# Install cuetools with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Utilities for .cue and .toc files. Version 1.4.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cuetools. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cuetools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cuetools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install cuetools ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/cuetools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add cuetools ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cuetools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install cuetools ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cuetools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install cuetools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cuetools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cuetools ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cu/cuetools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cuetools ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cuetools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/cuetools ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cuetools.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id gchudov.CUETools -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: gchudov.CUETools from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cuetools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.4.1 - **Source summary:** Utilities for .cue and .toc files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - cuebreakpoints (alias) - cueconvert (alias) - cueprint (alias) - cuetag.sh (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.4.1 ## Project history and usage cuetools is a small Unix-style audio metadata toolkit for working with cue sheets and cdrdao TOC files. ### Project history The upstream repository describes cuetools as cue and toc file parsers and utilities, with copyright years spanning 2004 through 2013 for Svend Sorensen. Its README presents the project as a focused set of command-line programs rather than a large audio application. ### Adoption history The package remains useful to distribution maintainers because it exposes simple programs for a durable niche: converting, printing, tagging, and extracting breakpoints from CUE and TOC metadata. The supplied package-manager facts show it packaged across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Scoop, Winget, and related ecosystems. ### How it is used Typical usage is in audio-ripping and archival workflows where cue sheets describe track layout. The upstream tools include cueconvert for CUE/TOC conversion, cuebreakpoints for extracting split points, cueprint for disc and track metadata, and cuetag.sh for applying tags. ### Why package nerds care cuetools is package-nerd interesting because it preserves a narrow but important command-line layer around CUE sheets, a format that often appears in lossless CD images and music archives. It is small, GPL-licensed C tooling with man-page-style documentation, making it easy for Unix package managers to ship without desktop dependencies. ### Timeline - 2004: Copyright period begins in upstream README. - 2013: Later upstream copyright year shown in README. - 2026: Still distributed by multiple package managers according to source_facts.package-manager. ### Related projects - cdrdao TOC files, CUE sheet tooling, and audio taggers are the closest adjacent tools in normal packaging contexts. ### Sources - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - cuetools - 1.4.1-0.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cuetools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for manipulating CUE/TOC files | https://github.com/svend/cuetools - Nix - cuetools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cu/cuetools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - cuetools - 1.4.1-0.2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cuetools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for manipulating CUE/TOC files | https://github.com/svend/cuetools - apk - cuetools - 1.4.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cuetools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | cuetools is a set of utilities for working with cue files and toc files | https://github.com/svend/cuetools - apk - cuetools-doc - 1.4.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cuetools-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | cuetools is a set of utilities for working with cue files and toc files (documentation) | https://github.com/svend/cuetools - dnf - cuetools - 1.4.1-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cuetools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utilities to work with cue and TOC files | https://github.com/svend/cuetools - pacman - cuetools - 1.4.1-6: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cuetools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Cue and toc file parsers and utilities | https://github.com/svend/cuetools - MacPorts - cuetools: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/cuetools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/cuetools: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cuetools.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - gchudov.CUETools: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: gchudov.CUETools from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cuetools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cuetools.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