# Install id3v2 with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Command-line editor. Version 0.1.12 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:id3v2 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install id3v2 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install id3v2 ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/id3v2/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install id3v2 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: id3v2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install id3v2 ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: id3v2 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#id3v2 ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/id/id3v2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S id3v2 ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: id3v2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install id3v2 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: id3v2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:id3v2 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.12 - **Source summary:** Command-line editor - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - id3v2 (cli) - id3v2 (alias) ## Dependencies - id3lib ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.1.12 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://id3v2.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage id3v2 is a small command-line editor for ID3v2 tags in MP3 files. It was written to fill a Linux command-line gap left by ID3v1-oriented tools, using id3lib underneath. ### Project history The upstream homepage says the author wrote id3v2 because ID3v1 tags were too limited and there was not a Linux tool to edit richer ID3v2 tags. The tool was based on id3lib examples, with the author's own code around them. The SourceForge project was registered on 2000-03-31. Its project page describes add, modify, delete, and convert operations for ID3v2 and ID3v1 tags, and also records the project as a Linux-oriented C++ tag editor. ### Adoption history id3v2 became a convenient shell tool for scripts that needed to inspect or alter MP3 metadata without a GUI tagger. Distribution packaging kept it available in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE-style ecosystems. Its adoption is closely tied to id3lib. The project fills the end-user CLI role while id3lib supplies the parsing and writing implementation. ### How it is used Users run id3v2 to list, add, modify, remove, or convert MP3 tags. Debian describes it as a command-line tool for ID3v2 tags that can also convert or list ID3v1 tags, matching the upstream SourceForge description. The tool's utility is strongest in batch tagging, shell pipelines, and old MP3 collection cleanup. It is not a broad modern media metadata framework; it is a narrow tool for a narrow and durable file format niche. ### Why package nerds care id3v2 is package-nerd useful because it is tiny, scriptable, and historically common enough that old HOWTOs and scripts still mention it. It represents the era when Unix audio tagging often meant one-purpose command-line tools layered over small C/C++ libraries. The package also illustrates a dependency relationship that maintainers notice: if id3lib breaks on a newer compiler or platform, id3v2 is one of the visible reverse dependents. ### Timeline - 2000-03-31: The SourceForge id3v2 project was registered. - 0.1.10: The README says the code moved under the LGPL at this version. - 0.1.11: The upstream homepage linked the 0.1.11 tarball. - 2013-12-02: SourceForge recorded a project activity update. ### Related projects - id3lib is the direct implementation dependency. GUI and broader audio taggers such as Kid3, EasyTAG, and later TagLib-based tools address overlapping tagging needs with wider format support. - id3v2 belongs with other CLI metadata tools such as eyeD3 and mp3info, but its name and behavior are specifically tied to the ID3v2 tag format. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes 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:** id3v2 - **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 - id3v2 - 0.1.12+dfsg-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: id3v2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | command line id3v2 tag editor | https://id3v2.sourceforge.net/ - Nix - id3v2: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/id/id3v2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - id3v2 - 0.1.12+dfsg-7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: id3v2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | command line id3v2 tag editor | https://id3v2.sourceforge.net/ - dnf - id3v2 - 0.1.12-41.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: id3v2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Command line ID3 tag editor | http://id3v2.sourceforge.net/ - pacman - id3v2 - 0.1.12-7: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: id3v2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Utility to edit id3v2 tags | http://id3v2.sourceforge.net/ - zypper - id3v2 - 0.1.12-20.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: id3v2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A Command Line Editor for ID3 V2 tags | http://id3v2.sourceforge.net/ - MacPorts - id3v2: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/id3v2/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [id3lib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/id3lib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mp3info](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mp3info/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, id3, media, metadata. - [taglib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taglib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, id3, media, metadata. - [mp3unicode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mp3unicode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, id3, media, metadata. - [easy-tag](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/easy-tag/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, metadata, mp3. - [rsgain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rsgain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, metadata. - [abcde](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcde/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mp3. - [bwfmetaedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bwfmetaedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, metadata. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/id3v2.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/id3v2.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