# snapcast mit Homebrew, apk, Nix, apt installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für snapcast in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:snapcast
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install snapcast
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add snapcast
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: snapcast from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#snapcast
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/snapcast/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install snapclient
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: snapclient from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:snapcast
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/snapcast>
- **Version:** 0.35.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Synchronous multiroom audio player
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/snapcast/snapcast>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/snapcast/snapcast>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/snapcast/snapcast/archive/refs/tags/v0.35.0.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- snapclient (cli)
- snapserver (cli)
- snapclient (Alias)
- snapserver (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- flac
- libogg
- libsoxr
- libvorbis
- openssl@4
- opus

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- boost
- cmake
- pkgconf

## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken

- expat

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 0.35.0
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/snapcast/snapcast
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.35.0 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Snapcast is a synchronous multiroom audio player built around a server and multiple synchronized clients. It turns existing audio players such as MPD or Mopidy into a networked, Sonos-like audio setup.

### Projektgeschichte

The public GitHub repository was created in 2015, and the README describes Snapcast as a client-server audio player where the server captures PCM chunks from configurable sources, tags them with local time, encodes them, and sends them to clients for synchronized playback.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Snapcast became relevant to package managers because it is a practical daemon-and-client pair with separate executables, init/default files, and distribution packaging across Linux and Homebrew. The supplied package facts list Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Alpine, and Nix package names.

### Wie es verwendet wird

A common setup routes MPD, Mopidy, FFmpeg, mpv, or another source into Snapserver, then runs snapclient on playback devices. The official README documents stream sources, codecs, audio backends, and a JSON-RPC control API.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Snapcast is interesting packaging material because it combines a long-running server, a client binary, audio backend dependencies, service defaults, and optional integrations such as Snapweb and Home Assistant-style control surfaces.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2026: Repository remains active in GitHub metadata and official README documents current installation paths.

### Related projects

- The official README calls out MPD, Mopidy, Snapweb, snapdroid, and other controller or integration projects as common companions.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/snapcast/snapcast>
- <https://github.com/snapcast/snapcast#readme>
- <https://github.com/snapcast/snapcast/blob/master/doc/configuration.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /etc/snapserver.conf, /etc/default/snapserver, /etc/default/snapclient
## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** snapcast
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - snapclient - 0.31.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: snapclient from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Snapcast client | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- Debian apt - snapserver - 0.31.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: snapserver from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Snapcast server | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- Nix - snapcast: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/snapcast/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - snapclient - 0.27.0+dfsg-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: snapclient from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Snapcast client | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- Ubuntu apt - snapserver - 0.27.0+dfsg-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: snapserver from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Snapcast server | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- apk - snapcast - 0.35.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: snapcast from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Synchronous multi-room audio player | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- apk - snapcast-client - 0.35.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: snapcast-client from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | snapcast client | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- apk - snapcast-doc - 0.35.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: snapcast-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Synchronous multi-room audio player (documentation) | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- apk - snapcast-server - 0.35.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: snapcast-server from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | snapcast server | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/de/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [flac](https://pkg.so/de/brew/flac/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@4](https://pkg.so/de/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cmake](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [shairport-sync](https://pkg.so/de/brew/shairport-sync/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming.
- [librespot](https://pkg.so/de/brew/librespot/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming.
- [mp3cat](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mp3cat/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, streaming.
- [libsndfile](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libsndfile/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio, cli, media.
- [alsa-lib](https://pkg.so/de/brew/alsa-lib/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio, cli, media.
- [rubberband](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rubberband/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio, cli, media.
- [pulseaudio](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pulseaudio/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio, cli, media.
- [go-librespot](https://pkg.so/de/brew/go-librespot/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, client, flac, libogg.
- [kew](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kew/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, libogg, libvorbis, media.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/snapcast.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/snapcast.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph