macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install wireplumberlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install wireplumber with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire. Version 0.5.15 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add wireplumberAlpine Linux edge package indexes · wireplumber · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install wireplumberDebian stable package indexes · wireplumber · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install wireplumberFedora Rawhide package metadata · wireplumber · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wireplumbernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wi/wireplumber/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S wireplumberArch Linux sync databases · wireplumber · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install wireplumberopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · wireplumber · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
Project links
Commands and aliases
- wireplumber
- wpctl
- wpexec
history
Project history and usage
WirePlumber is a modular session and policy manager for PipeWire. It decides how PipeWire devices, nodes, streams, routes, permissions, and links are created and maintained so the low-level PipeWire media graph becomes a usable desktop, embedded, or specialized media system.
Project history
PipeWire separates media transport from policy: the daemon exposes mechanisms for devices and applications to exchange media, while a session manager decides which components may talk and how they should be linked. WirePlumber was created by Collabora as a more capable replacement for PipeWire's limited example session manager, with a GObject-based library, modules, and scriptable policy.
Early WirePlumber releases were tied to Automotive Grade Linux, with the old release documentation identifying 0.1.0 as the first release shipped in AGL Happy Halibut 8.0.0. By 2020, Collabora was presenting WirePlumber as a general PipeWire session manager for desktop, embedded, professional, and non-professional audio/video use cases.
WirePlumber 0.3 was described by Collabora as ready for desktop use and a working drop-in replacement for `pipewire-media-session`. The project later went through a substantial 0.5 series redesign, including configuration, settings, policy, Bluetooth, and documentation changes, as PipeWire itself stabilized as a Linux multimedia foundation.
Adoption history
WirePlumber's major desktop adoption moment came with Fedora 35 in November 2021, when Fedora switched to WirePlumber as the default PipeWire session manager. Collabora described this as WirePlumber entering the Linux desktop space after development since 2019 and earlier automotive adoption.
The Fedora change proposal framed the move as replacing a simple, mostly hardcoded example session manager with a more advanced, extensible, Lua-scriptable manager. That pattern then spread through distribution packaging, where WirePlumber commonly provides or conflicts with the PipeWire session-manager role.
How it is used
End users usually interact with WirePlumber indirectly through desktop sound settings, Bluetooth audio behavior, screen sharing, camera availability, and PipeWire routing. The service runs in the user session and continuously reacts to device and stream events.
Power users and integrators use WirePlumber configuration and tools such as `wpctl` to inspect or adjust defaults, volumes, devices, routes, and runtime settings. Distribution and product builders use its policy scripts and modules to encode behavior for desktops, embedded devices, automotive systems, or unusual audio hardware.
Why package nerds care
WirePlumber is a package-nerd marker for the modern Linux audio transition. If `pipewire-pulse` made applications believe PulseAudio was still there, WirePlumber made the PipeWire graph feel like a coherent desktop sound server rather than a pile of nodes.
Its importance is mostly visible when it breaks or is missing: devices do not route correctly, Bluetooth profiles misbehave, default sinks are not restored, or streams fail to move. That makes it one of those small-sounding desktop packages that actually carries a large part of the user experience.
Timeline
- 2019: Collabora begins development of WirePlumber.
- 2019: WirePlumber 0.1.0 ships with Automotive Grade Linux Happy Halibut 8.0.0.
- 2020: WirePlumber 0.3 is announced as ready for desktop use and a drop-in replacement for pipewire-media-session.
- 2021: Fedora 35 adopts WirePlumber as the default PipeWire session manager.
- 2024: WirePlumber 0.5.0 lands with major configuration and policy changes for the PipeWire 1.x era.
Related projects
- PipeWire is the media server and graph framework whose policy is managed by WirePlumber.
- pipewire-media-session was the simpler example session manager that WirePlumber replaced in many desktop distributions.
Sources
- https://docs.pipewire.org/page_session_manager.html
- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WirePlumber
- https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber/design/understanding_session_management.html
- https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber/resources/releases.html
- https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2020/05/07/wireplumber-the-pipewire-session-manager/
- https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wireplumber-03-released-now-ready-for-the-desktop.html
- https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wireplumber-in-fedora-35.html
security posture
Risk level: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:repl
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 2 platform targets.
- Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/*.conf$sysconfdir/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf$datadir/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
wireplumber | cli | global executable | |
wpctl | cli | global executable | |
wpexec | 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 generated2026-07-10
manager version0.5.15
manager updated2026-06-18
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:wireplumber |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.15 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wireplumber |
| Homepage | https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber/ |
| Repository | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber |
| Upstream docs | https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/archive/0.5.15/wireplumber-0.5.15.tar.bz2 |
| Last updated | 2026-06-18T13:22:16Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | glib, lua, pipewire, systemd |
| Build dependencies | meson, ninja, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, 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 | wireplumber |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Requirements |
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| 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%
gir1.2-wp-0.5 0.5.8-2
GObject introspection files for WirePlumber
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install gir1.2-wp-0.5- Section: introspection
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Debian apt95%
libwireplumber-0.5-0 0.5.8-2
Shared libraries for WirePlumber
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install libwireplumber-0.5-0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Debian apt95%
libwireplumber-0.5-dev 0.5.8-2
Development files for WirePlumber
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install libwireplumber-0.5-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Debian apt95%
wireplumber 0.5.8-2
modular session / policy manager for PipeWire
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install wireplumber- Section: video
- Architecture: amd64
- 8 dependencies
- 4 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Debian apt95%
wireplumber-doc 0.5.8-2
modular session / policy manager for PipeWire - documentation
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install wireplumber-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: wireplumber
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Nix95%
wireplumber
nix profile install nixpkgs#wireplumber- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Ubuntu apt95%
gir1.2-wp-0.4 0.4.17-1ubuntu4
GObject introspection files for WirePlumber
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install gir1.2-wp-0.4- Section: introspection
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Ubuntu apt95%
libwireplumber-0.4-0 0.4.17-1ubuntu4
Shared libraries for WirePlumber
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install libwireplumber-0.4-0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Ubuntu apt95%
libwireplumber-0.4-dev 0.4.17-1ubuntu4
Development files for WirePlumber
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install libwireplumber-0.4-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Ubuntu apt95%
wireplumber 0.4.17-1ubuntu4
modular session / policy manager for PipeWire
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install wireplumber- Section: video
- Architecture: amd64
- 8 dependencies
- 4 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
Ubuntu apt95%
wireplumber-doc 0.4.17-1ubuntu4
modular session / policy manager for PipeWire - documentation
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber
sudo apt install wireplumber-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: wireplumber
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
apk95%
wireplumber 0.5.14-r0
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
sudo apk add wireplumber- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
apk95%
wireplumber-dbg 0.5.14-r0
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire (debug symbols)
sudo apk add wireplumber-dbg- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
apk95%
wireplumber-dev 0.5.14-r0
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire (development files)
sudo apk add wireplumber-dev- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
apk95%
wireplumber-doc 0.5.14-r0
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire (documentation)
sudo apk add wireplumber-doc- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
apk95%
wireplumber-lang 0.5.14-r0
Languages for package wireplumber
sudo apk add wireplumber-lang- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireplumber
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wireplumber
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