tar.gz	Large test data, as an ExternalData object store	236 MB	3ddd29045daa…
VTKLargeDataFiles-9.6.2.tar.gz	Large test data, laid out at its source-tree paths	236 MB	41ed83094ea3…
vtkDocHtml-9.6.2.tar.gz	Offline HTML documentation	194 MB	88310377d52c…

VTK 8.2.0

Released January 30, 2019 · Git tag v8.2.0 · Release notes · Python wheels and all files

File	Contents	Size	MD5
VTK-8.2.0.tar.gz	Source code	34 MB	8af3307da0fc…
VTKData-8.2.0.tar.gz	Test data, as an ExternalData object store	290 MB	a6eab7bc02ce…
VTKLargeData-8.2.0.tar.gz	Large test data, as an ExternalData object store	236 MB	def386ee0a3b…
vtkDocHtml-8.2.0.tar.gz	Offline HTML documentation	126 MB	909c289d404f…

Older releases are in the release archive.

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