macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libristlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install librist with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST). Version 0.2.18 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
install
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libristAlpine Linux edge package indexes · librist · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install librist-devDebian stable package indexes · librist-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libristFedora Rawhide package metadata · librist · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libristnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/librist/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libristArch Linux sync databases · librist · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install librist-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · librist-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- rist2rist
- ristreceiver
- ristsender
- ristsrppasswd
- risttunnel
- udp2udp
history
Project history and usage
librist is a C library and CLI tool set for Reliable Internet Stream Transport, the VSF TR-06 family of specifications for low-latency reliable media over unmanaged networks. Its package role is to make RIST available as a reusable library plus practical send, receive, relay, tunnel, and password-helper commands.
Project history
The VideoLAN project metadata records the librist repository as created on September 19, 2019 and describes it as a library for adding the RIST protocol to applications. The README states that the code is written to comply with VSF TR-06-1, TR-06-2, and TR-06-3, and that the canonical repository URL is the VideoLAN GitLab project.
The RIST Forum announced public availability of libRIST 2.1.2 on March 24, 2020, describing it as a library plus sample calling programs implementing the RIST protocol and supporting Simple Profile and the then-forthcoming Main Profile. Later VideoLAN release metadata shows the 0.2.x line adding tools such as risttunnel and udp2udp, YAML configuration support, Prometheus metrics, TUN forwarding, and Advanced Profile work.
Adoption history
RIST adoption is tied to broadcast and live-video transport needs: interoperable ARQ over UDP, packet-loss recovery, jitter removal, link bonding, encryption, tunnelling, and multi-vendor testing. The RIST Forum describes commercial deployments and VSF activity-group development, while librist gives implementers a permissively licensed codebase to embed in products and open source tools.
Package-manager adoption matters because RIST tooling often lives inside media pipelines rather than desktop apps. Installing librist provides command-line endpoints and a development library that can be used by encoders, relays, VLC-related builds, monitoring stacks, and broadcast automation.
How it is used
The README lists ristsender, ristreceiver, rist2rist, udp2udp, risttunnel, ristsrppasswd, and a Prometheus exporter. Typical use is sending, receiving, relaying, or tunnelling UDP media streams with RIST recovery and optional security features.
Why package nerds care
librist is package-nerd significant because it packages a broadcast-networking standard as small Unix-style tools and a reusable C library. It is especially interesting to media packagers because it is permissively licensed unlike many VideoLAN projects, has no external runtime dependencies beyond core OS libraries, and sits near VLC, FFmpeg/GStreamer-style media stacks, and VSF interoperability work.
Timeline
- 2019-09-19: VideoLAN GitLab project created.
- 2020-03-24: RIST Forum and SipRadius announced public availability of libRIST 2.1.2.
- 2024-11-15: v0.2.11 tag created in the VideoLAN repository.
- 2026-04-18: v0.2.12 release added risttunnel, udp2udp, YAML configuration, TUN support, and related tooling.
- 2026-05-31: v0.2.17 release added Advanced Profile support and multicast/transport improvements.
- 2026-06-22: v0.2.18 release added Advanced/Main interoperability and related fixes.
Related projects
- Related projects include the RIST Forum, Video Services Forum TR-06 specifications, VLC, SRT, RTP/UDP media transport, SMPTE 2022 workflows, GStreamer RIST support, and Wireshark protocol analysis.
Sources
- https://code.videolan.org/api/v4/projects/rist%2Flibrist
- https://code.videolan.org/api/v4/projects/rist%2Flibrist/releases?per_page=100
- https://code.videolan.org/api/v4/projects/rist%2Flibrist/repository/files/README.md/raw?ref=master
- https://code.videolan.org/api/v4/projects/rist%2Flibrist/repository/tags?per_page=20
- https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
- https://www.rist.tv/news/2020/3/24/the-rist-forum-and-sipradius-make-rist-publicly-available
- https://www.rist.tv/why-rist
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for librist. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
rist2rist | cli | global executable | |
ristreceiver | cli | global executable | |
ristsender | cli | global executable | |
ristsrppasswd | cli | global executable | |
risttunnel | cli | global executable | |
udp2udp | 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 version0.2.18
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://code.videolan.org/rist/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://code.videolan.org/rist/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:librist |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.18 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/librist |
| Homepage | https://code.videolan.org/rist/ |
| Repository | https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist |
| Upstream docs | https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist |
| License | BSD-2-Clause |
| Source archive | https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist/-/archive/v0.2.18/librist-v0.2.18.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T04:37:13Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | cjson, libmicrohttpd, lz4, mbedtls@3 |
| Build dependencies | meson, ninja, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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 | librist |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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%
librist-dev 0.2.11+dfsg-1
Reliable Internet Stream Transport -- development files
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo apt install librist-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: librist
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
Debian apt95%
librist4 0.2.11+dfsg-1
Reliable Internet Stream Transport -- shared library
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo apt install librist4- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: librist
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
Debian apt95%
rist-tools 0.2.11+dfsg-1
Reliable Internet Stream Transport -- CLI tools
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo apt install rist-tools- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: librist
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
Nix95%
librist
nix profile install nixpkgs#librist- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
Ubuntu apt95%
librist-dev 0.2.10+dfsg-2
Reliable Internet Stream Transport -- development files
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo apt install librist-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: librist
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
Ubuntu apt95%
librist4 0.2.10+dfsg-2
Reliable Internet Stream Transport -- shared library
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo apt install librist4- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: librist
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
Ubuntu apt95%
rist-tools 0.2.10+dfsg-2
Reliable Internet Stream Transport -- CLI tools
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo apt install rist-tools- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: librist
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
apk95%
librist 0.2.15-r0
Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST)
sudo apk add librist- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: librist
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
apk95%
librist-dev 0.2.15-r0
Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) (development files)
sudo apk add librist-dev- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: librist
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
apk95%
librist-progs 0.2.15-r0
Tools for working with RIST
sudo apk add librist-progs- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: librist
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
dnf95%
librist 0.2.11-1.fc45
Library for Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) protocol
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo dnf install librist- License: BSD-2-Clause and ISC
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: librist
- 7 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
dnf95%
librist-devel 0.2.11-1.fc45
Development files for librist
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo dnf install librist-devel- License: BSD-2-Clause and ISC
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: librist
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
dnf95%
librist-doc 0.2.11-1.fc45
Technical documentation for librist
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo dnf install librist-doc- License: BSD-2-Clause and ISC
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: librist
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
dnf95%
rist-tools 0.2.11-1.fc45
User tools for librist
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo dnf install rist-tools- License: BSD-2-Clause and ISC
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: librist
- 5 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
pacman95%
librist 0.2.17-1
A library that can be used to add the RIST protocol to applications
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist/
sudo pacman -S librist- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
zypper95%
librist-devel 0.2.11-2.2
Development files for librist
https://code.videolan.org/rist/librist
sudo zypper install librist-devel- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: librist
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Librist
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- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
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