# Install cardinal with Homebrew Cask

Virtual modular synthesiser plugin. Version 26.02 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cardinal.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:cardinal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask cardinal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:cardinal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/cardinal>
- **Version:** 26.02
- **Source summary:** Virtual modular synthesiser plugin
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal>
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/download/26.02/Cardinal-macOS-universal-26.02.pkg>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 26.02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** cardinal
- **Names:** Cardinal
- **Artifacts:** Pkg: 1, Uninstall: 1
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cardinal: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cardinal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - cardinal - 26.02-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cardinal from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Virtual modular synthesizer | https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal
- winget - DISTRHO.Cardinal: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: DISTRHO.Cardinal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Homebrew Cask packages](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata.
- [cardinal](https://pkg.so/npm/cardinal/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph