# Install cmusfm with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Last.fm standalone scrobbler for the cmus music player. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cmusfm.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cmusfm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cmusfm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cmusfm
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cmusfm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cmusfm
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cmusfm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.5.0
- **Source summary:** Last.fm standalone scrobbler for the cmus music player
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Arkq/cmusfm>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Arkq/cmusfm>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cmusfm (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5.0
## Project history and usage

cmusfm is a standalone Last.fm scrobbler for the cmus music player.

### Project history

The official README describes cmusfm as a small C scrobbler for cmus with listening-now support, offline played-track caching, POSIX ERE filename parsing, optional desktop notifications, and customizable scrobbling service URLs.

### Adoption history

The input package facts show cmusfm packaged in Homebrew, Alpine Linux, and Nix, matching a small cross-Unix audio utility audience.

### How it is used

Users run cmusfm init to authorize the scrobbler, edit ~/.config/cmus/cmusfm.conf if needed, and configure cmus status_display_program=cmusfm.

### Why package nerds care

cmusfm matters to package users because it keeps a lightweight terminal music-player workflow connected to Last.fm-style scrobbling without a desktop music client.

### Timeline

- GitHub repository: official project history shows 95 commits and 11 tags.

### Related projects

- Official README ties the project directly to cmus and Last.fm, and documents configurable service URLs such as Libre.fm.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/Arkq/cmusfm#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ~/.config/cmus/cmusfm.conf

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/cmus/cmusfm.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cmusfm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cm/cmusfm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cmusfm - 0.5.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cmusfm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Last.fm standalone scrobbler for the cmus music player | https://github.com/Arkq/cmusfm


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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