# Install libmikmod with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Portable sound library. Version 3.3.13 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libmikmod ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libmikmod ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libmikmod ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/libmikmod/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libmikmod ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libmikmod from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libmikmod-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libmikmod-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libmikmod ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libmikmod 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#libmikmod ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libmikmod/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libmikmod ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libmikmod from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libmikmod-config ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmikmod-config from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libmikmod-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libmikmod-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libmikmod - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.3.13 - **Source summary:** Portable sound library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - libmikmod-config (cli) - libmikmod-config (alias) ## 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: 3.3.13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage libmikmod is the library half of the MikMod sound system, a portable module-player stack for tracker music formats such as MOD, S3M, IT, and XM. It preserves a 1990s demo-scene audio format family in a packageable C library. ### Project history The MikMod homepage describes MikMod as originally an MS-DOS player that was ported to Unix, Macintosh, BeOS, Java, and other platforms. The page names Jean-Paul Mikkers, Jake Stine, and Frank Loemker as main authors, with a chain of Unix maintainers and later maintenance handoffs to Shlomi Fish and Ozkan Sezer. libmikmod separated the playback engine from the player interface, making it useful for games, media players, and software that wanted module playback without embedding a full tracker player. SourceForge release notes show two long-running release lines, including the old libmikmod2 series and the libmikmod3 series. ### Adoption history The library's adoption follows tracker music itself: games, emulators, demos, and multimedia software used libmikmod to play compact pattern-and-sample music files on many operating systems. Its driver and loader history shows portability work for ALSA, PulseAudio, CoreAudio, Android OpenSL ES, AmigaOS variants, PSP, OS/2, and other targets. Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE package libmikmod, which keeps old module playback support available in modern Unix software stacks. ### How it is used Applications link libmikmod to load and play tracker modules through a unified API. The package also ships libmikmod-config for build scripts that need compiler and linker flags. The library is useful when software wants MOD/S3M/IT/XM playback without implementing many historical tracker quirks, file loaders, timing rules, and audio output drivers itself. ### Why package nerds care libmikmod is a museum piece that still compiles into real programs. Package maintainers care about it because tracker formats are full of legacy edge cases, and a shared library prevents every game or media app from carrying its own imperfect player. Its release notes are catnip for old-platform nerds: they mix modern security hardening with fixes for obscure module loaders and drivers for platforms that most packages stopped mentioning years ago. ### Timeline - 1990s: MikMod begins as an MS-DOS module player before being ported to Unix and other platforms. - 2013: libmikmod 3.3.3 adds UMX module loading for music containers used by games such as Unreal and Deus Ex. - 2014: libmikmod 3.3.5 adds PulseAudio output and improves ALSA and build-system support. - 2025: libmikmod 3.3.13 is released with a Sample_Free regression fix and a webaudio driver update. ### Related projects - The mikmod player is the companion command-line/player application built around the library. - Tracker formats such as MOD, S3M, IT, XM, MED, UMX, and 669 define much of the library's compatibility surface. - Other module playback libraries and players, such as xmp, sit in the same preservation-oriented audio niche. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** libmikmod - **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 - libmikmod-dev - 3.3.13-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmikmod-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Portable sound library - development files | http://mikmod.sf.net/ - Debian apt - libmikmod3 - 3.3.13-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmikmod3 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Portable sound library | http://mikmod.sf.net/ - Nix - libmikmod: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libmikmod/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libmikmod-config - 3.3.11.1-7build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmikmod-config from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Portable sound library - transitional package | http://mikmod.sf.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmikmod-dev - 3.3.11.1-7build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmikmod-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Portable sound library - development files | http://mikmod.sf.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmikmod3 - 3.3.11.1-7build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmikmod3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Portable sound library | http://mikmod.sf.net/ - apk - libmikmod - 3.3.13-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libmikmod from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | module playing library | https://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - apk - libmikmod-dev - 3.3.13-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libmikmod-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | module playing library (development files) | https://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - apk - libmikmod-doc - 3.3.13-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libmikmod-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | module playing library (documentation) | https://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - dnf - libmikmod - 3.3.13-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libmikmod from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A MOD music file player library | http://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - dnf - libmikmod-devel - 3.3.13-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libmikmod-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Header files and documentation for compiling mikmod applications | http://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - pacman - libmikmod - 3.3.13-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libmikmod from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Module player library supporting many formats, including MOD, S3M, IT and XM | https://mikmod.sourceforge.net - zypper - libmikmod-devel - 3.3.13-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libmikmod-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for MikMod Sound Library | http://mikmod.raphnet.net/ - zypper - libmikmod3 - 3.3.13-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libmikmod3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | MikMod Sound Library | http://mikmod.raphnet.net/ - MacPorts - libmikmod: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/libmikmod/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. - [Package ecosystem packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched package manager, installer, dependency, registry, or publishing metadata. - [mikmod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mikmod/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [mpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpd/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - 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Shared terms: audio, cli, config, media, player. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libmikmod.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/libmikmod.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