macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dirtlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 7026
Install dirt with Homebrew, Nix
Experimental sample playback. Version 1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dirt.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dirtnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/di/dirt/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Experimental sample playback
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dirt
history
Project history and usage
Dirt is a C sampler for TidalCycles-style live-coding workflows.
Project history
The official repository describes Dirt as the original classic Dirt sampler, implemented in C for TidalCycles and related use. Its README is deliberately modest, describing it as a small tool for playing pieces of samples with some timing accuracy.
Adoption history
The README documents source builds on Linux, macOS, and Windows/Cygwin, with Homebrew and MacPorts used for dependencies on macOS. The repository description also notes that the classic Dirt lineage was later ported to SuperDirt.
How it is used
Users build Dirt with audio dependencies such as JACK, libsndfile, libsamplerate, liblo, and PortAudio, then run the dirt executable alongside a JACK audio server. In practice it belongs to the live-coding and sample-playback side of package collections.
Why package nerds care
Dirt is package-nerd interesting because it is a small native audio runtime attached to a larger creative-coding ecosystem: packaging it means making old-school C audio dependencies line up for live performance use.
Timeline
- 2016: README copyright names Alex McLean and contributors.
- 2020s: Codeberg repository describes this as classic Dirt, later ported to SuperDirt.
Related projects
- The official repository ties Dirt to TidalCycles and SuperDirt.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
dirt | 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 version1.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dirt |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://codeberg.org/uzu/dirt |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
dirt
nix profile install nixpkgs#dirt- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dirt
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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation