install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install midicsv

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install midicsv

Debian stable package indexes · midicsv · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#midicsv

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mi/midicsv/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/midicsv

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/midicsv.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Convert MIDI audio files to human-readable CSV format

Project links

Commands and aliases

csvmidi
midicsv

history

Project history and usage

MIDICSV is John Walker's Fourmilab pair of command-line tools for translating Standard MIDI files to a textual CSV representation and back. The Fourmilab manual page dates the work to February 2004, with a January 2008 revision, and places the software in the public domain.

How it is used

The package is aimed at programmers and musicians who want to manipulate MIDI with ordinary text tools instead of a sequencer or a MIDI-specific library. The midicsv program decodes a MIDI file into CSV while preserving the information needed to reconstruct an equivalent MIDI file; csvmidi performs the reverse conversion. Fourmilab's examples show pipelines that transpose notes, duplicate events for a chorus effect, extract channels, or generate simple MIDI material from scripts. In package-manager form, the package is mostly a small Unix utility pair for batch MIDI editing, testing, data extraction, and scriptable music transformations.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:audio

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.

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
`csvmidi`	cli	global executable
`midicsv`	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 version1.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:midicsv
Version	1.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/midicsv
Homepage	https://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/
Upstream docs	https://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv
License	LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Source archive	https://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/midicsv-1.1.tar.gz
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	midicsv
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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%

midicsv 1.1+dfsg.1-1+b2

translate MIDI file to CSV

http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/

sudo apt install midicsv

Section: sound
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: midicsv
1 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Midicsv

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: midicsv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

midicsv

nix profile install nixpkgs#midicsv

normalized package name match
Matched by: Midicsv

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/midicsv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

midicsv 1.1+dfsg.1-1build1

translate MIDI file to CSV

http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/

sudo apt install midicsv

Section: universe/sound
Architecture: amd64
1 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Midicsv

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: midicsv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Scoop95%

extras/midicsv

scoop install extras/midicsv

normalized package name match
Matched by: Midicsv

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/midicsv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/midicsv.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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