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Install musikcube with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop

Terminal-based audio engine, library, player and server. Version 3.0.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install musikcube

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install musikcube

MacPorts ports tree · multimedia/musikcube/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add musikcube

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · musikcube · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#musikcube

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/musikcube

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/musikcube.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Terminal-based audio engine, library, player and server

Commands and aliases

  • musikcube
  • musikcubed

history

Project history and usage

musikcube is Casey Langen's C++ music-player project in its modern terminal-based form: an audio engine, metadata library, player, and streaming server packaged as musikcube and musikcubed. Historical summaries trace the name back to a 2004 Windows music player by Langen, while the modern GitHub project presents a cross-platform terminal application that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi systems, and other Unix-like environments. In a 2017 launch discussion, Langen described the audio engine work as having started in 2007 with an interest in building a medium-sized C++ audio application from scratch.

Project history

The project evolved from local library playback into a self-contained terminal music system. The official site describes a terminal music player, library, and streaming server, plus musikdroid, an Android client that connects to musikcube servers for streaming and remote control. The README emphasizes Raspberry Pi use with a home stereo, while the 3.0.0 release discussion highlights a redesigned plugin API for decoders, encoders, playback, play-queue manipulation, visualizers, data streams, indexers, DSP, and headless daemon operation.

How it is used

In practice, musikcube is for users who want a keyboard-driven music library and server without a desktop GUI. It overlaps with cmus, Music Player Daemon plus ncmpcpp, and other terminal audio setups, but its niche is bundling metadata indexing, playback, plugins, streaming, and remote control into one C++ package. Package managers expose that as the musikcube terminal client and musikcubed daemon/server, making it useful on laptops, shells, and small always-on audio boxes.

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,server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 12 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 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
~/.musikcube/hotkeys.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
musikcubecliglobal executable
musikcubedcliglobal 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 version3.0.5
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected3.0.5

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:musikcube
Version3.0.5
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/musikcube
Homepagehttps://musikcube.com
Repositoryhttps://github.com/clangen/musikcube
Upstream docshttps://github.com/clangen/musikcube#readme
LicenseBSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSL-1.0 AND MIT AND Zlib AND bcrypt-Solar-Designer AND blessing
Source archivehttps://github.com/clangen/musikcube/archive/refs/tags/3.0.5.tar.gz
Dependenciesffmpeg, game-music-emu, gnutls, lame, libev, libmicrohttpd, libopenmpt, mpg123, ncurses, openssl@3, portaudio, taglib
Build dependenciesasio, cmake, pkgconf
Uses from macOScurl
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemusikcube
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Nix95%

musikcube

nix profile install nixpkgs#musikcube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mu/musikcube/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

musikcube 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-dev 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (development files)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-dev
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-all 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (all plugins)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-all
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-all from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-httpdatastream 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (httpdatastream plugin)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-httpdatastream
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-httpdatastream from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-mpris 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (mpris plugin)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-mpris
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-mpris from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-openmpt 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (openmpt plugin)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-openmpt
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-openmpt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-server 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (server plugin)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-server
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-server from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-stockencoders 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (stockencoders plugin)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-stockencoders
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-stockencoders from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-supereqdsp 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (supereqdsp plugin)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-supereqdsp
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-supereqdsp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

musikcube-plugin-taglibreader 3.0.5-r0

a cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server (taglibreader plugin)

https://github.com/clangen/musikcube

sudo apk add musikcube-plugin-taglibreader
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: musikcube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: musikcube-plugin-taglibreader from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

musikcube

sudo port install musikcube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/musikcube/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

extras/musikcube

scoop install extras/musikcube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Musikcube
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/musikcube.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

Related tools

  • ffmpegRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gnutlsRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • lameRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libopenmptRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • mpg123Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • aalibShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, library, media, terminal.
  • ccmShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music-player, terminal.
  • cmusShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music-player, terminal.
  • kewShares av.db curated category or tags: audio-player, cli, media, music-player, terminal.
  • libcacaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, library, media, terminal.
  • mocShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music-player, terminal.

source trail

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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
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