# Install readsb with Homebrew, apt, Nix

ADS-B decoder swiss knife. Version 3.16.15 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install readsb.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:readsb
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install readsb
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install readsb
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#readsb
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/readsb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:readsb
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.16.15
- **Source summary:** ADS-B decoder swiss knife
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T12:51:38+01:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- readsb (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.16.15

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for readsb. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: /etc/default/readsb
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - readsb - 3.14.1630+git20240609.adc080d-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: readsb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Mode-S/ADSB/TIS decoder for RTLSDR, BladeRF, Modes-Beast and GNS5894 devices | https://github.com/adsbfi/readsb
- Nix - readsb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/readsb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph