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macOS

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brew install serialosc

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overview

Package summary

Opensound control server for monome devices

Project links

Commands and aliases

serialosc-detector
serialosc-device
serialoscd

history

Project history and usage

serialosc is monome's background service for translating USB serial communication with grid and arc controllers into discoverable Open Sound Control endpoints.

Project history

serialosc was developed by monome as the multi-device, Bonjour-capable successor in its serial-to-OSC software stack. It replaced workflows built around the older monomeserial service and provided a common OSC interface for grid and arc controllers.

The architecture uses serialoscd to detect USB connection changes and launches a serialosc-device process on its own port for each attached controller. This model supports multiple devices while allowing applications to discover them dynamically.

Adoption history

serialosc became the standard background service used by monome software libraries and creative-coding environments. Official documentation points users toward intermediary integrations in Max and SuperCollider, and the project is distributed through Homebrew for current macOS installations.

How it is used

Applications query serialoscd on UDP port 12002 to discover connected controllers, then communicate with each device's dynamically assigned OSC port. Persistent per-device files retain OSC prefixes, destination hosts and ports, and grid rotation settings.

Why package nerds care

serialosc is a specialized but influential hardware daemon that cleanly separates USB device transport from music and creative-coding applications through Open Sound Control. Its per-device processes, Bonjour discovery, stable OSC vocabulary, and persistent device preferences let many independent tools share a common monome interface.

Timeline

Early monome software era: monomeserial provided the earlier serial communication service.
Later multi-device era: serialosc superseded monomeserial with per-device OSC processes and Bonjour discovery.
Current era: monome documents Homebrew installation and service management for macOS.

Related projects

Official ecosystem integrations include the serialosc object for Max and monomeSC for SuperCollider. libmonome provides lower-level monome application support, while the older monomeserial service predates serialosc.

Sources

Official OSC reference: https://monome.org/docs/serialosc/osc/
Official repository: https://github.com/monome/serialosc
Official serialosc documentation: https://monome.org/docs/serialosc/

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:server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/serialosc/*.conf~/.config/serialosc/*.conf
macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/org.monome.serialosc/*.conf
Windows: $APPDATA\Monome\serialosc\*.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`serialosc-detector`	cli	global executable
`serialosc-device`	cli	global executable
`serialoscd`	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 version1.4.8

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/monome/serialosc

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/monome/serialoscnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:serialosc
Version	1.4.8
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/serialosc
Homepage	https://github.com/monome/docs/blob/gh-pages/serialosc/osc.md
Repository	https://github.com/monome/docs
Upstream docs	https://github.com/monome/docs/blob/gh-pages/serialosc/osc.md
License	ISC
Source archive	https://github.com/monome/serialosc.git
Last updated	2026-09-13T07:58:32Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	liblo, libmonome, libuv
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	serialosc
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/serialosc.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
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curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
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