macOS
brew install pipewirelocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für pipewire in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install pipewirelocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apk add pipewireAlpine Linux edge package indexes · pipewire · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install pipewireDebian stable package indexes · pipewire · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install pipewireFedora Rawhide package metadata · pipewire · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#pipewirenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pi/pipewire/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S pipewireArch Linux sync databases · pipewire · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install pipewireopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · pipewire · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines
Verlauf
PipeWire is a low-level, graph-based Linux multimedia framework for audio, video, and MIDI, designed for low latency, application compatibility, and sandbox-aware device access.
PipeWire was created by Wim Taymans, a Red Hat engineer and co-creator of GStreamer, to improve Linux audio and video handling.
The project combined a low-latency graph-based processing engine with a multiprocess design and per-object permissions. Its original goals included secure access to multimedia devices from containerized applications and support for workloads previously served separately by PulseAudio and JACK.
PipeWire separates media transport from policy. The server manages the processing graph, while a session manager—typically WirePlumber—discovers devices, applies policy, and links nodes.
PipeWire was designed to support existing PulseAudio, JACK, ALSA, and GStreamer applications while providing a security model suitable for sandboxed software such as Flatpak applications. That compatibility strategy positioned it as a migration layer as well as a new multimedia architecture.
Its packaging across major Linux ecosystems reflects its role as shared desktop infrastructure. WirePlumber commonly supplies the session and policy management that turns the underlying PipeWire graph into a practical desktop audio and video system.
Desktop users usually run one PipeWire daemon per user, with applications connecting through native PipeWire or compatibility interfaces.
Use tools such as `pw-cli`, `pw-dump`, `pw-link`, `pw-top`, `pw-play`, and `pw-record` to inspect, connect, monitor, play, or capture graph resources.
Place local overrides in the appropriate `pipewire.conf.d` directory instead of editing distribution-owned configuration files; `pw-config` can show the paths and merged configuration.
PipeWire is central to the modern Linux multimedia transition because one graph can serve ordinary desktop audio, professional low-latency JACK workflows, and video-device sharing while preserving compatibility with established application APIs.
For package maintainers and system integrators, PipeWire is a stack rather than just a daemon: compatibility servers, client libraries, plugins, command-line inspection tools, and a session manager must work together. This makes package splits and replacement relationships especially important.
Sicherheitslage
Für pipewire wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
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.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pipewire/pipewire.conf/etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf/usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d//etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d//usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
pipewire | cli | globales Executable | |
pipewire-aes67 | cli | globales Executable | |
pipewire-avb | cli | globales Executable | |
pipewire-pulse | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-cat | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-cli | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-config | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-container | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-dot | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-dsdplay | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-dump | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-encplay | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-jack | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-link | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-loopback | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-metadata | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-midi2play | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-midi2record | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-mididump | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-midiplay | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-midirecord | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-mon | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-play | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-profiler | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-record | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-reserve | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-sysex | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-top | cli | globales Executable | |
pw-v4l2 | cli | globales Executable | |
spa-acp-tool | cli | globales Executable | |
spa-inspect | cli | globales Executable | |
spa-json-dump | cli | globales Executable | |
spa-monitor | cli | globales Executable | |
spa-resample | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:pipewire |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.6.11 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pipewire |
| Homepage | https://pipewire.org |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://pipewire.org |
| Lizenz | MIT AND GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/archive/1.6.11/pipewire-1.6.11.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-10-30T11:15:13+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | alsa-lib, dbus, fftw, glib, libsndfile, ncurses, openssl@4, opus, pulseaudio, readline, systemd |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | meson, ninja, pkgconf |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | pipewire |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
gstreamer1.0-pipewire 1.4.2-1
GStreamer 1.0 plugin for the PipeWire multimedia server
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-pipewirelibpipewire-0.3-0t64 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server
sudo apt install libpipewire-0.3-0t64libpipewire-0.3-common 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - common files
sudo apt install libpipewire-0.3-commonlibpipewire-0.3-dev 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - development
sudo apt install libpipewire-0.3-devlibpipewire-0.3-modules 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - modules
sudo apt install libpipewire-0.3-moduleslibpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - X11 modules
sudo apt install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11libspa-0.2-bluetooth 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - bluetooth plugins
sudo apt install libspa-0.2-bluetoothlibspa-0.2-dev 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server Simple Plugin API - development
sudo apt install libspa-0.2-devlibspa-0.2-jack 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - JACK client
sudo apt install libspa-0.2-jacklibspa-0.2-libcamera 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - libcamera plugin
sudo apt install libspa-0.2-libcameralibspa-0.2-modules 1.4.2-1
libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server Simple Plugin API - modules
sudo apt install libspa-0.2-modulespipewire 1.4.2-1
audio and video processing engine multimedia server
sudo apt install pipewirepipewire-alsa 1.4.2-1
PipeWire ALSA plugin, for ALSA applications to output via PipeWire
sudo apt install pipewire-alsapipewire-audio 1.4.2-1
recommended set of PipeWire packages for a standard audio desktop use
sudo apt install pipewire-audiopipewire-audio-client-libraries 1.4.2-1
transitional package for pipewire-alsa and pipewire-jack
sudo apt install pipewire-audio-client-librariespipewire-bin 1.4.2-1
PipeWire multimedia server - programs
sudo apt install pipewire-binQuellspur
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