# Install mpd with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Music Player Daemon. Version 0.24.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mpd ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mpd ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mpd ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/mpd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add mpd ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mpd ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mpd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mpd ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpd 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#mpd ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S mpd ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mpd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mpd ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install mpd ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: mpd from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.756','razer-synapse-3' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/mpd ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mpd.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mpd - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.24.12 - **Source summary:** Music Player Daemon - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:32-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mpd (cli) - mpd (alias) ## Dependencies - chromaprint - faad2 - ffmpeg - flac - fluid-synth - fmt - game-music-emu - icu4c@78 - lame - libao - libid3tag - libmikmod - libmpdclient - libnfs - libnpupnp - libogg - libsamplerate - libshout - libsndfile - libsoxr - libvorbis - mpg123 - opus - pcre2 - sqlite - wavpack ## Build dependencies - meson - ninja - nlohmann-json - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 - curl - expat ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Caveats: MPD requires a config file to start. Please copy it from $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/mpd/mpd.conf into one of these paths: - ~/.mpd/mpd.conf - ~/.mpdconf and tailor it to your needs. - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.24.12 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD - Upstream latest detected: v0.24.12 (current) ## Project history and usage Music Player Daemon is a free software music server that appeared in 2003 and is associated with Max Kellermann and The Music Player Daemon Project. The project describes MPD as a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music, controlled through its network protocol and extended through plugins and libraries for many audio formats. The project AUTHORS file credits a broad contributor base around the daemon. ### Project history MPD's defining technical milestone is its separation of playback from control. The daemon runs in the background, maintains a music database and playlist, and lets separate clients manipulate playback, browse the database, or automate it over the protocol. That model made it attractive for headless machines, remote control, hotkey scripts, terminal front ends, web clients, and embedded audio setups. The MPD documentation presents mpc as the basic CLI client, while the wider ecosystem includes richer terminal, graphical, mobile, and web clients. ### Adoption history Adoption spread beyond hobbyist Unix desktops into commercial audio hardware. The MPD project maintains a list of commercial products known to use MPD as a backend and frames that adoption through the GPL obligations attached to shipping modified GPL components. In package managers, MPD is the central server package that related packages orbit around: mpc controls it, mpdscribble and mpdas listen to its playback state for scrobbling, and client libraries expose the protocol to other programs. ### How it is used In practice, users configure mpd.conf, point MPD at a music directory or streams, choose audio outputs, and control it from clients. Its niche is not an all-in-one player interface, but a long-running playback service for people who want the player decoupled from the interface. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf, ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf, /etc/mpd.conf ## Credential files - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf, ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf, /etc/mpd.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mpd - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mpd - 0.24.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mpd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Music Player Daemon | https://www.musicpd.org/ - Nix - mpd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mpd - 0.23.14-2build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Music Player Daemon | https://www.musicpd.org/ - apk - mpd - 0.24.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Music daemon that plays MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis files and Audio CDs | https://musicpd.org/ - apk - mpd-dbg - 0.24.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpd-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Music daemon that plays MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis files and Audio CDs (debug symbols) | https://musicpd.org/ - apk - mpd-doc - 0.24.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpd-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Music daemon that plays MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis files and Audio CDs (documentation) | https://musicpd.org/ - apk - mpd-openrc - 0.24.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpd-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Music daemon that plays MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis files and Audio CDs (OpenRC init scripts) | https://musicpd.org/ - dnf - mpd - 0.24.12-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Music player daemon | https://www.musicpd.org/ - pacman - mpd - 0.24.12-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: mpd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music | https://www.musicpd.org/ - zypper - mpd - 0.24.10-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Music Player Daemon | https://musicpd.org - zypper - mpd-doc - 0.24.10-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpd-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Additional Package Documentation | https://musicpd.org - MacPorts - mpd: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/mpd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - mpd: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: mpd from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.756','razer-synapse-3' - Scoop - main/mpd: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mpd.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [chromaprint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chromaprint/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [faad2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/faad2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [flac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flac/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [fluid-synth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fluid-synth/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [meson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rmpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rmpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd, music-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. - [mikmod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mikmod/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player. - [moc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/moc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, music-player. - [mpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [mpdas](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpdas/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [mpdscribble](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpdscribble/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [audacious](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/audacious/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, faad2, ffmpeg, flac. - [ncmpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ncmpc/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, daemon, fmt, libmpdclient. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpd.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mpd.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