# Install castget

Command-line podcast and RSS enclosure downloader. Version 2.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:castget
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install castget
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install castget
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: castget 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#castget
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S castget
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:castget
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/castget>
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Source summary:** Command-line podcast and RSS enclosure downloader
- **Homepage:** <https://castget.johndal.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mlj/castget>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://castget.johndal.com/>
- **License:** LGPL-2.1-only
- **Source archive:** <https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/castget/castget-2.0.1.tar.bz2>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- castget (cli)
- castget (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- glib
- id3lib

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf

## macOS Provided Libraries

- curl
- libxml2

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.0.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://castget.johndal.com/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

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:** castget
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **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 - castget: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/castget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - castget - 2.0.1-25.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: castget from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | A command-line podcast downloader | https://castget.johndal.com/
- pacman - castget - 2.0.1-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: castget from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Command-line based RSS enclosure downloader primarily intended for downloading of podcasts | https://johndal.com/castget/


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