macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pianodlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install pianodMacPorts ports tree · audio/pianod/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 5692
Install pianod with Homebrew, MacPorts
Pandora client with multiple control interfaces. Version 421 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-13. Also installable with macports: sudo port install pianod.
install
Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Pandora client with multiple control interfaces
Project links
Commands and aliases
- piano
- pianod
- runmix
history
Project history and usage
pianod is a Unix music-player daemon built for remote or scripted control. Its package-manager appeal comes from separating playback into a service and exposing composable command-line and network interfaces.
Project history
Perette Barella developed pianod as an open-source Pandora-oriented music daemon. The later pianod2 design expanded the program into a music server for Pandora and local collections and introduced text, JSON, WebSocket, HTTP, and TLS control surfaces.
Adoption history
pianod was packaged by both Homebrew and MacPorts. Its official documentation also describes a successor, pianod2, with an incompatible line protocol and broader local-library support.
How it is used
Users run the player as a daemon and control it with the included piano shell client, netcat, telnet, WebSockets, or HTTP-based clients. pianod2 offers traditional line-oriented commands as well as JSON requests.
Why package nerds care
pianod is notable as a Unix-style alternative to graphical streaming clients: a background music service controlled through small shell tools, sockets, or other independently developed interfaces.
Timeline
- 2012: Official runmix manual documents the pianod companion tooling.
- Later development: pianod2 succeeds the original design with a new, incompatible protocol and support for Pandora and local music collections.
Related projects
- pianobar and its libpiano library belong to the same ecosystem of command-line Pandora clients; pianod2 documentation identifies its Pandora/libpiano interface as a distinct part of the implementation.
Sources
- Official pianod2 documentation: https://deviousfish.com/Pianod/Documentation/pianod.html
- Official project reflection: https://deviousfish.com/reflections.html
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:client
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
piano | cli | global executable | |
pianod | cli | global executable | |
runmix | cli | global executable |
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 generated2026-09-19
manager version421
manager updated2026-09-13
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://deviousfish.com/pianod/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://deviousfish.com/pianod/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:pianod |
|---|---|
| Version | 421 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pianod |
| Homepage | https://deviousfish.com/pianod/ |
| Upstream docs | https://deviousfish.com/pianod/ |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://deviousfish.com/Downloads/pianod2/pianod2-421.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-09-13T11:43:36Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | gettext, glib, gnutls, gstreamer, taglib |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | curl, libxcrypt |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | pianod |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
MacPorts95%
pianod
sudo port install pianod- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Pianod
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation