# Install flac123 with Homebrew, dnf, Nix

Command-line program for playing FLAC audio files. Version 2.1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#flac123.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:flac123
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install flac123
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install flac123
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flac123 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#flac123
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flac123/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:flac123
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Source summary:** Command-line program for playing FLAC audio files
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/flac123/flac123>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/flac123/flac123>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- flac123 (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.1.1
## Project history and usage

flac123 is a small command-line FLAC player, patterned around the tradition of simple terminal audio players.

### Project history

The official README describes flac123 as a command-line program for playing audio files encoded with FLAC. Its implementation depends on libao, libFLAC, and popt, and the project documents testing on Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS.

The GitHub tag snapshot used for this enrichment is sparse, with 2.1.x tags rather than a detailed origin narrative. The supported history is therefore mainly its role as a lightweight FLAC playback frontend.

### Adoption history

The package is distributed through Unix-style package managers in the input data and upstream documents dependency names for macOS/Homebrew, FreeBSD, Debian variants, and Red Hat variants, suggesting practical use by users who want a minimal FLAC player rather than a full media library application.

### How it is used

Typical use is direct playback of FLAC files from a shell, with options for selecting a libao output driver, writing decoded audio to WAV, quiet output, and a remote mode for programmatic control.

### Why package nerds care

flac123 is package-nerd useful because it exposes the classic Unix audio stack: a tiny frontend, libao output abstraction, libFLAC decoding, and simple command-line switches.

### Timeline

- 2020s: GitHub repository shows 2.1.x tags.
- 2020s: README documents Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS testing.

### Related projects

- FLAC, libFLAC, libao, popt, mpg123-style command-line audio players.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/flac123/flac123>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/flac123/flac123/tags>


## 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

- Nix - flac123: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flac123/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - flac123 - 2.1.1-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flac123 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Command-line program for playing FLAC audio files | https://github.com/flac123/flac123


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/flac123.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/flac123.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