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Install jack with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, MacPorts, zypper, pacman

Audio Connection Kit. Version 1.9.22 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install jack.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install jack

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install jack

MacPorts ports tree · audio/jack/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add jack

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · jack · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install jack

Debian stable package indexes · jack · source: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install jack

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · jack · source: download.opensuse.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S jack2

Arch Linux sync databases · jack2 · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Ubuntu aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install jackd

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · jackd · source: archive.ubuntu.com

overview

Package summary

Audio Connection Kit

Commands and aliases

  • jackd

history

Project history and usage

JACK Audio Connection Kit is a professional sound server API and daemon family for low-latency routing of audio and MIDI between applications. It is one of the defining pieces of Linux and Unix-like pro-audio infrastructure.

Project history

The JACK project site describes JACK as an API plus daemon implementations for real-time, low-latency audio and MIDI connections between applications. The download page documents the split source repositories for JACK1 and JACK2 and gives jack2 as the repository browsed for the JACK2 tree.

The GitHub jackaudio/jack2 repository was created in 2012, but JACK as a project predates that repository history. In the maintained release stream, JACK2 1.9.x releases continued through the 2020s with work on macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Python build compatibility, ARM ringbuffer safety, and separation of example tools.

Adoption history

JACK became standard plumbing for low-latency audio workflows on Linux because it let synthesizers, DAWs, effects processors, recorders, and MIDI tools connect as a graph rather than each owning the audio device. Its package metadata spans Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, MacPorts, Arch, Chocolatey, and openSUSE, reflecting cross-platform packaging of a historically Unix-centered audio stack.

The 2022 JACK1/JACK2 release note is a useful adoption marker: JACK1 was described as continuing in maintenance mode while JACK2 carried official FreeBSD support and ongoing platform work.

How it is used

Users run jackd or compatible session tools to create a low-latency audio server, then connect JACK-aware applications through ports. The project site frames the common use case as sending one application's audio output to another application, splitting it to multiple consumers, and recording the result.

Why package nerds care

JACK is significant because it is a package-manager dependency that changes what an audio workstation can be. Installing it adds a shared routing substrate used by many separate packages, so distribution maintainers care about ABI compatibility, realtime permissions, drivers, example tools, and how JACK coexists with ALSA, PulseAudio, and PipeWire-era systems.

Timeline

  • 2000s: JACK became core infrastructure for Unix-like low-latency audio workflows.
  • 2012: jackaudio/jack1 and jackaudio/jack2 GitHub repositories were created.
  • 2021: JACK2 1.9.18 and 1.9.19 releases focused on platform and API fixes.
  • 2022: JACK1 0.126.0 and JACK2 1.9.20 releases moved examples and tools toward a separate repository and added official FreeBSD support for JACK2.
  • 2023: JACK2 1.9.22 removed bundled example clients/tools and fixed Python 3.11+ build compatibility.

Related projects

  • Related projects include JACK1, JACK2, jack-example-tools, jack2-releases, QjackCtl, ALSA, PulseAudio, PipeWire, and JACK-aware audio applications.

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

  • metadata:service
  • text:audio

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

CommandKindExposureNote
jackdexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version1.9.22
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jack
Version1.9.22
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://jackaudio.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/jackaudio/jack2
Last updated2026-08-02T01:26:52+09:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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%

jack 4~git20241202.3410dc1-2

Rip and encode CDs with one command

https://github.com/jack-cli-cd-ripper/jack

sudo apt install jack
  • Section: sound
  • Architecture: all
  • 13 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: jack from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
apk95%

jack 1.9.22-r4

The Jack Audio Connection Kit

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo apk add jack
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jack from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

jack-dbus 1.9.22-r4

Jack D-Bus launcher

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo apk add jack-dbus
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jack-dbus from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

jack-dev 1.9.22-r4

The Jack Audio Connection Kit (development files)

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo apk add jack-dev
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jack-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

jack-doc 1.9.22-r4

The Jack Audio Connection Kit (documentation)

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo apk add jack-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jack-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

jack2 1.9.22-2

The JACK low-latency audio server

https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2

sudo pacman -S jack2
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL2.1
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 14 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • 6 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: jack2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
pacman95%

pipewire-jack 1:1.6.8-1

Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK replacement

https://pipewire.org

sudo pacman -S pipewire-jack
  • License: MIT AND GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 7 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: pipewire-jack from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

jack 1.9.22-5.5

Jack-Audio Connection Kit

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install jack
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Sound Daemons
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 15 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jack from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

jack-32bit 1.9.22-5.5

Jack-Audio Connection Kit

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install jack-32bit
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Sound Daemons
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 10 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jack-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

jack-dbus 1.9.22-5.5

Jack Audio Connection Kit D-Bus support

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install jack-dbus
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Sound Daemons
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 7 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jack-dbus from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libjack-devel 1.9.22-5.5

Development package for jack

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install libjack-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 5 dependencies
  • 5 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjack-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libjack-devel-32bit 1.9.22-5.5

Development package for jack

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install libjack-devel-32bit
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjack-devel-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libjack0 1.9.22-5.5

Jack Audio Connection Kit Library

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install libjack0
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 5 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjack0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libjack0-32bit 1.9.22-5.5

Jack Audio Connection Kit Library

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install libjack0-32bit
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 5 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjack0-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libjacknet0 1.9.22-5.5

Jack Audio Connection Kit Library

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install libjacknet0
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 7 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjacknet0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libjacknet0-32bit 1.9.22-5.5

Jack Audio Connection Kit Library

https://jackaudio.org/

sudo zypper install libjacknet0-32bit
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jack
  • 7 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jack
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjacknet0-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

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