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Install soapyremote with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Use any Soapy SDR remotely. Version 0.5.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install soapyremote

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install SoapyRemote

MacPorts ports tree · science/SoapyRemote/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install soapyremote-server

Debian stable package indexes · soapyremote-server · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#soapyremote

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S soapyremote

Arch Linux sync databases · soapyremote · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Use any Soapy SDR remotely

Commands and aliases

  • SoapySDRServer

history

Project history and usage

SoapyRemote is the network extension for the SoapySDR ecosystem. It lets a machine with SDR hardware expose that hardware over a local network so clients can use it through the normal SoapySDR API and tools.

Project history

The SoapyRemote changelog records its first release on October 10, 2015 as a plugin module and server application. Its early releases tracked SoapySDR API growth, adding discovery, stream formats, hardware capabilities, systemd support, and server-side fixes as the core SDR abstraction matured.

The official wiki presents the project as remote support for Soapy SDR: any SoapySDR-supported device can become a network peripheral, supporting workflows such as sharing an SDR across hosts, multiple processes, embedded-device development, and software workaround scenarios.

Adoption history

The supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch packaging. That spread reflects SoapyRemote's role as optional infrastructure around SDR workstations and lab machines rather than a general-purpose network daemon.

How it is used

Official docs show the server being launched with SoapySDRServer --bind, optionally with an address and port. Clients use SoapySDRUtil and device arguments such as remote=myServer, driver=remote, remote:driver, remote:timeout, remote:prot, and remote:ipver to discover or select remote radios.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about SoapyRemote because it turns SDR hardware support into deployable Unix service plumbing. Packagers have to line up the server binary, the SoapySDR module ABI, discovery dependencies such as Avahi on Linux, and service integration such as systemd.

Timeline

  • 2015: 0.1.0 first release of the plugin module and server application.
  • 2015: 0.2.0 implemented SSDP automatic server discovery.
  • 2016: 0.3.1 added a systemd service script and a man page followed in 0.3.2.
  • 2017: 0.4.0 added TCP streaming via remote:prot=tcp and bulk register APIs.
  • 2018: 0.5.0 added DNS-SD publishing and discovery with Avahi.
  • 2020: 0.5.2 fixed SSDP, Avahi, and server URL reentrancy cases.

Related projects

  • SoapyRemote depends on SoapySDR and is used by SoapySDRUtil and applications that use the SoapySDR API. The wiki also documents use with UHD and GrOsmoSDR remote devices.

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:server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 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

CommandKindExposureNote
SoapySDRServercliglobal 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 version0.5.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:soapyremote
Version0.5.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/soapyremote
Homepagehttps://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/wiki
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote
Upstream docshttps://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote#readme
LicenseBSL-1.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/archive/refs/tags/soapy-remote-0.5.2.tar.gz
Dependenciessoapysdr
Build dependenciescmake
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namesoapyremote
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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%

soapyremote-server 0.5.2-4+b2

Use SoapySDR devices over network (server)

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/wiki

sudo apt install soapyremote-server
  • Section: hamradio
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: soapyremote
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: soapyremote-server from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

soapysdr-module-remote 0.5.2-4+b2

Use SoapySDR devices over network (default client module)

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/wiki

sudo apt install soapysdr-module-remote
  • Section: hamradio
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: soapyremote
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: soapysdr-module-remote from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

soapysdr0.8-module-remote 0.5.2-4+b2

Use SoapySDR devices over network (client module)

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/wiki

sudo apt install soapysdr0.8-module-remote
  • Section: hamradio
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: soapyremote
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: soapysdr0.8-module-remote from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

soapyremote

nix profile install nixpkgs#soapyremote
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/soapyremote/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

soapyremote-server 0.5.2-4

Use SoapySDR devices over network (server)

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/wiki

sudo apt install soapyremote-server
  • Section: universe/hamradio
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: soapyremote
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: soapyremote-server from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

soapysdr-module-remote 0.5.2-4

Use SoapySDR devices over network (default client module)

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/wiki

sudo apt install soapysdr-module-remote
  • Section: universe/hamradio
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: soapyremote
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: soapysdr-module-remote from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

soapysdr0.8-module-remote 0.5.2-4

Use SoapySDR devices over network (client module)

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote/wiki

sudo apt install soapysdr0.8-module-remote
  • Section: universe/hamradio
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: soapyremote
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: soapysdr0.8-module-remote from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
pacman95%

soapyremote 0.5.2-3

Use any Soapy SDR remotely

https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote

sudo pacman -S soapyremote
  • License: custom:Boost
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: soapyremote from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

SoapyRemote

sudo port install SoapyRemote
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Soapyremote
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: science/SoapyRemote/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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

  • soapysdrRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • puttyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access.
  • sshportalShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access, server.
  • telnetShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access.
  • gateway-goShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access.
  • ssh3Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access.
  • tiger-vncShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, remote-access.

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • 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