macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gnuradiolocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gnuradioMacPorts ports tree · science/gnuradio/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 1677
Install gnuradio with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
SDK for signal processing blocks to implement software radios. Version 3.10.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gnuradio.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gnuradioAlpine Linux edge package indexes · gnuradio · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gnuradioDebian stable package indexes · gnuradio · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gnuradioFedora Rawhide package metadata · gnuradio · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gnuradionixpkgs package indexes · gnuradio · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gnuradioArch Linux sync databases · gnuradio · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gnuradioopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gnuradio · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
SDK for signal processing blocks to implement software radios
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gnuradio-companion
- gnuradio-config-info
- gr_filter_design
- gr_modtool
- gr_plot
- gr_plot_const
- gr_plot_fft
- gr_plot_iq
- gr_plot_psd
- gr_plot_qt
- gr_read_file_metadata
- grcc
- polar_channel_construction
- uhd_fft
- uhd_rx_cfile
- uhd_rx_nogui
- uhd_siggen
- uhd_siggen_gui
history
Project history and usage
GNU Radio is a GNU Project software-defined radio framework that gives signal-processing practitioners a reusable runtime, block library, and graphical flowgraph environment. In package ecosystems it represents the heavy end of scientific tooling: a desktop-adjacent SDR workbench, a Python and C++ development platform, and a bridge from commodity computers to radio hardware.
Project history
GNU Radio grew from early-2000s work to make software radio practical on general-purpose computers. Project material describes a framework for building software radios out of signal-processing blocks, while community history ties its early development to Eric Blossom, John Gilmore, and the first USRP hardware from Ettus Research. The project later developed around a Python-driven runtime, C++ performance blocks, GNU Radio Companion, out-of-tree modules, and hardware integrations rather than a single end-user radio application.
The project evolved into a foundation for related infrastructure such as VOLK, reusable block collections, and community extension modules. Its organizational home also matured: the GNU Radio project formed a foundation and later announced a new home at the SETI Institute, reflecting its role as community infrastructure for radio science, education, and experimentation.
Adoption history
GNU Radio became significant because it let researchers, radio amateurs, hardware vendors, and educators share signal-processing designs as flowgraphs and reusable blocks. Its adoption followed the rise of affordable SDR hardware, especially USRP-family devices, and it became common in academic labs, wireless prototyping, spectrum experiments, satellite work, and security research.
The ecosystem around GNU Radio includes conferences, tutorials, out-of-tree modules, and companion projects such as CGRAN. That ecosystem matters to package maintainers because installing GNU Radio often means delivering a coordinated stack of DSP libraries, Python bindings, GUI dependencies, hardware drivers, and examples.
How it is used
Practitioners use GNU Radio to construct flowgraphs that connect sources, filters, modulators, demodulators, visualizers, and sinks. A flowgraph may run entirely in simulation, process captured IQ files, or talk to SDR hardware through drivers such as UHD.
Developers use GNU Radio Companion for visual design, Python for orchestration, C++ for performance-sensitive blocks, and gr_modtool to build out-of-tree modules. The command-line tools in package builds are also used for inspecting installs, compiling flowgraphs, plotting samples, and testing radio chains.
Why package nerds care
GNU Radio is a package-manager stress test: it spans compiled DSP code, Python packaging, Qt GUI pieces, hardware-driver interfaces, and optional acceleration libraries. For users, a working package turns a laptop into an SDR lab without hand-building the whole scientific stack.
Timeline
- 2001: Early GNU Radio development began around general-purpose software radio experiments.
- 2004: USRP hardware helped make GNU Radio useful with affordable external RF front ends.
- 2011: GNU Radio Conference began as a recurring community venue.
- 2020: GNU Radio announced a foundation home at the SETI Institute.
Related projects
- USRP and UHD provide a common hardware path for GNU Radio users.
- VOLK supplies vector-optimized kernels used by GNU Radio blocks.
- CGRAN and out-of-tree modules extend the block ecosystem.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
gnuradio-companion | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gnuradio-config-info | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_filter_design | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_modtool | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_plot | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_plot_const | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_plot_fft | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_plot_iq | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_plot_psd | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_plot_qt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
gr_read_file_metadata | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
grcc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
polar_channel_construction | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uhd_fft | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uhd_rx_cfile | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uhd_rx_nogui | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uhd_siggen | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uhd_siggen_gui | 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 version3.10.12.0
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gnuradio |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.10.12.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.gnuradio.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio |
| Last updated | 2026-08-02T20:52:08+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| 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.
Debian apt95%
gnuradio 3.10.12.0-1
GNU Radio Software Radio Toolkit
sudo apt install gnuradio- Section: comm
- Architecture: amd64
- 32 dependencies
- 12 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
gnuradio-dev 3.10.12.0-1
GNU Software Defined Radio toolkit development
sudo apt install gnuradio-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 18 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
gnuradio-doc 3.10.12.0-1
GNU Software Defined Radio toolkit documentation
sudo apt install gnuradio-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-analog3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio analog functions
sudo apt install libgnuradio-analog3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 10 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-audio3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio audio functions
sudo apt install libgnuradio-audio3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 12 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-blocks3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio blocks functions
sudo apt install libgnuradio-blocks3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 10 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-channels3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio channels functions
sudo apt install libgnuradio-channels3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 9 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-digital3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio digital communications functions
sudo apt install libgnuradio-digital3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 11 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-dtv3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio digital TV signal processing blocks
sudo apt install libgnuradio-dtv3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 11 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-fec3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio forward error correction support
sudo apt install libgnuradio-fec3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 10 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-fft3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio fast Fourier transform functions
sudo apt install libgnuradio-fft3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 9 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-filter3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio filter functions
sudo apt install libgnuradio-filter3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 9 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-iio3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
IIO blocks for GnuRadio
sudo apt install libgnuradio-iio3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 11 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-network3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio network library
sudo apt install libgnuradio-network3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 8 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-pdu3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio streaming protocol library
sudo apt install libgnuradio-pdu3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
Debian apt95%
libgnuradio-pmt3.10.12 3.10.12.0-1
gnuradio pmt container library
sudo apt install libgnuradio-pmt3.10.12- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gnuradio
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnuradio
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