macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install asak with Homebrew, Nix
Cross-platform audio recording/playback CLI tool with TUI. Version 0.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#asak.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
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overview
Package summary
Cross-platform audio recording/playback CLI tool with TUI
Project links
Commands and aliases
- asak
history
Project history and usage
asak is a Rust terminal audio utility that combines playback, waveform preview, recording, and audio device selection in a keyboard-driven TUI. Its upstream README presents it as a current-working-directory audio browser and recorder rather than a long-running daemon or studio suite.
Project history
The public GitHub repository was created in February 2024. By the documented 0.3.x releases, asak already exposed the core terminal workflow; the 0.3.7 release description calls out improved UI plus MP3 and Ogg support, and the 0.4.0 release is described upstream as a new UI and logic pass.
Adoption history
Its package-manager footprint is still young and modest: the Homebrew and Nix package facts in the input show it has crossed from a GitHub/Cargo-style Rust project into Unix package-manager distribution, but there is no official upstream narrative of broad adoption.
How it is used
Users run `asak` from the directory containing audio files, choose Play, Rec, or Settings, browse supported audio files, preview waveforms, record WAV files, and select playback or recording devices. The README notes Linux builds usually need ALSA and JACK development packages through cpal.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers, asak is interesting as a small modern Rust TUI sitting at the boundary between terminal UX and native audio stacks. Its build script generates shell completions and man pages, and its Linux dependency notes make audio backend packaging visible.
Timeline
- 2024-02: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2024-06: v0.3.3 release published.
- 2026-04: v0.3.7 release notes describe improved UI and MP3/Ogg support.
- 2026-04: v0.4.0 release notes describe a new UI and logic update.
Related projects
- cpal is the Rust audio I/O layer mentioned by the README for Linux audio dependencies.
- ratatui-style terminal audio tools and waveform browsers occupy a similar CLI/TUI niche, though the upstream README does not name direct sibling projects.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:audio,record
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
asak | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version0.4.0
manager updated2026-06-20
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:asak |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/chaosprint/asak |
| Repository | https://github.com/chaosprint/asak |
| Last updated | 2026-06-20T14:55:28-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
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Nix95%
asak
nix profile install nixpkgs#asak- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Asak
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation