# Install mikmod with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix Portable tracked music player. Version 3.2.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mikmod ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mikmod ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mikmod ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/mikmod/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mikmod ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mikmod from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mikmod ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mikmod 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#mikmod ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mikmod/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mikmod - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.2.9 - **Source summary:** Portable tracked music player - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mikmod (cli) - mikmod (alias) ## Dependencies - libmikmod ## Uses from macOS - ncurses ## 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: 3.2.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mikmod - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mikmod - 3.2.9-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mikmod from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Portable tracked music player | http://mikmod.sf.net - Nix - mikmod: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mikmod/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mikmod - 3.2.8-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mikmod from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Portable tracked music player | http://mikmod.sf.net - dnf - mikmod - 3.2.9-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mikmod from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Console music module player | http://mikmod.sourceforge.net/ - MacPorts - mikmod: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/mikmod/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [Package ecosystem packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched package manager, installer, dependency, registry, or publishing metadata. - [libmikmod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libmikmod/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [xmp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xmp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mod, module-player. - [adplay](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplay/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player. - [cmus](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player. - [libopenmpt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libopenmpt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, tracker-music. - [moc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/moc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player. - [mpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player. - [ocp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ocp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, module-player, tracker-music. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mikmod.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mikmod.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