# Install darkice with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix
Live audio streamer. Version 1.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install darkice.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:darkice
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install darkice
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install darkice
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/darkice/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add darkice
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: darkice from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install darkice
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: darkice from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#darkice
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/darkice/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:darkice
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6
- **Source summary:** Live audio streamer
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T00:13:11+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- darkice (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.6
## Project history and usage
DarkIce is a live audio streamer that records from an audio interface, encodes the stream, and sends it to streaming servers such as Icecast and ShoutCast.
### Project history
The official site names Akos Maroy as the initial author and Rafael Diniz as the current author and maintainer. It says DarkIce has been used in 24-hour production since fall 2000, and its ChangeLog starts with a 0.1 release in November 2000.
### Adoption history
DarkIce grew with early internet radio infrastructure: the official site documents OSS, ALSA, Solaris audio, Jack, PulseAudio, MP3, MP2, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, AAC, ShoutCast, Icecast, Darwin Streaming Server, and Unix-like operating systems including FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, BSDs, and Solaris.
### How it is used
The darkice command reads a configuration file, defaulting to /etc/darkice.cfg when no -c path is supplied. The man page documents sections for general settings, input, Icecast, Icecast2, ShoutCast, and file outputs, including password fields for streaming servers.
### Why package nerds care
DarkIce is historically interesting because it packages a full live encoder/uploader workflow into a Unix daemon-style CLI with a plain text config file, matching the way many early online radio and community streaming setups were deployed.
### Timeline
- 2000: DarkIce 0.1 was released.
- 2001: ShoutCast, Ogg Vorbis, Solaris, FreeBSD, and man-page support appeared across early releases.
- 2005: 0.15 added Jack input support and BSD portability work.
- 2009: Rafael Diniz became maintainer in the 0.20 release.
- 2010: DarkIce 1.0 was released.
- 2024: v1.5 was published on GitHub.
- 2026: v1.6 was published on GitHub.
### Related projects
- The official site links DarkSnow as a GTK frontend and positions DarkIce around Icecast, ShoutCast, Darwin Streaming Server, LAME, TwoLame, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, FAAC, and libaacplus.
### Sources
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## Security Notes
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
## 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: /etc/darkice.cfg
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - darkice - 1.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: darkice from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Live audio streamer | http://www.darkice.org/
- Nix - darkice: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/darkice/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - darkice - 1.3-0.3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: darkice from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Live audio streamer | http://www.darkice.org/
- apk - darkice - 1.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: darkice from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Live audio streamer. Records audio from an audio interface, encodes it and sends it to a streaming server | http://www.darkice.org/
- apk - darkice-doc - 1.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: darkice-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Live audio streamer. Records audio from an audio interface, encodes it and sends it to a streaming server (documentation) | http://www.darkice.org/
- apk - darkice-openrc - 1.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: darkice-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Live audio streamer. Records audio from an audio interface, encodes it and sends it to a streaming server (OpenRC init scripts) | http://www.darkice.org/
- MacPorts - darkice: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/darkice/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/darkice.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/darkice.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