# Install chromaprint with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Core component of the AcoustID project (Audio fingerprinting). Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:chromaprint ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install chromaprint ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install chromaprint ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/chromaprint/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add chromaprint ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libchromaprint-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install chromaprint-tools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: chromaprint-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#chromaprint ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S chromaprint ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: chromaprint from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install chromaprint-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: chromaprint-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/chromaprint ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/chromaprint.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id AcoustID.Chromaprint -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: AcoustID.Chromaprint from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:chromaprint - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.6.0 - **Source summary:** Core component of the AcoustID project (Audio fingerprinting) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - fpcalc (cli) - fpcalc (alias) ## Dependencies - ffmpeg ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.6.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/acoustid/chromaprint - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Chromaprint is the C audio-fingerprint library and `fpcalc` tool developed for AcoustID, optimized for identifying near-identical audio files and streams. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in April 2011. The README says Chromaprint is an audio fingerprint library developed for the AcoustID project, with compact fingerprints designed for full-file identification, duplicate detection, and long-stream monitoring rather than general-purpose fingerprinting. The tag history reaches back to v0.1 in 2010-era code, v1.0 in 2013, and official GitHub releases from the v1.4 series through 1.6.0 in August 2025. ### Adoption history Chromaprint is distributed as both a library and tools package across many package managers. The supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu development packages, Fedora/dnf tools, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Scoop, winget, and zypper variants. The upstream README calls out `fpcalc` as used by MusicBrainz Picard and lists FFmpeg and GStreamer integrations, showing adoption both in end-user tagging tools and media frameworks. ### How it is used Builders normally enable the tools with CMake and FFmpeg support, producing the shared library plus `fpcalc`. Users and applications calculate audio fingerprints, then use AcoustID-style matching or duplicate-detection workflows. ### Why package nerds care Chromaprint is significant because it sits at the crossroads of package managers, multimedia stacks, and music metadata. It is small enough to be a formula, but important enough to appear as a library dependency, a CLI utility, and an integration point for FFmpeg, GStreamer, and MusicBrainz Picard workflows. ### Timeline - 2010: Early v0.1 tag appears in project history. - 2011: GitHub repository created under the AcoustID organization. - 2013: v1.0 tag appears. - 2016: v1.4 GitHub release published. - 2020: v1.5.0 release published. - 2021: v1.5.1 release published. - 2025: v1.6.0 release published; Homebrew stable version reports 1.6.0. ### Related projects - AcoustID is the parent project and service. The README also lists MusicBrainz Picard usage, FFmpeg and GStreamer integrations, and bindings or reimplementations for Python, Rust, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, Go, C#, Vala, Swift, and other languages. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes 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:** chromaprint - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libchromaprint-dev - 1.5.1-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio fingerprinting library - development files | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Debian apt - libchromaprint-tools - 1.5.1-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio fingerprinting library - tools | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Debian apt - libchromaprint1 - 1.5.1-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio fingerprint library | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Nix - chromaprint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libchromaprint-dev - 1.5.1-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libchromaprint-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio fingerprinting library - development files | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Ubuntu apt - libchromaprint-tools - 1.5.1-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libchromaprint-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio fingerprinting library - tools | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Ubuntu apt - libchromaprint1 - 1.5.1-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libchromaprint1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio fingerprint library | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - apk - chromaprint - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C library for generating audio fingerprints used by AcoustID | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - apk - chromaprint-dev - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C library for generating audio fingerprints used by AcoustID (development files) | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - apk - chromaprint-libs - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C library for generating audio fingerprints used by AcoustID (libraries) | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - dnf - chromaprint-tools - 1.6.0-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: chromaprint-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Chromaprint audio fingerprinting tools | http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint - dnf - libchromaprint - 1.6.0-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libchromaprint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Library implementing the AcoustID fingerprinting | http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint - dnf - libchromaprint-devel - 1.6.0-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libchromaprint-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Headers for developing programs that will use chromaprint | http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint - pacman - chromaprint - 1.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: chromaprint from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Library for extracting fingerprints from any audio source | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - zypper - chromaprint-devel - 1.6.0-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: chromaprint-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Audio Fingerprinting Library | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - zypper - chromaprint-fpcalc - 1.6.0-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: chromaprint-fpcalc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Chromaprint Audio Fingerprinting Command Line Tool | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpd/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [adplug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, library, media. - [alsa-lib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alsa-lib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, library, media. - [fluid-synth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fluid-synth/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, library, media. - [freealut](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freealut/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, library, media. - [id3lib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/id3lib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, library, media. - [libmikmod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libmikmod/) - 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Shared terms: audio, cli, ffmpeg, media, music. - [rsgain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rsgain/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, ffmpeg, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/chromaprint.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/chromaprint.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph