# Install flake with Homebrew, apt

FLAC audio encoder. Version 0.11 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install flake.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:flake
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install flake
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install flake
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: flake from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:flake
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.11
- **Source summary:** FLAC audio encoder
- **Homepage:** <https://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- flake (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.11
## Project history and usage

Flake is an independent open-source FLAC encoder from the SourceForge era, built as a faster alternative to the official FLAC reference encoder.

### Project history

The official site, copyright 2007, describes Flake as an independent implementation of the FLAC specification and an alternative to the reference encoder. It emphasizes command-line encoding, a libflake library, fast encoding, compression modes similar to the reference encoder, additional high-compression modes, and experimental variable block-size encoding.

The official download page lists Flake 0.11 source and binary downloads, plus SVN checkout instructions for the development tree. The project therefore sits in the late-2000s SourceForge/SVN ecosystem rather than the later GitHub-centered FLAC tooling world.

### Adoption history

Upstream lists official source, Linux x86, and Windows binary downloads, plus an unofficial Win32 archive. It also notes that Winamp 5.35 used Flake revision 117 as its FLAC encoder, a notable downstream adoption signal for a small codec project.

### How it is used

Flake's package-manager use is straightforward: install the flake executable and run it as a command-line FLAC encoder. Developers could also use libflake as an encoding library, though the official page is clear that the project did not yet match all advanced features of the reference encoder.

### Why package nerds care

Flake is historically interesting because it was not just another frontend for libFLAC; it was an independent encoder implementation chasing speed and alternative compression-search behavior while still targeting the FLAC specification.

For package collectors, it is a compact example of how codec experiments were distributed before GitHub dominance: SourceForge project page, tarballs, binary zips, SVN checkout command, and a small standalone command-line executable.

### Timeline

- 2007: Official site copyright and public project page describe Flake as an open-source FLAC encoder.
- 2007: Flake 0.11 source archive and binaries published on the official download page.
- 2007: Winamp 5.35 noted by upstream as using Flake revision 117 as its FLAC encoder.

### Related projects

- FLAC, libflake, Winamp, SourceForge, SVN, independent audio codec implementations.

### Sources

- <https://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/download.html>


## 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 - flake - 0.11-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: flake from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Alternative encoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec | http://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/
- Debian apt - libflake-dev - 0.11-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libflake-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Alternative encoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec -- Development files | http://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - flake - 0.11-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: flake from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Alternative encoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec | http://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - libflake-dev - 0.11-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libflake-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Alternative encoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec -- Development files | http://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/


## Combined YAML source

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