macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mp3fslocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mp3fsMacPorts ports tree · fuse/mp3fs/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install mp3fs with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix
Read-only FUSE file system: transcodes audio formats to MP3. Version 1.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mp3fsDebian stable package indexes · mp3fs · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mp3fsFedora Rawhide package metadata · mp3fs · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mp3fsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mp/mp3fs/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Read-only FUSE file system: transcodes audio formats to MP3
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mp3fs
history
Project history and usage
mp3fs is a read-only FUSE filesystem that presents FLAC and Ogg Vorbis files as MP3 files by transcoding on access. The original author and maintainer was David Collett from 2006 to 2008; K. Henriksson became the primary author and maintainer afterward. The manual records the same authorship split, with copyright for David Collett in 2006-2008 and K. Henriksson afterward.
Project history
The project's role is a neat filesystem trick for lossless music collections. A user mounts a source directory and a mountpoint, and applications browsing the mountpoint see .mp3 names for the underlying FLAC/Ogg files. Reads initialize decoders and encoders, fill an internal per-file buffer, and emit MP3 data without requiring the user to keep a second converted library. The README gives examples for FUSE mounts and fstab entries, and describes practical uses such as feeding hardware or software that only understands MP3.
How it is used
Its major milestones track the broadening of that original idea. The news file lists an initial 0.01 release in 2006, a 0.30 release that added better documentation, bitrate selection, LAME quality settings, and metadata improvements, a 0.9 rewrite of the transcoding code around codec classes, and a 1.0 release that added Ogg Vorbis decoding, VBR MP3 encoding, logging improvements, and a more modern C++11 codebase. In package managers it sits at the intersection of audio tooling and filesystem integration; Homebrew exposes it as a FUSE-dependent formula with FLAC, LAME, libid3tag, and libvorbis in its dependency chain.
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 2 platform targets.
- Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mp3fs | 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 version1.1.1
manager updated2026-06-21
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/khenriks/mp3fs
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/khenriks/mp3fsnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mp3fs |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mp3fs |
| Homepage | https://khenriks.github.io/mp3fs/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/khenriks/mp3fs |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/khenriks/mp3fs#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/khenriks/mp3fs/releases/download/v1.1.1/mp3fs-1.1.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-21T17:39:42-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | flac, lame, libfuse@2, libid3tag, libvorbis |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, 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 | mp3fs |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 5 |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | yes |
| 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%
mp3fs 1.1.1-1+b3
FUSE filesystem for transcoding FLAC to MP3 on the fly
https://khenriks.github.io/mp3fs/
sudo apt install mp3fs- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mp3fs
- 10 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3fs
Nix95%
mp3fs
nix profile install nixpkgs#mp3fs- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3fs
Ubuntu apt95%
mp3fs 1.1.1-1build4
FUSE filesystem for transcoding FLAC to MP3 on the fly
https://khenriks.github.io/mp3fs/
sudo apt install mp3fs- Section: multiverse/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 10 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3fs
dnf95%
mp3fs 1.1.1-16.fc44
FUSE filesystem to transcode FLAC to MP3 on the fly
https://khenriks.github.io/mp3fs/
sudo dnf install mp3fs- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Callaway-GFDL
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mp3fs
- 13 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3fs
MacPorts95%
mp3fs
sudo port install mp3fs- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mp3fs
source trail
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Combined YAML source
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Used sources
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- 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