# Install mimic with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper Lightweight text-to-speech engine based on CMU Flite. Version 1.3.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mimic. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mimic ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mimic ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mimic ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mimic from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mimic ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mimic/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mimic ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mimic from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mimic - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.0.1 - **Source summary:** Lightweight text-to-speech engine based on CMU Flite - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT-Festival AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND Spencer-86 AND Apache-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - compile_regexes (cli) - mimic (cli) - mimic_time (cli) - mimicvox_info (cli) - t2p (cli) - compile_regexes (alias) - mimic (alias) - mimic_time (alias) - mimicvox_info (alias) - t2p (alias) ## Dependencies - pcre2 - portaudio ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 1.3.0.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic1 - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Mimic, packaged by Homebrew as `mimic`, is Mycroft AI's first-generation text-to-speech engine. The upstream repository describes it as a fast, lightweight TTS engine developed by Mycroft AI and VocaliD and based on Carnegie Mellon University's Flite, also known as Festival Lite. Mycroft's own docs identify this package as Mimic 1, distinguishing it from later Mimic 2 and Mimic 3 systems. ### Project history Its role in the Mycroft ecosystem was to provide local speech synthesis for a voice assistant and for embedded or low-resource systems. Mycroft's documentation emphasizes low latency, a small resource footprint, Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows support, and a design that can play audio directly or write RIFF/WAV output. Users invoke the `mimic` command with text or a file, choose built-in or external voices, and produce spoken output or audio files. ### Adoption history A distinctive adoption story is the partnership with VocaliD. Mycroft's documentation says Mimic 1 was used as a cross-platform engine for VocaliD clients, helping people with speech disorders use custom voices created from VocaliD's Human Voicebank. That places Mimic beyond a developer CLI: it was also part of accessibility-oriented voice technology. ### How it is used The project later sat beside newer Mycroft TTS engines. Mimic 3's presentation compares the family directly: Mimic 1 is local and Flite-based, Mimic 2 uses Tacotron and is not local, and Mimic 3 is local and neural. As a package-manager entry, `mimic` remains the lightweight Flite-based C command-line engine, with executables for synthesis and supporting voice/regex tools, rather than the neural Mimic 3 stack. ### 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:** mimic - **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 - mimic - 0.7.0+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mimic from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | eBPF UDP -> TCP obfuscator | https://github.com/hack3ric/mimic - Debian apt - mimic-dkms - 0.7.0+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mimic-dkms from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | eBPF UDP -> TCP obfuscator (DKMS kernel module) | https://github.com/hack3ric/mimic - Nix - mimic: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mimic/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - libttsmimic0 - 1.3.0.1-3.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libttsmimic0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Core libraries of Mycroft's TTS engine | https://mimic.mycroft.ai - zypper - mimic - 1.3.0.1-3.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mimic from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Mycroft's TTS engine, based on CMU's Flite (Festival Lite) | https://mimic.mycroft.ai - zypper - mimic-devel - 1.3.0.1-3.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mimic-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for mimic (Mycroft's TTS engine) | https://mimic.mycroft.ai ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [AI and agent packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [pcre2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [open-jtalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/open-jtalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media, speech-synthesis, text-to-speech. - [pocket-tts](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pocket-tts/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media, text-to-speech, tts. - [cmu-pocketsphinx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmu-pocketsphinx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media, voice. - [speech](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/speech/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media, tts. - [backgroundremover](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/backgroundremover/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [cmuclmtk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmuclmtk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [draw-things-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/draw-things-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [openai-whisper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openai-whisper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [whisper-cpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/whisper-cpp/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ai, cli, media, speech, text. - [whisperkit-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/whisperkit-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ai, cli, media, speech, text. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mimic.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mimic.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