# Install vorbis-tools with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Ogg Vorbis CODEC tools. Version 1.4.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vorbis-tools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/vorbis-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vorbis-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: vorbis-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vorbis-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbis-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: vorbis-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install vorbis-tools ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vorbis-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vorbis-tools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.4.3 - **Source summary:** Ogg Vorbis CODEC tools - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ogg123 (cli) - oggdec (cli) - oggenc (cli) - ogginfo (cli) - vcut (cli) - vorbiscomment (cli) - ogg123 (alias) - oggdec (alias) - oggenc (alias) - ogginfo (alias) - vcut (alias) - vorbiscomment (alias) ## Dependencies - flac - libao - libogg - libvorbis ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - curl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.4.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/xiph/vorbis-tools - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Vorbis Tools is the Xiph.Org command-line toolkit around Ogg Vorbis: encoding with `oggenc`, playback with `ogg123`, decoding with `oggdec`, inspection with `ogginfo`, stream cutting with `vcut`, and comment editing with `vorbiscomment`. It is the user-facing utility layer around the Vorbis codec and Ogg container. ### Project history Vorbis itself was developed by Xiph.Org as an open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free compressed audio format. Xiph's Vorbis page records that the Vorbis I bitstream format was frozen on May 8, 2000, with a compatibility promise for all bitstreams encoded after that date. The tools grew alongside the codec libraries as the practical Unix-style interface to Ogg Vorbis files. Xiph's GitLab description is explicit that the source distribution includes the vorbis-tools and not the codec libraries, which live in other modules; this separation made the tools a packaging unit distinct from libvorbis and libao. A notable maintenance point came in March 2010, when Xiph.Org released libao 1.0.0, libVorbis 1.3.1, and vorbis-tools 1.4.0 together as a coordinated toolchain update for improved surround-sound support. Xiph described 1.4.0 as the first official vorbis-tools release since 1.2.x, noting that 1.3.x had existed mostly as distribution patch sets rather than official snapshots. In January 2021, Xiph.Org released vorbis-tools 1.4.2 with documentation updates, build-system cleanup, Debian patch incorporation, security fixes, Ogg/Opus support in `ogg123`, broader `ogginfo` support for Ogg/Opus, Ogg/FLAC, Ogg/Speex, and Ogg/Skeleton, and tag-removal support in `vorbiscomment`. ### Adoption history Vorbis Tools became a standard package in free-software audio stacks because it gave scripts, distributions, and users a direct CLI for the open Vorbis format. Package managers across Linux and BSD ecosystems commonly split this utility set as `vorbis-tools`, while libraries such as libvorbis and libao remain separate packages. The 2010 release notes show how downstream distributions influenced the tools: Xiph noted that unofficial 1.3.x patch sets had been widely deployed by distributions, and later 1.4.2 incorporated Debian patches and closed Debian- and Ubuntu-tracked issues. That is classic codec-tool packaging history: distro maintenance kept the utilities useful between upstream releases. ### How it is used `oggenc` converts WAV, AIFF, FLAC, and related inputs into Ogg Vorbis streams; `ogg123` plays Ogg audio from files, directories, or URLs; `ogginfo` inspects stream metadata and validity; `vorbiscomment` edits Vorbis comment tags; `oggdec` decodes to PCM; and `vcut` cuts Vorbis streams without a full transcode. The tools are typically used in shell pipelines, archival/ripping workflows, codec regression checks, and distribution test environments. Their importance is less about a graphical application and more about having scriptable, reference-adjacent utilities for a royalty-free audio format. ### Why package nerds care Vorbis Tools is one of those packages whose name hides a historical layer cake: Ogg as container, Vorbis as codec, libvorbis as reference implementation, libao as output abstraction, and the command-line tools as the package users actually type. It remains useful because it gives maintainers and audio nerds small, inspectable programs for each step of the Vorbis workflow. The package also marks an era when open audio formats competed directly with MP3, AAC, and WMA on both legal and technical grounds. For package repositories, shipping Vorbis Tools meant shipping a complete free-software path to encode, play, inspect, tag, and edit compressed audio. ### Timeline - 2000-05-08: Xiph.Org froze the Vorbis I bitstream format. - 2010-03-26: Xiph.Org released vorbis-tools 1.4.0 with libao 1.0.0 and libVorbis 1.3.1. - 2021-01-21: Xiph.Org released vorbis-tools 1.4.2 with documentation, build, format-support, Debian patch, and security-fix updates. ### Related projects - libvorbis provides the Vorbis encoder and decoder libraries used by the ecosystem. - libao supplies audio output support used by playback tooling. - Opus, FLAC, Speex, Theora, and Icecast are adjacent Xiph.Org media projects. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** vorbis-tools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - vorbis-tools - 1.4.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: vorbis-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | several Ogg Vorbis tools | https://www.xiph.org/ - Nix - vorbis-tools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbis-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - vorbis-tools - 1.4.2-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: vorbis-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | several Ogg Vorbis tools | https://www.xiph.org/ - apk - vorbis-tools - 1.4.3-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vorbis-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Extra tools for Ogg-Vorbis | https://www.xiph.org/vorbis/ - apk - vorbis-tools-doc - 1.4.3-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vorbis-tools-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Extra tools for Ogg-Vorbis (documentation) | https://www.xiph.org/vorbis/ - apk - vorbis-tools-lang - 1.4.3-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vorbis-tools-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package vorbis-tools | https://www.xiph.org/vorbis/ - dnf - vorbis-tools - 1.4.3-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vorbis-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec tools | https://www.xiph.org/ - pacman - vorbis-tools - 1.4.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: vorbis-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Extra tools for Ogg-Vorbis | https://www.xiph.org/vorbis/ - zypper - vorbis-tools - 1.4.3-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vorbis-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Ogg Vorbis Tools | https://www.xiph.org/ - zypper - vorbis-tools-lang - 1.4.3-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vorbis-tools-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package vorbis-tools | https://www.xiph.org/ - MacPorts - vorbis-tools: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/vorbis-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - 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