# Install chromaprint with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, dnf, scoop, winget, zypper Core component of the AcoustID project (Audio fingerprinting). Version 1.6.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libchromaprint-dev. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:chromaprint ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install chromaprint ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install chromaprint ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/chromaprint/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add chromaprint ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#chromaprint ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S chromaprint ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: chromaprint from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libchromaprint-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install chromaprint-tools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: chromaprint-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install chromaprint-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: chromaprint-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/chromaprint ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/chromaprint.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id AcoustID.Chromaprint -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: AcoustID.Chromaprint from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:chromaprint - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.6.1 - **Source summary:** Core component of the AcoustID project (Audio fingerprinting) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T10:13:54Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - fpcalc (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.6.1 ## Project history and usage Chromaprint is the C audio-fingerprint library and `fpcalc` tool developed for AcoustID, optimized for identifying near-identical audio files and streams. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in April 2011. The README says Chromaprint is an audio fingerprint library developed for the AcoustID project, with compact fingerprints designed for full-file identification, duplicate detection, and long-stream monitoring rather than general-purpose fingerprinting. The tag history reaches back to v0.1 in 2010-era code, v1.0 in 2013, and official GitHub releases from the v1.4 series through 1.6.0 in August 2025. ### Adoption history Chromaprint is distributed as both a library and tools package across many package managers. The supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu development packages, Fedora/dnf tools, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Scoop, winget, and zypper variants. The upstream README calls out `fpcalc` as used by MusicBrainz Picard and lists FFmpeg and GStreamer integrations, showing adoption both in end-user tagging tools and media frameworks. ### How it is used Builders normally enable the tools with CMake and FFmpeg support, producing the shared library plus `fpcalc`. Users and applications calculate audio fingerprints, then use AcoustID-style matching or duplicate-detection workflows. ### Why package nerds care Chromaprint is significant because it sits at the crossroads of package managers, multimedia stacks, and music metadata. It is small enough to be a formula, but important enough to appear as a library dependency, a CLI utility, and an integration point for FFmpeg, GStreamer, and MusicBrainz Picard workflows. ### Timeline - 2010: Early v0.1 tag appears in project history. - 2011: GitHub repository created under the AcoustID organization. - 2013: v1.0 tag appears. - 2016: v1.4 GitHub release published. - 2020: v1.5.0 release published. - 2021: v1.5.1 release published. - 2025: v1.6.0 release published; Homebrew stable version reports 1.6.0. ### Related projects - AcoustID is the parent project and service. The README also lists MusicBrainz Picard usage, FFmpeg and GStreamer integrations, and bindings or reimplementations for Python, Rust, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, Go, C#, Vala, Swift, and other languages. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libchromaprint-dev - 1.5.1-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio fingerprinting library - development files | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Debian apt - libchromaprint-tools - 1.5.1-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio fingerprinting library - tools | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Debian apt - libchromaprint1 - 1.5.1-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libchromaprint1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio fingerprint library | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Nix - chromaprint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libchromaprint-dev - 1.5.1-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libchromaprint-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio fingerprinting library - development files | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Ubuntu apt - libchromaprint-tools - 1.5.1-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libchromaprint-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio fingerprinting library - tools | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - Ubuntu apt - libchromaprint1 - 1.5.1-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libchromaprint1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio fingerprint library | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - apk - chromaprint - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C library for generating audio fingerprints used by AcoustID | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - apk - chromaprint-dev - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C library for generating audio fingerprints used by AcoustID (development files) | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - apk - chromaprint-libs - 1.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: chromaprint-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C library for generating audio fingerprints used by AcoustID (libraries) | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - dnf - chromaprint-tools - 1.6.0-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: chromaprint-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Chromaprint audio fingerprinting tools | http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint - dnf - libchromaprint - 1.6.0-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libchromaprint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library implementing the AcoustID fingerprinting | http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint - dnf - libchromaprint-devel - 1.6.0-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libchromaprint-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Headers for developing programs that will use chromaprint | http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint - pacman - chromaprint - 1.6.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: chromaprint from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Library for extracting fingerprints from any audio source | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - zypper - chromaprint-devel - 1.6.0-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: chromaprint-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Audio Fingerprinting Library | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint - zypper - chromaprint-fpcalc - 1.6.0-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: chromaprint-fpcalc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Chromaprint Audio Fingerprinting Command Line Tool | https://acoustid.org/chromaprint ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/chromaprint.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/chromaprint.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