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brew install oggz

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overview

Package summary

Command-line tool for manipulating Ogg files

Project links

Commands and aliases

oggz
oggz-chop
oggz-codecs
oggz-comment
oggz-diff
oggz-dump
oggz-info
oggz-known-codecs
oggz-merge
oggz-rip
oggz-scan
oggz-sort
oggz-validate

history

Project history and usage

Oggz packages liboggz plus the oggz command-line toolset for inspecting, editing, extracting, chopping, sorting, merging, and validating Ogg files. It is part of the Xiph.Org ecosystem around the Ogg container and codecs such as Vorbis, Theora, Speex, FLAC, CELT, CMML, Kate, and PCM.

Project history

Xiph.Org documents Oggz as both a C API and a command-line suite. The API documentation identifies liboggz 1.1.3 and carries a 2003 CSIRO Australia copyright notice, placing the library in the early period of Ogg tooling around Xiph media formats.

The GitLab project description calls liboggz 'a library and tools for working with Ogg encapsulation' with support for seeking, chopping, and validation. Homebrew packages the same stable 1.1.3 tarball from the Xiph release archive.

Adoption history

Oggz adoption is specialized rather than broad: it appears in Homebrew under the oggz formula and the input metadata records the upstream GitLab repository. Homebrew reported 60 installs in its 365-day analytics window when fetched on 2026-07-01, which is consistent with a format-maintenance utility rather than a mainstream daily CLI.

How it is used

Developers and media maintainers use oggz to inspect bitstreams, list codecs, dump packets, compare Ogg files, validate framing, rip logical bitstreams, edit comments, chop time ranges, and merge or sort pages by presentation time. The oggz-chop tool has a particularly package-nerdy role: Xiph documents it as usable for serving time ranges of Ogg media over HTTP through CGI.

The liboggz API exists for programs that need callback-style reading and writing of Ogg streams, custom seek behavior for multitrack Ogg data, controlled generation of valid bitstreams, and pluggable I/O integration.

Why package nerds care

Oggz matters because it is a compact, format-native toolkit for a container that many package databases otherwise only expose through codecs or playback libraries. It gives packagers a way to validate and manipulate Ogg structure itself, not only decode media payloads.

Timeline

2003: liboggz licensing text records CSIRO Australia copyright for the library.
1.1.3: the stable version packaged by Homebrew and documented by Xiph.Org.
2018-08-08: the xiph/liboggz GitLab project was created in GitLab metadata.

Related projects

Oggz sits above the Ogg container format and alongside other Xiph.Org projects such as Vorbis, Theora, Speex, FLAC, Opus, and Icecast. It complements lower-level libogg by adding higher-level conveniences such as seeking, validation, and timestamp interpretation.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`oggz`	cli	global executable
`oggz-chop`	cli	global executable
`oggz-codecs`	cli	global executable
`oggz-comment`	cli	global executable
`oggz-diff`	cli	global executable
`oggz-dump`	cli	global executable
`oggz-info`	cli	global executable
`oggz-known-codecs`	cli	global executable
`oggz-merge`	cli	global executable
`oggz-rip`	cli	global executable
`oggz-scan`	cli	global executable
`oggz-sort`	cli	global executable
`oggz-validate`	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 version1.1.3

manager updated2026-06-19

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.xiph.org/oggz/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.xiph.org/oggz/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:oggz
Version	1.1.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/oggz
Homepage	https://www.xiph.org/oggz/
Repository	https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/liboggz
Upstream docs	https://www.xiph.org/oggz
License	BSD-3-Clause
Source archive	https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/xiph/releases/liboggz/liboggz-1.1.3.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-19T12:32:40-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	libogg
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, 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	oggz
Aliases	liboggz
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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/oggz.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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