Installation

Requirements

• Python: 3.7 or higher
• Operating System: Windows, macOS, or Linux

Basic Installation

Windows and macOS

pip install auroraview

With Qt Support

For Qt-based DCC applications (Maya, Houdini, Nuke, 3ds Max):

pip install auroraview[qt]

This installs QtPy as a middleware layer to handle different Qt versions across DCC applications.

Linux

Linux requires webkit2gtk system dependencies:

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libgtk-3-dev
pip install auroraview

Fedora/CentOS

sudo dnf install gtk3-devel webkit2gtk3-devel
pip install auroraview

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk
pip install auroraview

Using uvx (No Installation)

You can run AuroraView without installing using uvx:

uvx auroraview --url https://example.com

Development Installation

To build from source:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/loonghao/auroraview.git
cd auroraview

# Install Rust (if not already installed)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Build and install
pip install -e .

Verify Installation

import auroraview
print(auroraview.__version__)

Or using CLI:

auroraview --version