brew / rank 2794

Install streamrip with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Scriptable music downloader for Qobuz, Tidal, SoundCloud, and Deezer. Version 2.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-09. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#streamrip.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install streamrip

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#streamrip

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/rip

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

overview

Package summary

Scriptable music downloader for Qobuz, Tidal, SoundCloud, and Deezer

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

history

Project history and usage

streamrip is a Python command-line music downloader for services such as Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer, and SoundCloud. It sits in the package-manager world as a scriptable media CLI whose usefulness depends on fast updates to service integrations and authentication behavior.

Project history

PyPI records streamrip releases beginning with version 0.1 on March 25, 2021. The current project metadata describes it as a fast, all-in-one music downloader for Qobuz, Deezer, Tidal, and SoundCloud.

The GitHub README describes the project as scriptable and highlights concurrent downloads with aiohttp, downloads of tracks/albums/playlists/discographies/labels, last.fm playlist support, conversion, a local database of downloaded track IDs, interactive search, and config-file customization.

Adoption history

streamrip's README documents pip installation, direct installation from the dev branch, Arch/AUR installation, and Homebrew installation. The supplied package facts also list Nix and Scoop, showing adoption beyond Python packaging alone.

Its user base overlaps with command-line audio collectors who want reproducible download commands, quality selection, metadata control, and service-specific authentication stored in a config file.

How it is used

The README shows the rip command as the main entry point, with examples for downloading Qobuz and Tidal albums, choosing quality levels, searching Tidal, downloading last.fm playlists, and opening the config with rip config open.

For Tidal and Qobuz, the README states that a premium subscription is needed. The source config includes fields for service credentials and tokens, including Qobuz credentials, Tidal tokens, and a Deezer ARL cookie.

Why package nerds care

streamrip is package-nerd significant because it turns a messy set of streaming-service workflows into a reproducible CLI interface with config, database, conversion, and metadata behavior.

It also shows the maintenance burden of media download tools in package managers: packaged versions need to track upstream service API changes, Python dependency constraints, and platform-specific config paths.

Timeline

2021-03-25: PyPI release 0.1 uploaded.
2024-01-10: GitHub release streamrip v2.0.1 announced as a major release.
2025-03-10: PyPI release 2.1.0 uploaded.
2026: Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop package-manager entries are present in source_facts.package-manager.

Related projects

The README says streamrip was inspired by qobuz-dl, Qo-DL Reborn, Tidal-Media-Downloader, and scdl.
It integrates with ffmpeg for conversion and mentions youtube-dl integration in its feature list.

Sources

https://github.com/nathom/streamrip#readme
https://github.com/nathom/streamrip/blob/dev/streamrip/config.py
https://pypi.org/project/streamrip/
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:cloud

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.

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: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/streamrip/config.toml
macOS: ${HOME}/Library/Application Support/streamrip/config.toml
Windows: %APPDATA%\streamrip\config.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/streamrip/config.toml
macOS: ${HOME}/Library/Application Support/streamrip/config.toml
Windows: %APPDATA%\streamrip\config.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`rip`	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 version2.1.0

manager updated2026-06-09

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:streamrip
Version	2.1.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/nathom/streamrip
Last updated	2026-06-09T13:20:41Z
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.

Nix95%

streamrip

nix profile install nixpkgs#streamrip

normalized package name match
Matched by: Streamrip

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

Scoop92%

main/rip

scoop install main/rip

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Rip

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

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/streamrip.yml

Used sources

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