# Install ezstream with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper
Client for Icecast streaming servers. Version 1.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ezstream.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:ezstream
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install ezstream
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install ezstream
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/ezstream/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add ezstream
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ezstream from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install ezstream
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ezstream from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install ezstream
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ezstream 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#ezstream
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ez/ezstream/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install ezstream
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ezstream from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:ezstream
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Source summary:** Client for Icecast streaming servers
- **Homepage:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T15:56:46+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- ezstream (alias)
- ezstream-cfgmigrate (alias)
- ezstream-file.sh (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.2
## Project history and usage
ezstream is a command-line source client for sending media streams to Icecast servers, designed around file input, standard input, and optional external decoder or encoder pipelines.
### Project history
The project is maintained under the Xiph/Icecast umbrella and uses libshout to communicate with streaming servers. Its official page describes support for Ogg, MP3, WebM, and Matroska streams over HTTP, ICY, and RoarAudio protocols, with TagLib used for metadata handling.
The 1.0 release was a major configuration and protocol update, adding a new configuration file structure, a migration tool for 0.x configurations, modern libshout features, WebM and Matroska media formats, ICY and RoarAudio streaming protocols, TLS support, and a unit test suite. Version 1.0.2 followed as a February 12, 2020 bugfix release.
### Adoption history
ezstream's adoption is tied to Icecast deployments rather than general desktop media use. It is packaged by Unix-like distributions and Homebrew as a small automation component for people who need a scriptable source client instead of a full broadcast application.
### How it is used
A typical ezstream setup reads a playlist, media file, or standard-input stream, optionally runs external tools to decode or encode it, and pushes the resulting stream to an Icecast-compatible server. The official README points users to `man ezstream` and bundled example configuration files for concrete setups.
Because it delegates decoding and encoding to command-line tools, ezstream fits unattended streams, scheduled playlists, and server-side broadcast workflows where a GUI source client would be awkward.
### Why package nerds care
ezstream is the kind of package that matters because it glues together other Unix media packages: libshout, libxml, TagLib, codecs, encoders, and Icecast. Its value is less glamour and more composability.
### Timeline
- 0.x: Older ezstream releases maintained in the Xiph download archive.
- 1.0: Major release with new configuration structure, cfgmigrate tool, modern libshout support, WebM/Matroska, ICY/RoarAudio, and TLS.
- 2020: Version 1.0.2 released as a bugfix release.
### Related projects
- Icecast is the streaming server ezstream commonly feeds.
- libshout provides the streaming-server communication layer.
- TagLib provides media metadata reading and management.
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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
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - ezstream - 1.0.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ezstream from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | easy media streaming client over icecast servers | https://www.icecast.org/ezstream/
- Nix - ezstream: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ez/ezstream/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ezstream - 1.0.2-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ezstream from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | easy media streaming client over icecast servers | https://www.icecast.org/ezstream/
- apk - ezstream - 1.0.2-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ezstream from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Ezstream is a command line source client for Icecast media streaming servers | https://icecast.org/ezstream/
- apk - ezstream-doc - 1.0.2-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ezstream-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Ezstream is a command line source client for Icecast media streaming servers (documentation) | https://icecast.org/ezstream/
- dnf - ezstream - 1.0.2-16.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ezstream from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Command line source client for Icecast media streaming servers | https://www.icecast.org/ezstream/
- zypper - ezstream - 1.0.2-2.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ezstream from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Icecast media streaming client | http://www.icecast.org/ezstream.php
- MacPorts - ezstream: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/ezstream/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/ezstream.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ezstream.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