# Install ficy with Homebrew, zypper

Icecast/Shoutcast stream grabber suite. Version 1.0.21 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install fIcy.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ficy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ficy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install fIcy
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fIcy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ficy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.21
- **Source summary:** Icecast/Shoutcast stream grabber suite
- **Homepage:** <https://www.thregr.org/wavexx/software/fIcy/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fIcy (alias)
- fPls (alias)
- fResync (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.21
## Project history and usage

fIcy is a small shell-oriented suite for grabbing Icecast and Shoutcast streams, splitting or piping the audio while preserving ICY metadata-driven workflows.

### Project history

The project began in late 2002 as a very small shell pipeline built around netcat and sed, according to its official release notes. It was rewritten in C for the 1.0.0 line in 2003, gained Linux support in 1.0.1, and had a public release in 1.0.2 in March 2004.

The suite grew from the core fIcy grabber into a small tool family. fResync was added in 2004 to clean up badly cut MPEG files, and fPls was added later that year as a playlist handler and retry frontend.

### Adoption history

fIcy stayed a niche Unix command-line tool rather than a mainstream media application. Its package-manager footprint in the supplied metadata includes Homebrew and openSUSE, which matches the project's portable shell and C utility style.

### How it is used

The official documentation describes fIcy as useful for unattended recording of radio programs and stream debugging. The main command accepts a stream URL or server parameters, can write to standard output, dump files, enumerate files as ICY title metadata changes, filter titles by regular expression, and pipe audio to a media player.

The companion fPls command reads local or remote playlists and manages fIcy retries, timeouts, and errors. fResync operates on dumped or broken MPEG files to realign frame headers for decoders or editing tools.

### Why package nerds care

For package-maintainer audiences, fIcy is interesting as a compact example of the old Unix media-tool pattern: one command for grabbing streams, one for playlist driving, and one for post-processing damaged MPEG output.

### Timeline

- 2002: Original shell/netcat/sed prototype appears in the release notes.
- 2003: 1.0.0 rewrites the tool in C.
- 2004: 1.0.2 is marked as the public release.
- 2004: fResync and fPls join the suite.
- 2017: 1.0.21 adds direct append support and clearer flag errors.

### Related projects

- fIcy is built around Icecast/Shoutcast-compatible ICY streams and sits near command-line media tools, playlist handlers, and MPEG repair utilities.

### Sources

- <https://www.thregr.org/wavexx/software/fIcy/>
- <https://www.thregr.org/wavexx/software/fIcy/NEWS.html>
- <https://gitlab.com/wavexx/fIcy>


## 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

- zypper - fIcy - 1.0.21-2.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fIcy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Icecast/Shoutcast Stream Grabber | https://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/fIcy/


## Combined YAML source

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