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Concurrent, on-the-fly audio programming language. Version 1.5.5.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Concurrent, on-the-fly audio programming language
Project links
Commands and aliases
- chuck
history
Project history and usage
ChucK is a strongly timed programming language and runtime for real-time sound synthesis, live coding, teaching, and computer-music research.
Project history
The ChucK README says Ge Wang and Perry R. Cook created ChucK at Princeton in the early 2000s, with the first GPL release in 2003. The language developed around precise time control, concurrency, on-the-fly code changes, and computer-music performance.
Adoption history
The upstream history traces adoption through miniAudicle, the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, computer-music curricula, Smule's early iPhone apps, a 2015 book, online coursework, and later browser and host integrations. The batch input records broad package-manager availability across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and WinGet.
How it is used
Users run the command-line chuck VM to execute ChucK programs, add or modify shreds on the fly, use MIDI, OpenSoundControl, HID, and audio drivers, or embed ChucK core in other C++ hosts. The official release page distributes source, installers, miniAudicle, and command-line builds.
Why package nerds care
ChucK is significant because it is not just an audio tool but a language runtime with a long-lived package-manager presence. Installing it from Homebrew or distro repositories gives musicians and researchers a reproducible CLI runtime for live audio code, while companion projects such as chugins, miniAudicle, WebChucK, and chump show an ecosystem around the core VM.
Timeline
- 2003: First ChucK release under the GPL.
- 2004: miniAudicle IDE created.
- 2005: Princeton Laptop Orchestra began using ChucK.
- 2008: Stanford Laptop Orchestra founded; ChucK also used in early Smule iPhone audio apps.
- 2015: Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists published.
- 2017: Chunity brought ChucK into Unity workflows.
- 2020s: WebChucK and the WebChucK IDE made ChucK runnable in browsers.
Related projects
- Official related projects include miniAudicle, chugins, WebChucK, WebChucK IDE, chump, Chunity, Chunreal, ChucKDesigner, Fauck, and Pure Data or Max integrations.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:audio
- text:programming language
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
chuck | 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 version1.5.5.8
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:chuck |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.5.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/ccrma/chuck |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation