# Install mp3blaster with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, chocolatey, scoop, winget

Text-based mp3 player. Version 3.2.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-01.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mp3blaster
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mp3blaster
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mp3blaster
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/mp3blaster/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install mp3blaster
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mp3blaster from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mp3blaster
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mp3blaster/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install mp3tag
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: mp3tag from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','mirc'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/mp3tag
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mp3tag.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id FlorianHeidenreich.Mp3tag -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: FlorianHeidenreich.Mp3tag from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mp3blaster
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mp3blaster>
- **Version:** 3.2.6
- **Source summary:** Text-based mp3 player
- **Homepage:** <https://mp3blaster.sourceforge.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/stragulus/mp3blaster>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/stragulus/mp3blaster#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mp3blaster/mp3blaster/mp3blaster-3.2.6/mp3blaster-3.2.6.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-01T12:37:12-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- mp3blaster (cli)
- mp3tag (cli)
- nmixer (cli)
- splay (cli)
- mp3blaster (alias)
- mp3tag (alias)
- nmixer (alias)
- splay (alias)

## Dependencies

- sdl12-compat

## Uses from macOS

- ncurses

## 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: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.2.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-01
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://mp3blaster.sourceforge.io
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

Mp3blaster is a text-console audio player from the late-1990s Linux MP3 era. Its history page says the author began building an MP3 collection in early 1997, wanted a better Linux text-console player, reused the splay MPEG decoding library idea, and wrote an ncurses interface with stronger playlist behavior. The first usable version, 0.9.0, appeared in August 1997 under the name `mp3player`.

### Project history

The program's lasting feature is its playlist model. The manpage and SourceForge description both emphasize an interactive console interface and nested playlist groups, letting users group songs by album or genre and shuffle albums rather than only individual tracks. The README describes it as mainly an MP3 player for text consoles, with sophisticated playback orders, a `~/.mp3blasterrc` configuration file, and support for FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. The ChangeLog shows the later maintenance arc: 3.2.x releases added SDL and Esound playback support, Mac OS X Tiger and Cygwin compilation fixes, resizing support, LIRC support, and a 2017 round of compilation fixes from Debian packaging work.

### How it is used

Mp3blaster's package-manager niche is small but distinct: it is for users who want an ncurses-style music player without a graphical environment. It sits near console players such as cmus or moc, but its history and documentation center on MP3-era playback and nested playlist organization rather than library scanning or streaming-service integration.

### Sources

- <http://www.mp3blaster.org/p/history.html>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mp3blaster>
- <https://github.com/stragulus/mp3blaster>
- <https://github.com/stragulus/mp3blaster/blob/master/mp3blaster.1>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stragulus/mp3blaster/master/ChangeLog>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stragulus/mp3blaster/master/README>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3blaster/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.mp3blasterrc
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mp3blaster
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** yes
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - mp3blaster - 1:3.2.6-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mp3blaster from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Full-screen console mp3 and Ogg Vorbis player | http://mp3blaster.sf.net
- Nix - mp3blaster: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mp3blaster/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - mp3blaster - 1:3.2.6-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mp3blaster from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Full-screen console mp3 and Ogg Vorbis player | http://mp3blaster.sf.net
- MacPorts - mp3blaster: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/mp3blaster/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - splay - 0.9.5.2-14build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: splay from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Sound player for MPEG-1,2 layer 1,2,3
- Chocolatey - mp3tag: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: mp3tag from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','mirc'
- Scoop - extras/mp3tag: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mp3tag.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - FlorianHeidenreich.Mp3tag: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: FlorianHeidenreich.Mp3tag from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mp3blaster.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mp3blaster.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- 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