# Install readsb with Homebrew, apt, Nix

ADS-B decoder swiss knife. Version 3.16.15 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install readsb.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:readsb
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install readsb
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install readsb
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: readsb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#readsb
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/readsb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:readsb
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/readsb>
- **Version:** 3.16.15
- **Source summary:** ADS-B decoder swiss knife
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb/archive/refs/tags/v3.16.15.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T12:51:38+01:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- readsb (cli)
- readsb (alias)

## Dependencies

- librtlsdr
- libusb
- zstd

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf

## Uses from macOS

- ncurses

## 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: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.16.15
- Package-manager updated: 2026-08-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb
- Upstream latest detected: v3.16.15 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for readsb. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: /etc/default/readsb
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** readsb
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - readsb - 3.14.1630+git20240609.adc080d-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: readsb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mode-S/ADSB/TIS decoder for RTLSDR, BladeRF, Modes-Beast and GNS5894 devices | https://github.com/adsbfi/readsb
- Nix - readsb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/readsb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [zstd](https://pkg.so/brew/zstd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [librtlsdr](https://pkg.so/brew/librtlsdr/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rtl_433](https://pkg.so/brew/rtl-433/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, decoder, networking, radio, sdr.
- [dump1090-fa](https://pkg.so/brew/dump1090-fa/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ads-b, cli, networking, radio, sdr.
- [minimodem](https://pkg.so/brew/minimodem/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, radio.
- [libbladerf](https://pkg.so/brew/libbladerf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, radio, sdr.
- [soapyremote](https://pkg.so/brew/soapyremote/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, radio, sdr.
- [c-ares](https://pkg.so/brew/c-ares/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [unbound](https://pkg.so/brew/unbound/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [curl](https://pkg.so/brew/curl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/readsb.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/readsb.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph