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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install luaradio

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install luaradio

MacPorts ports tree · science/luaradio/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Lightweight, embeddable flow graph signal processing framework for SDR

Project links

Commands and aliases

luaradio

history

Project history and usage

LuaRadio is a lightweight flow-graph signal-processing framework for software-defined radio, written for LuaJIT and usable both as a command-line runner and as an embeddable scripting engine.

Project history

LuaRadio presents itself as a framework for building signal-processing flow graphs. Its official README emphasizes a small binary footprint, no hard external dependencies, and LuaJIT FFI as the bridge to accelerated libraries and SDR hardware.

Adoption history

LuaRadio is niche compared with GNU Radio, but it is packaged by Homebrew and MacPorts and has an official comparison path for GNU Radio users. Its adoption is mainly among SDR users who want scriptable flow graphs without the larger GNU Radio stack.

How it is used

A typical LuaRadio program requires the radio package, builds blocks such as sources, mixers, filters, throttles, and sinks, connects them through a CompositeBlock, and runs the graph with the luaradio runner.

Common use cases include rapid prototyping of software radios, modulation and demodulation utilities, signal-processing experiments, and embedding Lua-defined processing in an existing radio application.

Why package nerds care

LuaRadio is interesting in package history because it shows LuaJIT's FFI-centered niche outside web stacks: a small scripting runtime used for native-adjacent signal-processing workflows.

For package maintainers, the dependencies on LuaJIT, FFTW, and liquid-dsp matter more than the command-line executable itself. The package gives SDR users a compact alternative to installing a larger radio framework.

Timeline

2010s: LuaRadio develops as a LuaJIT-based SDR flow-graph framework.
2020s: Homebrew ships LuaRadio with LuaJIT, FFTW, and liquid-dsp dependencies.
2026: The upstream repository continues to present LuaRadio as lightweight and embeddable.

Related projects

LuaJIT provides the runtime and FFI layer.
GNU Radio is the larger flow-graph SDR framework LuaRadio users often compare against.
liquid-dsp and FFTW are common native DSP dependencies in packaged builds.

Sources

https://github.com/vsergeev/luaradio
https://luaradio.io/docs/getting-started.html
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security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 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
`luaradio`	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 version0.11.0

manager updated

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upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.11.0

https://github.com/vsergeev/luaradio

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:luaradio
Version	0.11.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/luaradio
Homepage	https://luaradio.io/
Repository	https://github.com/vsergeev/luaradio
Upstream docs	https://luaradio.io/docs
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/vsergeev/luaradio/archive/refs/tags/v0.11.0.tar.gz
Dependencies	fftw, liquid-dsp, luajit
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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	luaradio
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	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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MacPorts95%

luaradio

sudo port install luaradio

normalized package name match
Matched by: Luaradio

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: science/luaradio/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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source trail

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Combined YAML source

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combined/luaradio.yml

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