install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install dirt

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#dirt

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/di/dirt/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Experimental sample playback

Project links

Commands and aliases

dirt

history

Project history and usage

Dirt is a C sampler for TidalCycles-style live-coding workflows.

Project history

The official repository describes Dirt as the original classic Dirt sampler, implemented in C for TidalCycles and related use. Its README is deliberately modest, describing it as a small tool for playing pieces of samples with some timing accuracy.

Adoption history

The README documents source builds on Linux, macOS, and Windows/Cygwin, with Homebrew and MacPorts used for dependencies on macOS. The repository description also notes that the classic Dirt lineage was later ported to SuperDirt.

How it is used

Users build Dirt with audio dependencies such as JACK, libsndfile, libsamplerate, liblo, and PortAudio, then run the dirt executable alongside a JACK audio server. In practice it belongs to the live-coding and sample-playback side of package collections.

Why package nerds care

Dirt is package-nerd interesting because it is a small native audio runtime attached to a larger creative-coding ecosystem: packaging it means making old-school C audio dependencies line up for live performance use.

Timeline

2016: README copyright names Alex McLean and contributors.
2020s: Codeberg repository describes this as classic Dirt, later ported to SuperDirt.

Related projects

The official repository ties Dirt to TidalCycles and SuperDirt.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.

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
`dirt`	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 version1.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://codeberg.org/uzu/dirt

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://codeberg.org/uzu/dirtnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:dirt
Version	1.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dirt
Homepage	https://codeberg.org/uzu/dirt
Repository	https://codeberg.org/uzu/dirt
Upstream docs	https://codeberg.org/uzu/dirt
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://codeberg.org/uzu/dirt/archive/1.1.tar.gz
Dependencies	jack, liblo, libsamplerate, libsndfile
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, 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	dirt
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

dirt

nix profile install nixpkgs#dirt

normalized package name match
Matched by: Dirt

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/dirt.yml

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

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