# Install libshout with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Data and connectivity library for the Icecast server. Version 2.4.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libshout ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libshout ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libshout ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/libshout/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libshout ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libshout from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libshout-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libshout-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libshout ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libshout 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#libshout ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libshout/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libshout ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libshout from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libshout-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libshout-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libshout - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.6 - **Source summary:** Data and connectivity library for the Icecast server - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:32:38-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - shout (cli) - shout (alias) ## Dependencies - libogg - libvorbis - openssl@3 - speex - theora ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## 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: 2.4.6 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://icecast.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage libshout is Xiph.Org's C library for writing Icecast source clients. It hides the connection, timing, metadata, and protocol details needed to send a live stream to an Icecast server. ### Project history Icecast.org describes the Icecast project as a collection of programs and libraries for streaming audio over the Internet, with Icecast as the server, IceS as a source client, and libshout as the library for communicating with Icecast servers. The Icecast download page describes libshout as the library used to write a source client like ices. The libshout 2 documentation describes the library as a way to stream audio to Icecast or Shoutcast-compatible servers. By the 2015 libshout 2.4.0 release, the project had added TLS support, audio-only WebM, improved metadata APIs, HTTP protocol improvements, and basic RoarAudio protocol support. ### Adoption history libshout spread through the ecosystem because source clients, encoders, automation scripts, and language bindings could reuse the same stream-to-server plumbing instead of reimplementing Icecast protocol behavior. Icecast's download page lists libshout alongside bindings for Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, OCaml, and other wrapper projects. The library is packaged by Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, Arch, MacPorts, Nix, and other package systems, which reflects its role as a build dependency for audio streaming tools rather than a standalone end-user app. ### How it is used A program using libshout opens a connection to an Icecast server, identifies a mountpoint, sends encoded audio data, and updates metadata through the library APIs. The library handles socket connection behavior, stream timing, and data validation before the stream reaches the server. The Homebrew package also installs the `shout` command, but libshout's main value is as a library for applications that need to become Icecast source clients. ### Why package nerds care libshout is a small but culturally important streaming library: it belongs to the Xiph/Icecast world of open Internet audio, where servers, codecs, source clients, and metadata conventions are separate packages that distros wire together. It is also a classic package-manager dependency: easy to overlook until a streaming app needs Icecast output, at which point libshout is the boring C ABI that keeps the app from owning protocol edge cases. ### Timeline - 2003: The libshout 2 DocBook documentation records Brendan Cully and Xiph.Org copyright metadata. - 2015-11-17: Icecast announced libshout 2.4.0 with TLS, audio-only WebM, metadata, and HTTP protocol improvements. - 2019-04-28: Icecast announced libshout 2.4.2 with updated documentation. - 2022-04-10: Icecast announced libshout 2.4.6 with pkg-config fixes, optional Vorbis support, documentation cleanup, metadata API updates, plain-text streaming support, and tool build controls. ### Related projects - Icecast is the server that receives streams, IceS is a source client, ezstream is another source-client tool in the Icecast ecosystem, and Xiph.Org codec projects such as Ogg Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, Speex, and Theora often appear in the same streaming stack. ### 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:** libshout - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libshout-dev - 2.4.6-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libshout-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library (development) | https://www.icecast.org/ - Debian apt - libshout-tools - 2.4.6-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libshout-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library - commandline tools | https://www.icecast.org/ - Debian apt - libshout3 - 2.4.6-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libshout3 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library | https://www.icecast.org/ - Debian apt - libshout3-dev - 2.4.6-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libshout3-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library (transitional package) | https://www.icecast.org/ - Nix - libshout: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libshout/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libshout-dev - 2.4.6-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libshout-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library (development) | https://www.icecast.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libshout-tools - 2.4.6-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libshout-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library - commandline tools | https://www.icecast.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libshout3 - 2.4.6-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libshout3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library | https://www.icecast.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libshout3-dev - 2.4.6-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libshout3-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library (transitional package) | https://www.icecast.org/ - apk - libshout - 2.4.6-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libshout from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for accessing a shoutcast/icecast server | https://icecast.org/ - apk - libshout-dev - 2.4.6-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libshout-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for accessing a shoutcast/icecast server (development files) | https://icecast.org/ - apk - libshout-doc - 2.4.6-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libshout-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for accessing a shoutcast/icecast server (documentation) | https://icecast.org/ - apk - libshout-static - 2.4.6-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libshout-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for accessing a shoutcast/icecast server (static library) | https://icecast.org/ - dnf - libshout - 2.4.6-10.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libshout from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Icecast source streaming library | https://www.icecast.org/ - dnf - libshout-devel - 2.4.6-10.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libshout-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Header files for libshout development | https://www.icecast.org/ - pacman - libshout - 1:2.4.6-5: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libshout from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Library for accessing a shoutcast/icecast server | https://www.icecast.org/ ## 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/) - 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[combined/libshout.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/libshout.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