macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install streamripperlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install streamripperMacPorts ports tree · audio/streamripper/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install streamripper with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix
Separate tracks via Shoutcasts title-streaming. Version 1.64.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install streamripperDebian stable package indexes · streamripper · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#streamrippernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/st/streamripper/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Separate tracks via Shoutcasts title-streaming
Project links
Commands and aliases
- streamripper
history
Project history and usage
Streamripper is a command-line and plugin-era Internet-radio recorder for Shoutcast and Icecast-style streams, best known for splitting continuous MP3 streams into separate track files using stream metadata.
Project history
The official Streamripper site says the project started in early 2000 as a way to separate tracks via Shoutcast title-streaming. The SourceForge project page lists the project as registered on 2000-05-27, and its maintained code browser shows later SourceForge-hosted code history, including a 2009 initial project import into the web code view.
Streamripper grew around the late-1990s and early-2000s Internet-radio culture in which users listened to Shoutcast-compatible stations from desktop players. Its homepage described it as GPL software for recording streaming MP3 to disk, and its documentation covered both console usage and a Winamp plugin.
Adoption history
The package became the standard small Unix tool for a niche job: unattended recording of Internet radio streams with automatic track boundaries. The supplied package-manager facts show it packaged by Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu, reflecting long-tail maintenance even after upstream activity slowed.
The SourceForge project page still exposes files, reviews, tickets, discussion, and a code tab, which is typical of older projects that stayed useful because distributions kept carrying them.
How it is used
Typical use is `streamripper URL`, with options to choose a destination directory, record a single large file, avoid overwriting existing tracks, or run a local relay while recording. The bundled manual text says Streamripper records Shoutcast and Icecast compatible streams in native formats including MP3, NSV, AAC, and Ogg.
Package users care about it less as a modern streaming product and more as a durable command-line utility from the Winamp/Shoutcast era that still solves batch capture and stream-splitting jobs without a GUI.
Why package nerds care
Streamripper is package-manager archaeology in useful form: a SourceForge-era GPL C program, CVS/Git-hosted history, Winamp plugin heritage, and distro packaging that outlived the original desktop-radio boom.
It is also a good example of why package indexes keep older media tools around: the protocol niche is old, but the CLI behavior is stable, scriptable, and hard to replace with web-first streaming apps.
Timeline
- 2000: Project began, according to the official About page, as a Shoutcast title-streaming track splitter.
- 2000-05-27: SourceForge project registration date.
- 2007: Version 1.62.0 added broader Unicode and character-set transcoding support, according to the homepage news.
- 2008: Version 1.63.0 added stored settings, a standalone Windows GUI path, and experimental silence detection, according to homepage news.
- 2009: SourceForge code browser shows an initial project import in the web code view.
- 2015: SourceForge project activity shows later code updates on the hosted code tree.
Related projects
- Shoutcast and Icecast are the streaming ecosystems Streamripper was built around.
- Winamp, Streamripper32, StreamripperX, and other front ends listed by the official site show its desktop-player and GUI ecosystem.
Sources
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:stream
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 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 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
streamripper | 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 version1.64.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://streamripper.sourceforge.net/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://streamripper.sourceforge.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:streamripper |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.64.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/streamripper |
| Homepage | https://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ |
| Repository | https://sourceforge.net/p/streamripper/code |
| Upstream docs | https://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/streamripper/streamripper%20%28current%29/1.64.6/streamripper-1.64.6.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | gettext, glib, mad |
| 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 | streamripper |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 2 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
streamripper 1.64.6-2
download online streams into audio files
https://streamripper.sourceforge.net/
sudo apt install streamripper- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 5 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Streamripper
Nix95%
streamripper
nix profile install nixpkgs#streamripper- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Streamripper
Ubuntu apt95%
streamripper 1.64.6-1build3
download online streams into audio files
sudo apt install streamripper- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 5 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Streamripper
MacPorts95%
streamripper
sudo port install streamripper- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Streamripper
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.
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