# Install scdl with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Command-line tool to download music from SoundCloud. Version 3.0.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#scdl.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:scdl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install scdl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install scdl
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/scdl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#scdl
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install scdl
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scdl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:scdl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.7
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool to download music from SoundCloud
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/scdl-org/scdl>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/scdl-org/scdl>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T10:19:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- scdl (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.7

## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## 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

- Unix: ~/.config/scdl/scdl.cfg

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/scdl/scdl.cfg
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - scdl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sc/scdl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - scdl - 2.12.1-2.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scdl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Souncloud Music Downloader | https://github.com/scdl-org/scdl
- MacPorts - scdl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/scdl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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