# Install mp3cat

Reads and writes mp3 files. Version 0.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mp3cat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mp3cat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mp3cat
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/mp3cat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mp3cat
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mp3cat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:mp3cat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mp3cat>
- **Version:** 0.5
- **Source summary:** Reads and writes mp3 files
- **Homepage:** <https://tomclegg.ca/mp3cat>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tomclegg/mp3cat>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/tomclegg/mp3cat#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/tomclegg/mp3cat/archive/refs/tags/0.5.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- mp3cat (cli)
- mp3dirclean (cli)
- mp3http (cli)
- mp3log (cli)
- mp3log-conf (cli)
- mp3stream-conf (cli)
- mp3cat (alias)
- mp3dirclean (alias)
- mp3http (alias)
- mp3log (alias)
- mp3log-conf (alias)
- mp3stream-conf (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.5
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/tomclegg/mp3cat
- Upstream latest detected: 0.5 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mp3cat
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - mp3cat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mp3cat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - mp3cat: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/mp3cat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph