# Install id3lib

ID3 tag manipulation. Version 3.8.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-20.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:id3lib
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install id3lib
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install id3lib
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/id3lib/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add id3lib
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: id3lib from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install id3lib
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: id3lib 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#id3lib
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/id/id3lib/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S id3lib
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: id3lib from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install id3lib-devel
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: id3lib-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:id3lib
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/id3lib>
- **Version:** 3.8.3
- **Source summary:** ID3 tag manipulation
- **Homepage:** <https://id3lib.sourceforge.net/>
- **Repository:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/id3lib/code>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://id3lib.sourceforge.net/>
- **License:** LGPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/id3lib/id3lib/3.8.3/id3lib-3.8.3.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-20T18:54:17Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- id3convert (cli)
- id3cp (cli)
- id3info (cli)
- id3tag (cli)
- id3convert (alias)
- id3cp (alias)
- id3info (alias)
- id3tag (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- autoconf
- automake
- libtool

## 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: 3.8.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-20
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** id3lib
- **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 - id3lib: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/id/id3lib/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - id3lib - 3.8.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: id3lib from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags | https://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- apk - id3lib-dev - 3.8.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: id3lib-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags (development files) | https://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- apk - id3lib-libs - 3.8.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: id3lib-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags (libraries) | https://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- apk - id3lib-static - 3.8.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: id3lib-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Static libraries for id3lib | https://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - id3lib - 3.8.3-62.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: id3lib from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Library for manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags | http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - id3lib-devel - 3.8.3-62.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: id3lib-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Development tools for the id3lib library | http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- pacman - id3lib - 3.8.3-19: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: id3lib from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags | http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - id3lib-devel - 3.8.3-271.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: id3lib-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Documentation and Headers for id3lib | http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - id3lib-examples - 3.8.3-271.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: id3lib-examples from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Example Applications for the id3lib Library | http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - libid3-3_8-3 - 3.8.3-271.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libid3-3_8-3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | A Library for Manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags | http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/
- MacPorts - id3lib: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/id3lib/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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