macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install minimodemlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install minimodemMacPorts ports tree · net/minimodem/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install minimodem with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, zypper
General-purpose software audio FSK modem. Version 0.24 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add minimodemAlpine Linux edge package indexes · minimodem · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install minimodemDebian stable package indexes · minimodem · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#minimodemnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mi/minimodem/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install minimodemopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · minimodem · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
General-purpose software audio FSK modem
Project links
Commands and aliases
- minimodem
history
Project history and usage
minimodem is Kamal Mostafa's command-line software FSK modem, with project copyright notices covering 2011 through 2020. It decodes or generates audio modem tones at user-selected baud rates and frames them with common protocols rather than targeting only one historical modem format.
How it is used
Its practical niche is audio-frequency data transfer and signal experimentation from a Unix shell. The project supports protocols such as Bell 103, Bell 202, RTTY, TTY/TDD, NOAA SAME, and Caller ID, and it can work live through the system audio device or in batch mode through audio files. Users can move data between nearby computers by cable or sound, or across radio, telephone, and other audio channels. That makes minimodem useful to radio hobbyists, retrocomputing users, signal-processing experiments, and tests where a small FSK encoder/decoder is easier than a full modem stack.
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.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
minimodem | 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 version0.24
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
http://www.whence.com/minimodem/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://www.whence.com/minimodem/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:minimodem |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.24 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/minimodem |
| Homepage | http://www.whence.com/minimodem/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/kamalmostafa/minimodem |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/kamalmostafa/minimodem#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/minimodem/minimodem_0.24.orig.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | fftw, libsndfile, pulseaudio |
| 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 | minimodem |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
minimodem 0.24-1+b2
general-purpose software audio FSK modem
http://www.whence.com/minimodem
sudo apt install minimodem- Section: comm
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: minimodem
- 5 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Minimodem
Nix95%
minimodem
nix profile install nixpkgs#minimodem- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Minimodem
Ubuntu apt95%
minimodem 0.24-1build3
general-purpose software audio FSK modem
http://www.whence.com/minimodem
sudo apt install minimodem- Section: universe/comm
- Architecture: amd64
- 5 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Minimodem
apk95%
minimodem 0.24-r1
general-purpose software audio FSK modem
http://www.whence.com/minimodem
sudo apk add minimodem- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: minimodem
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Minimodem
apk95%
minimodem-doc 0.24-r1
general-purpose software audio FSK modem (documentation)
http://www.whence.com/minimodem
sudo apk add minimodem-doc- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: minimodem
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Minimodem
zypper95%
minimodem 0.24-1.30
General-purpose software audio FSK modem
http://www.whence.com/minimodem/
sudo zypper install minimodem- License: GPL-3.0+
- Category: Productivity/Hamradio/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: minimodem
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Minimodem
MacPorts95%
minimodem
sudo port install minimodem- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Minimodem
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.
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