macOS
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Install sc68 with Homebrew, Nix
Play music originally designed for Atari ST and Amiga computers. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sc68.
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nix profile install nixpkgs#sc68nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sc/sc68/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Play music originally designed for Atari ST and Amiga computers
Project links
Commands and aliases
- as68
- debug68
- info68
- sc68
- sc68-config
- sourcer68
- unice68
history
Project history and usage
sc68 is a free, portable player and supporting toolset for music originally written for Atari ST and Amiga computers. It combines CPU and sound-hardware emulation with a specialized music format and archive.
Project history
Benjamin Gerard developed the original sc68 player in 1997 on an Acorn Risc PC. Early versions played Atari ST sound-chip routines on a 33 MHz ARM6, leading to performance-conscious design choices that remained in the project.
The project grew into a portable player, emulation libraries, developer utilities, plugins, and a collection of Atari ST and Amiga music requiring custom players. Its official Subversion history remains hosted under the SourceForge project.
Adoption history
The project distributed sc68 playback through command-line tools and plugins for established players, including Winamp, XMMS, Audacious, foobar2000, VLC, DirectShow, and GStreamer integrations. Homebrew and Nix later provided package-manager installation of its command-line software.
How it is used
Users play or inspect sc68 music with the sc68 and info68 tools, while developers can use the emulation and I/O libraries or integrate playback through plugins. The suite also includes conversion, debugging, assembly, and source-analysis utilities.
Why package nerds care
sc68 preserves a specialized corner of demoscene and home-computer audio culture: music whose playback depends on emulating original 68000 code and Atari ST or Amiga sound hardware rather than decoding an ordinary sampled-audio file.
Timeline
- 1997: Benjamin Gerard developed the original sc68 player on an Acorn Risc PC.
- 1998–2016: Copyright period recorded in the official project source history.
- 2003: The official sc68 website and early SourceForge distributions were established.
- 2024: The official SourceForge Subversion repository continued receiving maintenance commits.
Related projects
- SNDH Atari ST YM2149 Archive, recommended by the sc68 author for Atari ST music.
- emu68 and io68, sc68 libraries implementing 68000 and machine-chipset emulation.
- Player integrations including Winamp, XMMS, Audacious, foobar2000, VLC, DirectShow, and GStreamer.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 7 platform targets.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
as68 | cli | global executable | |
debug68 | cli | global executable | |
info68 | cli | global executable | |
sc68 | cli | global executable | |
sc68-config | cli | global executable | |
sourcer68 | cli | global executable | |
unice68 | 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 generated2026-11-04
manager version2.2.1
manager updated2026-10-31
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://sc68.atari.org/project.html
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://sc68.atari.org/project.htmlnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:sc68 |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sc68 |
| Homepage | https://sc68.atari.org/project.html |
| Upstream docs | https://sc68.atari.org/project.html |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sc68/sc68/2.2.1/sc68-2.2.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-10-31T15:46:41+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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 | sc68 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| 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.
Nix95%
sc68
nix profile install nixpkgs#sc68- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Sc68
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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation