# Install sonic

Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sonic
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sonic
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sonic
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libsonic-dev
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libsonic-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install libsonic
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libsonic from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sonic
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sonic
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sonic from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:sonic
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sonic>
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Source summary:** Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic#readme>
- **License:** MPL-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-03T23:08:41Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- sonic (cli)
- sonic (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Service: declared
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.6.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-03
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic
- Upstream latest detected: v1.6.0 (current)

## Notes de sécurité

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sonic
- **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

- Debian apt - libsonic-dev - 0.2.0-13+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsonic-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Header file for linking to libsonic | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- Debian apt - libsonic-java - 0.2.0-13: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsonic-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple library to speed up or slow down speech - Java bindings | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- Debian apt - libsonic0 - 0.2.0-13+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsonic0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple library to speed up or slow down speech | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- Debian apt - sonic - 0.2.0-13+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sonic from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple utility to speed up or slow down speech | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- Nix - sonic: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/sonic/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libsonic-dev - 0.2.0-13build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsonic-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Header file for linking to libsonic | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- Ubuntu apt - libsonic-java - 0.2.0-13build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsonic-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple library to speed up or slow down speech - Java bindings | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- Ubuntu apt - libsonic0 - 0.2.0-13build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsonic0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple library to speed up or slow down speech | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- Ubuntu apt - sonic - 0.2.0-13build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sonic from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple utility to speed up or slow down speech | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- dnf - libsonic - 0.2.0^20210316gitba33141-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libsonic from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Library package | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- dnf - libsonic-devel - 0.2.0^20210316gitba33141-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libsonic-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for sonic | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- dnf - sonic - 0.2.0^20210316gitba33141-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sonic from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Library to speed up or slow down speech | https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic
- pacman - sonic - 1.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sonic from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend | https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic
- MacPorts - sonic: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/sonic/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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