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Install fdk-aac-encoder with Homebrew, Nix, apk, apt, dnf, pacman

Command-line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac. Version 1.0.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-03.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install fdk-aac-encoder

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#fdk-aac-encoder

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fd/fdk-aac-encoder/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add fdkaac

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · fdkaac · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install fdkaac

Debian stable package indexes · fdkaac · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install fdkaac

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · fdkaac · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S fdkaac

Arch Linux sync databases · fdkaac · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Command-line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac

Commands and aliases

  • fdkaac

history

Project history and usage

fdkaac is a command-line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac, packaged in Homebrew as fdk-aac-encoder and installed as the `fdkaac` executable.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in January 2013, and its ChangeLog begins with initial commits and v0.0.1 in the same week. The README/manpage identifies the tool as a frontend for the libfdk-aac encoder rather than a standalone codec implementation.

Development in 2013 was rapid, adding raw input, metadata tagging, gapless mode, CAF input, M4A details, SBR options, and generated manpage material. Later releases focused on compatibility with newer libfdk-aac APIs, Visual Studio project updates, Windows path support, parser checks, and maintenance bumps.

Adoption history

The supplied package metadata shows the encoder frontend packaged as fdkaac or fdk-aac-encoder across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Nix, Arch, Alpine, and other distributions. That spread reflects the demand for an installable CLI wrapper around Fraunhofer FDK AAC in audio conversion workflows.

The GitHub project is smaller than general-purpose media tools, but it persists because it fills a specific packaging gap: users often need a simple executable that exposes libfdk-aac profiles, bitrate modes, M4A tagging, and streamable AAC transport formats.

How it is used

The README says fdkaac reads linear PCM audio in WAV, raw PCM, or CAF form and encodes it to M4A or AAC. It can read from stdin, write to stdout for streamable transport formats, copy CAF tags to M4A, set metadata fields, and choose profiles such as AAC LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, AAC LD, and AAC ELD.

Package users typically encounter it in shell pipelines or media scripts where libfdk-aac quality or profile support is desired without building a larger transcoding stack around it.

Why package nerds care

fdk-aac-encoder is package-nerd-relevant because the Homebrew formula name describes the dependency relationship while the executable keeps the upstream fdkaac name. That split is common in media packaging, where the user-facing binary, library dependency, and formula name are not identical.

Its history also tracks the practical edge cases that matter to audio packagers: gapless playback signaling, SBR behavior, CAF and WAV parsing, M4A metadata, Windows builds, and compatibility with evolving libfdk-aac APIs.

Timeline

  • 2013: Repository created and v0.0.1 initial release work began.
  • 2013: v0.3.0 added `--moov-before-mdat`; v0.4.x added CAF input and SBR-related options.
  • 2018: Version 1.0.0 updated for FDKv2 API changes and fixed LD/ELD priming behavior.
  • 2026: v1.0.7 tag published.

Related projects

  • fdkaac is a frontend for libfdk-aac and depends on that library for AAC encoding.
  • It overlaps operationally with larger audio transcoders, but its upstream documentation presents it as a direct encoder CLI rather than a general media framework.

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 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 4 build 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

CommandKindExposureNote
fdkaaccliglobal 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 version1.0.7
manager updated2026-05-03
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.0.7

https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:fdk-aac-encoder
Version1.0.7
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fdk-aac-encoder
Homepagehttps://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
Repositoryhttps://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
Upstream docshttps://github.com/nu774/fdkaac#readme
LicenseZlib
Source archivehttps://github.com/nu774/fdkaac/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.7.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-03T17:36:32Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesfdk-aac
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namefdk-aac-encoder
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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%

fdk-aac-encoder

nix profile install nixpkgs#fdk-aac-encoder
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Fdk Aac Encoder
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fd/fdk-aac-encoder/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Debian apt92%

fdkaac 1.0.6-0.1

command line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac

https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac

sudo apt install fdkaac
  • Section: contrib/sound
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Fdkaac
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fdkaac from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt92%

fdkaac 1.0.0-1build1

command line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac

https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac

sudo apt install fdkaac
  • Section: multiverse/sound
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Fdkaac
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fdkaac from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk92%

fdkaac 1.0.6-r0

Command line frontend for libfdk-aac

https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac

sudo apk add fdkaac
  • License: BSD-4-Clause AND MIT AND Zlib
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fdkaac
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Fdkaac
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fdkaac from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

fdkaac-doc 1.0.6-r0

Command line frontend for libfdk-aac (documentation)

https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac

sudo apk add fdkaac-doc
  • License: BSD-4-Clause AND MIT AND Zlib
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fdkaac
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Fdkaac
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fdkaac-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf92%

fdkaac 1.0.7-1.fc45

Command line frontend for libfdk-aac encoder

https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac

sudo dnf install fdkaac
  • License: Zlib AND MIT AND TU-Berlin-1.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fdkaac
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Fdkaac
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fdkaac from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman92%

fdkaac 1.0.7-1

Command line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac

https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac

sudo pacman -S fdkaac
  • License: custom
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Fdkaac
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: fdkaac from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

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

Related tools

  • fdk-aacRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • faacShares av.db curated category or tags: aac, audio-encoder, cli, media.
  • faad2Shares av.db curated category or tags: aac, cli, media.
  • flakeShares av.db curated category or tags: audio-encoder, cli, media.
  • a52decShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media.
  • aalibShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media.
  • ab-av1Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media.

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