install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install sox_ng

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#sox_ng

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

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id sox_ng.sox_ng -e

Windows Package Manager source index · sox_ng.sox_ng · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Sound eXchange NG

Project links

Commands and aliases

play_ng
rec_ng
sox_ng
soxi_ng

history

Project history and usage

SoX_ng is a hard fork of SoX 14.4.2 that keeps the command-line audio-processing model while allowing the fork to coexist with traditional SoX. It is mainly interesting to package users as a maintained, separately named SoX lineage with its own binaries, libraries, releases, wiki, and issue tracker.

Project history

The official README defines `sox_ng` as a hard fork of `sox-14.4.2` aiming to sanitize SoX. It says the project imports, compares, and refines bug fixes and new work from software distributions that package SoX and from forks on GitHub and elsewhere.

The Codeberg repository was created in October 2024. Its README describes a six-monthly cadence for micro and minor releases and explicitly states that a major release with incompatible changes is not planned.

Adoption history

SoX_ng is young compared with SoX, but it is packaged in several channels in the input facts, including Homebrew, Nix, and winget. The README also names Homebrew installation on macOS and winget installation on Windows.

The fork's packaging story is part of its design: by installing as `sox_ng`, `play_ng`, `rec_ng`, `soxi_ng`, `libsox_ng`, and related names, it can coexist with the older SoX package unless configured to replace it.

How it is used

The `sox_ng` command follows the SoX model of reading and writing audio files, applying effects, combining input sources, synthesizing audio, playing, recording, and querying headers. The README documents source builds through `./configure` and `make` and explains optional integration with ffmpeg for additional audio and video formats.

The project documents a replacement mode through `./configure --enable-replace`, but the default package-facing behavior is separate command and library names so users can install both SoX and SoX_ng.

Why package nerds care

SoX_ng matters to package nerds because it turns distro-patched audio-tool maintenance into an upstream fork. Its README explicitly frames the project as collecting fixes from many software distributions and forks, which is exactly the kind of long-tail maintenance package maintainers care about.

The coexistence naming scheme also lowers adoption risk: package managers can offer the fork without breaking scripts that depend on classic `sox`, while users who want replacement behavior can opt in at configure time.

Timeline

2024: Codeberg repository created.
2024: README describes SoX_ng as a hard fork of SoX 14.4.2.
2026: SoX_ng 14.8.0 released with new effects, formats, bug fixes, and documentation changes.
2026: README schedules regular micro and minor releases.

Related projects

SoX is the upstream project and command-line model from which SoX_ng forked.
ffmpeg is documented as an optional runtime dependency for reading additional audio and video formats.
Homebrew, Nix, and winget are package channels documented in input facts or the official README.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for sox_ng. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 10 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
`play_ng`	cli	global executable
`rec_ng`	cli	global executable
`sox_ng`	cli	global executable
`soxi_ng`	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 version14.8.0.1

manager updated2026-05-27

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ngnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:sox_ng
Version	14.8.0.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sox_ng
Homepage	https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng
Repository	https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng
Upstream docs	https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng
License	GPL-2.0-only
Source archive	https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng/releases/download/sox_ng-14.8.0.1/sox_ng-14.8.0.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-27T02:42:02Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	flac, lame, libogg, libpng, libsndfile, libvorbis, mad, opus, opusfile, wavpack
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	sox_ng
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Conflicts With	sox
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.

Nix95%

sox_ng

nix profile install nixpkgs#sox_ng

normalized package name match
Matched by: Sox Ng

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

winget95%

sox_ng.sox_ng

winget install --id sox_ng.sox_ng -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Sox Ng

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: sox_ng.sox_ng from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/sox_ng.yml

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

Install sox_ng with Homebrew, Nix, winget