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Install kkbox with Homebrew Cask

Music streaming service. Version 26.10.4 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install --cask kkbox

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Music streaming service

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

KKBOX is a subscription music and audio streaming service originating in Taiwan and serving multiple Asian markets.

Project history

KKBOX launched in Taiwan in 2005. KKCompany describes it as the world's first legally authorized music-streaming service. It grew from a single streaming product into a flagship cross-market audio platform and later broadened its positioning toward music, podcasts, social listening, and other audio experiences.

Adoption history

KKBOX expanded from Taiwan to Hong Kong in 2009, entered Japan through its work with KDDI, and launched in Singapore and Malaysia in 2013. Official company history records mobile clients, social listening, Facebook partnership in Asia-Pacific, Chromecast support, personalized recommendations, and smartwatch availability as successive adoption milestones.

How it is used

Users sign in with a KKID through the desktop app or web player to stream licensed music and other audio content, manage personalized recommendations and playlists, and use subscription features available in their market.

Why package nerds care

KKBOX is significant as a long-running Asian streaming service with desktop, mobile, web, wearable, and living-room clients. The Homebrew cask gives macOS users a package-managed installation path for a proprietary subscription media application—an increasingly common role for cask ecosystems.

Timeline

  • 2005: KKBOX launched in Taiwan.
  • 2009: Service expanded to Hong Kong and released iPhone, iPod touch, and Android clients.
  • 2011: Social listening and the KDDI-backed LISMO Unlimited service launched.
  • 2012: Became Facebook's first Asia-Pacific music-streaming partner.
  • 2013: Launched in Singapore and Malaysia; LISMO Unlimited became KKBOX in Japan.
  • 2015: Added personalized recommendations and smartwatch support.
  • 2020: Repositioned toward a broader social-audio identity.

Related projects

  • KKCompany Technologies operates KKBOX alongside multimedia and cloud brands including BlendVision and Going Cloud.
  • LISMO Unlimited, developed with KDDI, was renamed KKBOX when the brand formally entered Japan in 2013.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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executables

Installed executables

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No executable data was present.

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 generated2026-10-22
manager version26.10.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://play.kkbox.com/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://play.kkbox.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:kkbox
Version26.10.4
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/kkbox
Homepagehttps://play.kkbox.com/
Upstream docshttps://play.kkbox.com/
Source archivehttps://dl-universal-v2.kfs.io/KKBOX-26.10.4-universal.dmg
SHA-2567e6736db456d191fe807c086b99f19b908a54b805975d83899cc2f1fb870da85
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenkkbox
Names
  • KKBOX
Depends On
Macos
>=: 12
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Uninstall
1
Zap
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • awaLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: music, service, streaming.
  • spotifyLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: music, service, streaming.
  • tidalLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: music, service, streaming.

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.

Used sources

  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment