macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install qmmplocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install qmmpMacPorts ports tree · audio/qmmp/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 4563
Install qmmp with Homebrew, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, winget
Qt-based Multimedia Player. Version 2.4.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-11-01. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install qmmp.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install qmmpDebian stable package indexes · qmmp · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install qmmpFedora Rawhide package metadata · qmmp · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#qmmpnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/qm/qmmp/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S qmmpArch Linux sync databases · qmmp · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install qmmpopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · qmmp · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install qmmpChocolatey community package catalog · qmmp · source: community.chocolatey.org
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id QmmpDevelopmentTeam.qmmp -eWindows Package Manager source index · QmmpDevelopmentTeam.qmmp · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Qt-based Multimedia Player
Project links
Commands and aliases
- qmmp
history
Project history and usage
Qmmp is a modular Qt audio player with skinned and conventional interfaces, playlists, metadata tools, effects, visualizations, streaming support, and numerous decoder and audio-output plugins.
Project history
Qmmp developed as a Qt audio player whose default interface resembles Winamp and XMMS. The project subsequently added an alternative interface and a broad plugin architecture for input formats, output systems, effects, visualizations, playlists, metadata, and online services.
The project has maintained separate branches for multiple Qt generations, allowing active development to continue while older operating systems receive compatible maintenance lines.
Adoption history
Qmmp attracted users seeking a compact, playlist-oriented desktop player in the Winamp and XMMS tradition while retaining a native Qt implementation. Its broad package availability and support for Linux, BSD, Windows, and experimental macOS builds reflect a long-lived cross-platform audience.
Distribution packaging and parallel release lines for different Qt generations have allowed Qmmp to remain usable on both contemporary and older systems.
How it is used
Users add local files, directories, playlists, or network streams and manage playback through either the skinned interface or the alternative conventional interface.
Plugins enable workflows including replay gain, equalization, scrobbling, lyrics, cover art, cue sheets, archive playback, remote control, and output through platform audio systems.
Why package nerds care
Qmmp carries the classic skinnable audio-player model into modern Qt desktops while remaining modular at the decoder, output, effect, visualization, and interface layers.
Its optional plugins expose much of the multimedia stack beneath a desktop player, including codec libraries, metadata readers, JACK, PulseAudio and PipeWire outputs, visualizers, archives, and network streams.
Timeline
- 2000s: Qmmp established its Winamp- and XMMS-inspired Qt player interface and plugin ecosystem.
- 2010s: Format, output, visualization, and platform support continued to expand.
- 2020s: The project maintained parallel release branches for successive Qt generations.
Related projects
- Winamp and XMMS influenced Qmmp's compact, skinnable interface.
- FFmpeg can extend Qmmp's format support through its decoder plugin.
Sources
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:media
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
- Installs with 34 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
qmmp | 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 generated2026-11-04
manager version2.4.3
manager updated2026-11-01
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:qmmp |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.4.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/qmmp |
| Homepage | https://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/ |
| Upstream docs | https://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/ |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/files/qmmp/2.4/qmmp-2.4.3.tar.bz2 |
| Last updated | 2026-11-01T18:15:30Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | faad2, ffmpeg, flac, game-music-emu, gettext, glib, jack, libarchive, libbs2b, libcddb, libcdio, libcdio-paranoia, libmms, libmodplug, libogg, libsamplerate, libshout, libsndfile, libsoxr, libvorbis, libxmp, mad, mpg123, mplayer, musepack, opus, opusfile, projectm, pulseaudio, qtbase, qtmultimedia, taglib, wavpack, wildmidi |
| Build dependencies | cmake, pkgconf, qttools |
| Uses from macOS | curl |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, 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 | qmmp |
| 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.
Debian apt95%
qmmp 2.2.4-1+b1
feature-rich audio player with support of many formats
sudo apt install qmmp- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: qmmp
- 32 dependencies
- 6 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
Debian apt95%
qmmp-plugin-projectm 2.2.4-1+b1
qmmp audio player -- projectM visualization plugin
sudo apt install qmmp-plugin-projectm- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: qmmp
- 11 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
Nix95%
qmmp
nix profile install nixpkgs#qmmp- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
Ubuntu apt95%
qmmp 1.6.2-1build6
feature-rich audio player with support of many formats
sudo apt install qmmp- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 32 dependencies
- 5 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
Ubuntu apt95%
qmmp-plugin-projectm 1.6.2-1build6
qmmp audio player -- projectM visualization plugin
sudo apt install qmmp-plugin-projectm- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: qmmp
- 11 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
dnf95%
qmmp 2.3.3-4.fc45
Qt-based multimedia player
sudo dnf install qmmp- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: qmmp
- 32 dependencies
- 7 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
dnf95%
qmmp-devel 2.3.3-4.fc45
Development files for qmmp
sudo dnf install qmmp-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: qmmp
- 5 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
pacman95%
qmmp 2.4.1-1
Qt based audio-player
sudo pacman -S qmmp- License: GPL
- Architecture: x86_64
- 11 dependencies
- 20 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
zypper95%
libqmmp-devel 2.3.3-1.3
Development files for libqmmp
sudo zypper install libqmmp-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: qmmp
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
zypper95%
libqmmp-plugins 2.3.3-1.3
Plugins for libqmmp
sudo zypper install libqmmp-plugins- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: qmmp
- 32 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
zypper95%
libqmmp2 2.3.3-1.3
Qmmp library
sudo zypper install libqmmp2- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: qmmp
- 9 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
zypper95%
qmmp 2.3.3-1.3
Qt-based Multimedia Player
sudo zypper install qmmp- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Multimedia/Sound/Players
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: qmmp
- 10 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
MacPorts95%
qmmp
sudo port install qmmp- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
Chocolatey95%
qmmp
choco install qmmp- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
winget95%
QmmpDevelopmentTeam.qmmp
winget install --id QmmpDevelopmentTeam.qmmp -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Qmmp
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