# Install blitzwave with Homebrew, MacPorts

C++ wavelet library. Version 0.8.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install blitzwave.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:blitzwave
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install blitzwave
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install blitzwave
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: math/blitzwave/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:blitzwave
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.8.0
- **Source summary:** C++ wavelet library
- **Homepage:** <https://oschulz.github.io/blitzwave/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/oschulz/blitzwave>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- blitzwave-config (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.8.0
## Project history and usage

blitzwave is a small C++ wavelet mini-library built on the Blitz++ array template library. It sits in the scientific-computing corner of package indexes: niche, old-school C++, and useful when a project wants templated n-dimensional wavelet decomposition without a large framework.

### Project history

The official README describes blitzwave as a C++ wavelet mini-library that supports wavelet decompositions of n-dimensional arrays across numerical data types, allows user-defined wavelets, and includes ready-to-use wavelets. GitHub metadata dates the repository to 2012, with tags visible for the 0.7 and 0.8 release line.

The README says the library is stable, mathematically correct, and has been used in production for several scientific projects known to the author, while noting that minor API changes may still occur.

### Adoption history

Public package adoption appears modest but real: the input metadata records Homebrew and MacPorts packages. That is typical for a compact scientific C++ library whose user base is more likely to be downstream researchers and build systems than a broad CLI audience.

### How it is used

The package installs `blitzwave-config`, reflecting a library-oriented workflow where build scripts query compiler and linker flags. Developers use blitzwave from C++ code together with Blitz++ arrays rather than as an end-user command-line tool.

### Why package nerds care

blitzwave is notable as a survivor of the template-heavy scientific C++ ecosystem around Blitz++. Its package-manager value is less about popularity and more about keeping older numerical software buildable without vendoring a specialist wavelet library.

### Timeline

- 2012: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2010s: README documents blitzwave as stable and used in several scientific production projects.
- Package era: Homebrew and MacPorts carry blitzwave for Unix-like scientific builds.

### Related projects

- Blitz++ is the array template library blitzwave builds on.
- WAILI is named in the README as a performance comparison point.
- Wavelet libraries and scientific C++ build tooling are the main adjacent ecosystem.

### Sources

- GitHub repository metadata via gh api repos/oschulz/blitzwave
- <https://github.com/oschulz/blitzwave#readme>
- <https://oschulz.github.io/blitzwave>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - blitzwave: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: math/blitzwave/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph