macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install bpm-toolslocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install bpm-tools with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper
Detect tempo of audio files using beats-per-minute (BPM). Version 0.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install bpm-toolsDebian stable package indexes · bpm-tools · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#bpm-toolsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bp/bpm-tools/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install bpm-toolsopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · bpm-tools · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Detect tempo of audio files using beats-per-minute (BPM)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- bpm
- bpm-tag
history
Project history and usage
bpm-tools is a small command-line audio utility by Mark Hills for estimating and tagging the tempo of music files in beats per minute. Its official page frames it as an experimental but useful autocorrelation-based tool for DJs, xwax users, and shell scripting.
Project history
The official project page says bpm-tools came from experiments in automatically calculating and tagging music tempo. The public Git history begins in December 2011, and the official page lists bpm-tools 0.3 as the most recent release dated 21 May 2013.
The project is distributed from Mark Hills's own site, with an HTTPS Git clone URL and GPLv2 licensing. The page explicitly says the code is the best explanation of the algorithm, a relatively simple application of autocorrelation by statistical sampling.
Adoption history
Adoption appears modest and utilitarian: the input package facts list packages in Homebrew, Debian, Nix, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/zypper. That distribution spread is typical for a small Unix audio tool that remains useful without frequent releases.
The official page connects bpm-tools to the xwax Linux DJ community, suggesting its early users were command-line-oriented DJs and Linux audio users rather than mainstream media-library applications.
How it is used
The package provides commands such as `bpm` and `bpm-tag` for detecting tempo and tagging files. Its best fit is batch analysis, DJ preparation, and scripts that need tempo metadata without opening a full digital audio workstation.
The author cautions that there is no scientific comparison with other algorithms, so the package is best understood as a pragmatic command-line estimator rather than a definitive music-information-retrieval benchmark.
Why package nerds care
bpm-tools is a good example of the small personal-site Unix package: one focused algorithm, a couple of commands, a tarball, and a Git repository that distributions can keep alive long after the release cadence slows.
For package history, it also ties together Linux DJ culture, xwax, and shell-friendly audio metadata workflows in a way larger GUI music tools do not.
Timeline
- 2011: Public Git history begins with the initial commit in December.
- 2013: bpm-tools 0.3 released on 21 May according to the official page.
- 2021: Official page remained maintained enough to carry a December 2021 page date.
- Current: Packaged by Homebrew, Debian, Nix, Ubuntu, and zypper according to input package facts.
Related projects
- The official page names xwax as a related Linux DJ project by the same developer and points BPM and Linux DJ discussion toward the xwax community.
- Related package-manager neighbors include audio taggers, command-line decoders, DJ tools, and music-information-retrieval utilities.
Sources
- https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools
- https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools.git
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:audio
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
bpm | cli | global executable | |
bpm-tag | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:bpm-tools |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bpm-tools |
| Homepage | https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools/ |
| Repository | https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools.git |
| Upstream docs | https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools |
| License | GPL-2.0-only |
| Source archive | https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools/releases/bpm-tools-0.3.tar.gz |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | bpm-tools |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
bpm-tools 0.3-5
command-line tool to calculate tempo of audio
https://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools/
sudo apt install bpm-tools- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- 6 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bpm Tools
Nix95%
bpm-tools
nix profile install nixpkgs#bpm-tools- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bpm Tools
Ubuntu apt95%
bpm-tools 0.3-4
command-line tool to calculate tempo of audio
http://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools/
sudo apt install bpm-tools- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- 5 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bpm Tools
zypper95%
bpm-tools 0.3-2.3
Automatic calculating and tagging the tempo of music files
http://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/bpm-tools/
sudo zypper install bpm-tools- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Multimedia/Sound/Utilities
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bpm-tools
- 5 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bpm Tools
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment