macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vamp-plugin-sdklocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install vamp-plugin-sdk with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Audio processing plugin system sdk. Version 2.10.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libvamp-hostsdk3t64Debian stable package indexes · libvamp-hostsdk3t64 · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install vamp-plugin-sdkFedora Rawhide package metadata · vamp-plugin-sdk · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#vamp-plugin-sdknixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/va/vamp-plugin-sdk/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S vamp-plugin-sdkArch Linux sync databases · vamp-plugin-sdk · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Ubuntu aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libvamp-hostsdk3v5Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · libvamp-hostsdk3v5 · source: archive.ubuntu.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libvamp-hostsdk3openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libvamp-hostsdk3 · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Audio processing plugin system sdk
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vamp-rdf-template-generator
- vamp-simple-host
history
Project history and usage
Vamp is an audio analysis plugin system developed at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London, with funding links to research projects including OMRAS2, SIMAC, and EASAIER. Unlike real-time audio effect formats such as VST, Vamp was designed for feature extraction: plugins consume sampled audio and return descriptive or symbolic information such as note onsets, chromagrams, spectrogram-like data, power curves, or fundamental frequency estimates.
Project history
The SDK history visible on the project news page shows an established 1.x API by 2007, with version 1.1b announced in October 2007 and version 1.2 in February 2008. Version 2.0 arrived in December 2008 with feature durations, an RDF ontology for describing plugin capabilities and configurations, a clearer split between plugin and host SDK libraries, and a compatibility statement preserving interoperability with 1.x plugins and hosts. Later releases kept the format stable while modernizing implementation details, including a 2019 move of the supported C++ baseline from C++98 to C++11 and the 2.10 release in May 2020.
Adoption history
The SDK's adoption is bound to a small but durable music-information-retrieval ecosystem. The Vamp site points users to Sonic Visualiser for interactive analysis, Audacity for creating label tracks from analysis results, Sonic Annotator for batch extraction to text or RDF, and the simple command-line host included with the developer SDK. The programmers' guide explains that plugins are compiled shared libraries loaded by a host, fed audio blocks offline, and asked to return timestamped features rather than audio output or UI.
How it is used
For package users, `vamp-plugin-sdk` is mainly a developer and host-author package. Plugin authors use its C binary interface and C++ base classes to implement analyzers; host authors use its host-side classes, example plugins, test host, and compatibility rules to load plugins across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Researchers and audio-tool maintainers use it as a lightweight standard interchange layer between MIR algorithms and host applications.
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:audio
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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
vamp-rdf-template-generator | cli | global executable | |
vamp-simple-host | 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 version2.10.0
manager updated2026-06-27
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/vamp-plugins/vamp-plugin-sdk
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/vamp-plugins/vamp-plugin-sdknone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vamp-plugin-sdk |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.10.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vamp-plugin-sdk |
| Homepage | https://www.vamp-plugins.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/vamp-plugins/vamp-plugin-sdk |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/vamp-plugins/vamp-plugin-sdk#readme |
| License | X11 AND BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://github.com/vamp-plugins/vamp-plugin-sdk/releases/download/vamp-plugin-sdk-v2.10/vamp-plugin-sdk-2.10.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-27T15:36:16-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | flac, libogg, libsndfile |
| Build dependencies | automake, 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 | vamp-plugin-sdk |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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%
libvamp-hostsdk3t64 2.10.0-5
helper library for Vamp hosts written in C++
sudo apt install libvamp-hostsdk3t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Debian apt95%
libvamp-sdk2t64 2.10.0-5
helper library for Vamp plugins written in C++
sudo apt install libvamp-sdk2t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Debian apt95%
vamp-examples 2.10.0-5
example Vamp plugins, host and RDF generator
sudo apt install vamp-examples- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Debian apt95%
vamp-plugin-sdk 2.10.0-5
audio analysis and feature extraction plugins (SDK)
sudo apt install vamp-plugin-sdk- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Debian apt95%
vamp-plugin-sdk-doc 2.10.0-5
audio analysis and feature extraction plugins (API documentation)
sudo apt install vamp-plugin-sdk-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Nix95%
vamp-plugin-sdk
nix profile install nixpkgs#vamp-plugin-sdk- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Ubuntu apt95%
libvamp-hostsdk3v5 2.10.0-4build1
helper library for Vamp hosts written in C++
sudo apt install libvamp-hostsdk3v5- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Ubuntu apt95%
libvamp-sdk2v5 2.10.0-4build1
helper library for Vamp plugins written in C++
sudo apt install libvamp-sdk2v5- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Ubuntu apt95%
vamp-examples 2.10.0-4build1
example Vamp plugins, host and RDF generator
sudo apt install vamp-examples- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Ubuntu apt95%
vamp-plugin-sdk 2.10.0-4build1
audio analysis and feature extraction plugins (SDK)
sudo apt install vamp-plugin-sdk- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
Ubuntu apt95%
vamp-plugin-sdk-doc 2.10.0-4build1
audio analysis and feature extraction plugins (API documentation)
sudo apt install vamp-plugin-sdk-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
dnf95%
vamp-plugin-sdk 2.10-4.fc44
An API for audio analysis and feature extraction plugins
sudo dnf install vamp-plugin-sdk- License: MIT AND BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
dnf95%
vamp-plugin-sdk-devel 2.10-4.fc44
Development files for vamp-plugin-sdk
sudo dnf install vamp-plugin-sdk-devel- License: MIT AND BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 11 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
dnf95%
vamp-plugin-sdk-static 2.10-4.fc44
Static libraries for vamp-plugin-sdk
sudo dnf install vamp-plugin-sdk-static- License: MIT AND BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
pacman95%
vamp-plugin-sdk 1:2.10-1
The Vamp audio analysis plug-in system
https://github.com/vamp-plugins/vamp-plugin-sdk
sudo pacman -S vamp-plugin-sdk- License: BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
zypper95%
libvamp-hostsdk3 2.10.0-1.28
Library for Vamp audio analysis plugin hosts
sudo zypper install libvamp-hostsdk3- License: MIT
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vamp-plugin-sdk
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vamp Plugin Sdk
source trail
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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
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- 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