macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install jacklocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install jackMacPorts ports tree · audio/jack/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install jack with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, MacPorts, pacman, zypper
Audio Connection Kit. Version 1.9.22 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-23.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add jackAlpine Linux edge package indexes · jack · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install jackDebian stable package indexes · jack · source: deb.debian.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S jack2Arch Linux sync databases · jack2 · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install jackopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · jack · source: download.opensuse.org
Ubuntu aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install jackdUbuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · jackd · source: archive.ubuntu.com
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install jackChocolatey community package catalog · jack · source: community.chocolatey.org
overview
Package summary
Audio Connection Kit
Project links
Commands and aliases
- jackd
history
Project history and usage
JACK Audio Connection Kit is a professional sound server API and daemon family for low-latency routing of audio and MIDI between applications. It is one of the defining pieces of Linux and Unix-like pro-audio infrastructure.
Project history
The JACK project site describes JACK as an API plus daemon implementations for real-time, low-latency audio and MIDI connections between applications. The download page documents the split source repositories for JACK1 and JACK2 and gives jack2 as the repository browsed for the JACK2 tree.
The GitHub jackaudio/jack2 repository was created in 2012, but JACK as a project predates that repository history. In the maintained release stream, JACK2 1.9.x releases continued through the 2020s with work on macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Python build compatibility, ARM ringbuffer safety, and separation of example tools.
Adoption history
JACK became standard plumbing for low-latency audio workflows on Linux because it let synthesizers, DAWs, effects processors, recorders, and MIDI tools connect as a graph rather than each owning the audio device. Its package metadata spans Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, MacPorts, Arch, Chocolatey, and openSUSE, reflecting cross-platform packaging of a historically Unix-centered audio stack.
The 2022 JACK1/JACK2 release note is a useful adoption marker: JACK1 was described as continuing in maintenance mode while JACK2 carried official FreeBSD support and ongoing platform work.
How it is used
Users run jackd or compatible session tools to create a low-latency audio server, then connect JACK-aware applications through ports. The project site frames the common use case as sending one application's audio output to another application, splitting it to multiple consumers, and recording the result.
Why package nerds care
JACK is significant because it is a package-manager dependency that changes what an audio workstation can be. Installing it adds a shared routing substrate used by many separate packages, so distribution maintainers care about ABI compatibility, realtime permissions, drivers, example tools, and how JACK coexists with ALSA, PulseAudio, and PipeWire-era systems.
Timeline
- 2000s: JACK became core infrastructure for Unix-like low-latency audio workflows.
- 2012: jackaudio/jack1 and jackaudio/jack2 GitHub repositories were created.
- 2021: JACK2 1.9.18 and 1.9.19 releases focused on platform and API fixes.
- 2022: JACK1 0.126.0 and JACK2 1.9.20 releases moved examples and tools toward a separate repository and added official FreeBSD support for JACK2.
- 2023: JACK2 1.9.22 removed bundled example clients/tools and fixed Python 3.11+ build compatibility.
Related projects
- Related projects include JACK1, JACK2, jack-example-tools, jack2-releases, QjackCtl, ALSA, PulseAudio, PipeWire, and JACK-aware audio applications.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
- text:audio
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
jackd | 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 version1.9.22
manager updated2026-06-23
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.9.22
https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:jack |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9.22 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jack |
| Homepage | https://jackaudio.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2 |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2#readme |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.22.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-23T17:26:38Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | aften, libsamplerate |
| Build dependencies | autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | jack |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| 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%
jack 4~git20241202.3410dc1-2
Rip and encode CDs with one command
https://github.com/jack-cli-cd-ripper/jack
sudo apt install jack- Section: sound
- Architecture: all
- 13 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
apk95%
jack 1.9.22-r4
The Jack Audio Connection Kit
sudo apk add jack- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
apk95%
jack-dbus 1.9.22-r4
Jack D-Bus launcher
sudo apk add jack-dbus- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
apk95%
jack-dev 1.9.22-r4
The Jack Audio Connection Kit (development files)
sudo apk add jack-dev- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
apk95%
jack-doc 1.9.22-r4
The Jack Audio Connection Kit (documentation)
sudo apk add jack-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
pacman95%
jack2 1.9.22-2
The JACK low-latency audio server
https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2
sudo pacman -S jack2- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL2.1
- Architecture: x86_64
- 14 dependencies
- 4 provides
- 6 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
pacman95%
pipewire-jack 1:1.6.6-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK replacement
sudo pacman -S pipewire-jack- License: MIT AND GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 7 dependencies
- 4 provides
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
jack 1.9.22-5.3
Jack-Audio Connection Kit
sudo zypper install jack- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Sound Daemons
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 15 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
jack-32bit 1.9.22-5.3
Jack-Audio Connection Kit
sudo zypper install jack-32bit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Sound Daemons
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 10 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
jack-dbus 1.9.22-5.3
Jack Audio Connection Kit D-Bus support
sudo zypper install jack-dbus- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Sound Daemons
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
libjack-devel 1.9.22-5.3
Development package for jack
sudo zypper install libjack-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 5 dependencies
- 5 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
libjack-devel-32bit 1.9.22-5.3
Development package for jack
sudo zypper install libjack-devel-32bit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
libjack0 1.9.22-5.3
Jack Audio Connection Kit Library
sudo zypper install libjack0- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 5 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
libjack0-32bit 1.9.22-5.3
Jack Audio Connection Kit Library
sudo zypper install libjack0-32bit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 5 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
libjacknet0 1.9.22-5.3
Jack Audio Connection Kit Library
sudo zypper install libjacknet0- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 7 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
zypper95%
libjacknet0-32bit 1.9.22-5.3
Jack Audio Connection Kit Library
sudo zypper install libjacknet0-32bit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: jack
- 7 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jack
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