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Install spek with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper, scoop, winget

Acoustic spectrum analyser. Version 0.8.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install spek.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install spek

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install spek

Debian stable package indexes · spek · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#spek

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sp/spek/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install spek

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · spek · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/spek

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/spek.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id AlexanderKojevnikov.Spek -e

Windows Package Manager source index · AlexanderKojevnikov.Spek · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Acoustic spectrum analyser

Project links

Commands and aliases

spek

history

Project history and usage

Spek is a free, open source spectrogram viewer for audio files. In package-manager contexts it is a small desktop utility rather than a server or library: users install it to inspect audio frequency content visually.

Project history

The project is maintained from the alexkay/spek repository, which GitHub records as created in 2011. Its README describes Spek as a C++ acoustic spectrum analyser using FFmpeg for decoding and wxWidgets for the GUI, with availability across BSD, GNU/Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

Adoption history

Spek is packaged by several general-purpose package managers, including Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Nix, Scoop, winget, and zypper according to the supplied Homebrew source facts. The upstream GitHub repository also links Unix package information and publishes source releases for downstream packagers.

How it is used

Typical usage is launching the spek desktop executable on an audio file to inspect its spectrum. Package users care less about long-running configuration and more about having FFmpeg-backed decoding and a native GUI available from their usual package manager.

Why package nerds care

Spek is a good example of a small cross-platform GUI tool that package managers keep useful by normalizing dependency setup across FFmpeg, wxWidgets, and desktop integration. Its 2022 tarball-only release explicitly mentioned getting the package re-added to Debian, which is exactly the sort of packaging maintenance detail package nerds notice.

Timeline

2011: GitHub records the alexkay/spek repository creation.
2016: Historical Spek release entries from v0.2 through v0.8.3 were published on GitHub.
2022: Spek 0.8.4 was released as a tarball-only release to support Debian packaging.
2023: Spek 0.8.5 updated dependencies and added features such as more palettes and configurable DFT settings.

Related projects

FFmpeg provides the audio decoding layer used by Spek.
wxWidgets provides the cross-platform GUI toolkit used by Spek.
Downstream package managers such as Homebrew, Debian, Nix, Scoop, winget, and zypper distribute Spek to users.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/alexkay/spek
https://api.github.com/repos/alexkay/spek/releases?per_page=100
https://github.com/alexkay/spek
https://www.spek.cc/
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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
`spek`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03

manager version0.8.5

manager updated2026-07-13

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:spek
Version	0.8.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://www.spek.cc
Repository	https://github.com/alexkay/spek
Last updated	2026-07-13T17:31:47+09:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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%

spek 0.8.5+dfsg-5.1

acoustic spectrum analyser

https://www.spek.cc/

sudo apt install spek

Section: sound
Architecture: amd64
8 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Spek

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

Nix95%

spek

nix profile install nixpkgs#spek

normalized package name match
Matched by: Spek

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

Ubuntu apt95%

spek 0.8.5+dfsg-3build3

acoustic spectrum analyser

http://spek.cc/

sudo apt install spek

Section: universe/sound
Architecture: amd64
8 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Spek

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: spek from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

zypper95%

spek 0.8.5-4.7

Tool for audio spectrum analysis and visualization

https://www.spek.cc/

sudo zypper install spek

License: GPL-3.0-only
Category: Productivity/Multimedia/Sound/Utilities
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: spek
10 dependencies
3 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Spek

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

Scoop95%

extras/spek

scoop install extras/spek

normalized package name match
Matched by: Spek

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/spek.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

AlexanderKojevnikov.Spek

winget install --id AlexanderKojevnikov.Spek -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Spek

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: AlexanderKojevnikov.Spek from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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.

combined/spek.yml

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