# Install sox_ng with Homebrew, Nix, winget Sound eXchange NG. Version 14.8.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sox_ng ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sox_ng ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#sox_ng ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/sox_ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id sox_ng.sox_ng -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: sox_ng.sox_ng from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sox_ng - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 14.8.0.1 - **Source summary:** Sound eXchange NG - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-27T02:42:02Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - play_ng (cli) - rec_ng (cli) - sox_ng (cli) - soxi_ng (cli) - play_ng (alias) - rec_ng (alias) - sox_ng (alias) - soxi_ng (alias) ## Dependencies - flac - lame - libogg - libpng - libsndfile - libvorbis - mad - opus - opusfile - wavpack ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 14.8.0.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://codeberg.org/sox_ng/sox_ng - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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. ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - sox_ng: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/sox_ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - sox_ng.sox_ng: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: sox_ng.sox_ng from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [flac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flac/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [lame](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lame/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libpng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpng/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libsndfile](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libsndfile/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sox/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, audio-conversion, audio-editing, cli, media. - [abcde](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcde/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [adplay](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplay/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [adplug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [aften](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aften/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [alsa-lib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alsa-lib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [bandcamp-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bandcamp-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [carla](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carla/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [dirt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dirt/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, libsndfile, media. - [audiowaveform](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/audiowaveform/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, libsndfile, mad, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sox_ng.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sox_ng.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph