install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mpdas

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install mpdas

Debian stable package indexes · mpdas · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install mpdas

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · mpdas · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mpdas

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdas/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

C++ client to submit tracks to audioscrobbler

Project links

Commands and aliases

mpdas

history

Project history and usage

mpdas is a C++ AudioScrobbler client for Music Player Daemon, maintained in Henrik Friedrichsen's hrkfdn/mpdas repository. It uses libmpdclient to read song data from MPD and libcurl to submit that data to Last.fm, and the README identifies support for the 2.0 AudioScrobbler protocol. Its feature set is practical rather than broad: now-playing updates, scrobbling, caching, config files, user switching, and Last.fm love/unlove integration via MPD client-to-client messages.

Project history

The FreeBSD port history places mpdas in packaging channels by November 2008 and describes its original niche clearly: an MPD scrobbler written in C++ that cached played songs during downtime or connectivity problems. That made it an alternative to mpdscribble for users whose MPD setup needed Last.fm submission, especially around protocol compatibility and offline caching.

How it is used

In practice, mpdas is configured with a .mpdasrc-style config containing Last.fm and MPD connection details, then run beside MPD so listening history can be submitted without involving a desktop music player.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service
text:audio,client

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Installs with 1 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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.mpdasrc$PREFIX/mpdasrc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.mpdasrc$PREFIX/mpdasrc

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mpdas`	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 version0.4.5

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.50hz.ws/mpdas/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.50hz.ws/mpdas/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mpdas
Version	0.4.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mpdas
Homepage	https://www.50hz.ws/mpdas/
Repository	https://github.com/hrkfdn/mpdas
Upstream docs	https://www.50hz.ws/mpdas
License	BSD-3-Clause
Source archive	https://www.50hz.ws/mpdas/mpdas-0.4.5.tar.gz
Dependencies	libmpdclient
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Uses from macOS	curl
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	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mpdas
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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%

mpdas 0.4.5-1+b2

AudioScrobbler client for MPD

https://50hz.ws/mpdas/

sudo apt install mpdas

Section: net
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: mpdas
5 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mpdas

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

Nix95%

mpdas

nix profile install nixpkgs#mpdas

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mpdas

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

Ubuntu apt95%

mpdas 0.4.5-1build3

AudioScrobbler client for MPD

https://50hz.ws/mpdas/

sudo apt install mpdas

Section: universe/net
Architecture: amd64
5 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mpdas

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpdas from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

dnf95%

mpdas 0.4.5-12.fc44

An MPD audioscrobbling client

http://50hz.ws/mpdas/

sudo dnf install mpdas

License: BSD-3-Clause
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: mpdas
6 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mpdas

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpdas from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/mpdas.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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