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Install mikmod with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Portable tracked music player. Version 3.2.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mikmod

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mikmod

MacPorts ports tree · audio/mikmod/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mikmod

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

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mikmod

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · mikmod · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mikmod

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

overview

Package summary

Portable tracked music player

Commands and aliases

  • mikmod

history

Project history and usage

MikMod is a tracked-module music player and library rooted in the MS-DOS demoscene and tracker-music ecosystem. The project homepage says it began as a player for MS-DOS and was ported to Unix, Macintosh, BeOS, Java, and other platforms. It names Jean-Paul Mikkers, Jake Stine, and Frank Loemker as main authors, with Steve McIntyre, Peter Amstutz, Miodrag Vallat, Raphaël Assénat, Shlomi Fish, and Ozkan among successive Unix or project maintainers.

Project history

The package split matters: libmikmod is the playback library, while mikmod is the curses-style player built on it. The project describes support for common module formats such as MOD, S3M, IT, and XM, and the man page lists a wider set including MTM, STM, ULT, FAR, MED, DSM, AMF, IMF, and 669. That made MikMod useful both as an end-user module player and as a reusable decoder/playback layer for software that needed tracker music support.

How it is used

The project history is also a portability story. The homepage records migration of version control to SourceForge Git in 2017 and maintenance releases for libmikmod and the player through the 2020s, including loader fixes, audio-driver updates, format support, fuzzing-driven robustness work, and platform build updates. In package managers, mikmod fills the compact command-line module-player niche beside libraries such as libmodplug and libopenmpt: useful for playing and validating old tracker files, archives, and chiptune-era music collections from a terminal.

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 8 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mikmodcliglobal 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 version3.2.9
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://mikmod.sourceforge.net/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://mikmod.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mikmod
Version3.2.9
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mikmod
Homepagehttps://mikmod.sourceforge.net/
Repositoryhttps://sourceforge.net/p/mikmod/mikmod/ci/master/tree
Upstream docshttps://mikmod.sourceforge.net/
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mikmod/mikmod/3.2.9/mikmod-3.2.9.tar.gz
Dependencieslibmikmod
Uses from macOSncurses
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemikmod
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

mikmod 3.2.9-1

Portable tracked music player

http://mikmod.sf.net

sudo apt install mikmod
  • Section: sound
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 4 dependencies
  • 5 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mikmod
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mikmod from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

mikmod

nix profile install nixpkgs#mikmod
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mikmod
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mikmod/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

mikmod 3.2.8-3

Portable tracked music player

http://mikmod.sf.net

sudo apt install mikmod
  • Section: universe/sound
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 4 dependencies
  • 5 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mikmod
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mikmod from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

mikmod 3.2.9-4.fc44

Console music module player

http://mikmod.sourceforge.net/

sudo dnf install mikmod
  • License: GPL-2.0-only AND LicenseRef-Callaway-LGPLv2+
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: mikmod
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mikmod
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mikmod from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

mikmod

sudo port install mikmod
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mikmod
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: audio/mikmod/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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.

Related tools

  • libmikmodRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • xmpShares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mod, module-player.
  • adplayShares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player.
  • cmusShares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player.
  • libopenmptShares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, tracker-music.
  • mocShares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player.
  • mpdShares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player.

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.

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