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Install tidal with Homebrew Cask
Music streaming service with high fidelity sound and hi-def video quality. Version 2.43.2 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Music streaming service with high fidelity sound and hi-def video quality
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history
Project history and usage
TIDAL is a subscription music-streaming service launched in 2014 and distributed on macOS as a proprietary desktop application. It is known for high-fidelity playback, music video, editorial programming, and an artist-first business identity.
Project history
TIDAL states that the service launched in 2014. In 2015, a group of artists led by JAY-Z acquired the service and promoted an artist-first model built around fairer compensation and high-quality listening.
Square acquired a majority stake in TIDAL in 2021; TIDAL subsequently became part of Block, Inc. The company continues to describe itself as an artist-first, fan-centered streaming platform.
Adoption history
TIDAL says the service is available in more than 60 countries. Its catalog and positioning emphasize lossless or high-fidelity listening, music video, editorial curation, and a closer artist-to-fan relationship.
The desktop client gives macOS and Windows users a native route to the service alongside its web and mobile clients. Homebrew Cask packaging makes the macOS application reproducibly discoverable and installable from the command line.
How it is used
Users sign in with a TIDAL account to stream and organize music and video, search the catalog, create playlists, save favorites, and use listening-history features.
The desktop application supports macOS and Windows. Linux is not officially supported according to TIDAL's system-requirements documentation.
Why package nerds care
For package-manager users, TIDAL represents a mainstream proprietary subscription application distributed as a cask rather than a build-from-source package. The cask automates installation of the vendor's signed desktop artifact while accounts, subscriptions, downloads, and playback state remain managed by TIDAL.
Its value in a package catalog is primarily workstation bootstrapping: a user can restore the desktop music client alongside development tools and other applications using the same declarative Homebrew workflow.
Timeline
- 2014: TIDAL says the streaming service launched.
- 2015: An artist group led by JAY-Z acquired TIDAL.
- 2021: Square acquired a majority stake, bringing TIDAL into the company later renamed Block.
- 2026: TIDAL described itself as available in more than 60 countries.
Related projects
- TIDAL web player and mobile applications
- Block, Inc.
- Homebrew Cask
Sources
- Official TIDAL history discussion: https://tidal.com/magazine/article/not-just-better-different/1-81695
- Official TIDAL introduction: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/202992312-Introduction-to-Tidal
- Official TIDAL launch-history reference: https://tidal.com/magazine/article/what-were-working-on-and-why-3/1-98780
- Official desktop documentation: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/sections/115001618769-Desktop
- source_facts.package-manager and source_facts.provenance
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tidal. 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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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 version2.43.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-usnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:tidal |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.43.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/tidal |
| Homepage | https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us |
| Upstream docs | https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us |
| Source archive | https://download.tidal.com/desktop/mac/TIDAL.arm64.2.43.2.zip |
| SHA-256 | ff76e9548052a32a40c0d11111054d26e9e444377d66083f159261caf13de59c |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | tidal |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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