# Install timidity with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper, dnf, pacman Software synthesizer. Version 2.15.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install timidity. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:timidity ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install timidity ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install timidity ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: timidity from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#timidity ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ti/timidity/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install timidity ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: timidity from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install timidity++ ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: timidity++ from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S timidity++ ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: timidity++ from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:timidity - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.15.0 - **Source summary:** Software synthesizer - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - timidity (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2.15.0 ## Project history and usage TiMidity++ is a long-running free software MIDI software synthesizer and MIDI-to-audio converter, historically packaged as `timidity` or `timidity++` across Unix-like systems. ### Project history The official TiMidity++ homepage says the project is based on TiMidity 0.2i, written by Tuukka Toivonen and released in 1995. After the original project stopped producing new versions, Masanao Izumo and other contributors continued development under the TiMidity++ name. TiMidity++ converts MIDI data to PCM waveform data using digital instrument data. The official homepage describes both real-time playback and saving generated waveforms to audio files, and lists support for formats such as SMF, MOD, RCP/R36/G18/G36, and MFI. The project became a standard Unix/Linux answer to the problem of playing MIDI files without external MIDI hardware. Its support for Gravis Ultrasound-compatible patches and SoundFonts made it useful on systems where hardware wavetable synthesis was unavailable or inconsistent. ### Adoption history TiMidity++ spread widely through operating-system package collections because MIDI playback was a common desktop and multimedia need. The input package-manager data lists Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE, with some distributions naming the package `timidity++`. Its SourceForge project page lists it in music-player and MIDI categories and describes cross-platform operating-system support including BSD, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows. ### How it is used Users run `timidity` to play MIDI files directly, render them to audio files, or provide software synthesis in workflows that need MIDI output but do not have a hardware synthesizer. Configuration typically points TiMidity++ at instrument patch sets or SoundFonts through `timidity.cfg`; packaging conventions determine the installed default config path. ### Why package nerds care TiMidity++ is historically significant to package nerds because it is one of the classic packages that made MIDI playback work on general-purpose Unix desktops. Installing the package plus a soundfont or patch set often turned silent MIDI files into usable audio. It also illustrates an older packaging pattern: the executable, config file, and instrument data are separate moving parts, so distro maintainers and users cared about paths, default patches, and optional GUI/front-end support. ### Timeline - 1995: TiMidity 0.2i released by Tuukka Toivonen, according to the official TiMidity++ homepage. - After 1995: Masanao Izumo and contributors continued the codebase as TiMidity++. - 2002: The SourceForge project page reports project registration on 2002-10-08. - 2026: Input package metadata shows TiMidity++ packaged across Homebrew and major Linux distributions. ### Related projects - The official homepage names the original TiMidity as the base project and links related TiMidity++ resources. - Comparable software-synthesis projects in the same broad niche include FluidSynth and WildMIDI. ### Sources - - - - input.current_curation.config-file-location - supplied config locations. - input.source_facts.package-manager - package-manager availability lists Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE. ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: /usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg - Windows: C:\WINDOWS\TIMIDITY.CFG ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - timidity - 2.14.0-8.3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: timidity from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Software sound renderer (MIDI sequencer, MOD player) | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - timidity-daemon - 2.14.0-8.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: timidity-daemon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | runs TiMidity++ as a system-wide MIDI sequencer | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - timidity-el - 2.14.0-8.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: timidity-el from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Emacs front end to Timidity++ | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - timidity-interfaces-extra - 2.14.0-8.3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: timidity-interfaces-extra from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | TiMidity++ extra user interfaces | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - Nix - timidity: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ti/timidity/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - timidity - 2.14.0-8.2ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: timidity from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Software sound renderer (MIDI sequencer, MOD player) | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - timidity-daemon - 2.14.0-8.2ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: timidity-daemon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | runs TiMidity++ as a system-wide MIDI sequencer | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - timidity-el - 2.14.0-8.2ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: timidity-el from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Emacs front end to Timidity++ | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - timidity-interfaces-extra - 2.14.0-8.2ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: timidity-interfaces-extra from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | TiMidity++ extra user interfaces | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ - dnf - timidity++ - 2.15.0-17.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: timidity++ from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A software wavetable MIDI synthesizer | http://timidity.sourceforge.net - dnf - timidity++-GTK-interface - 2.15.0-17.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: timidity++-GTK-interface from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | GTK user interface for timidity++ | http://timidity.sourceforge.net - dnf - timidity++-Xaw3D-interface - 2.15.0-17.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: timidity++-Xaw3D-interface from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Xaw3D user interface for timidity++ | http://timidity.sourceforge.net - pacman - timidity++ - 2.15.0-12: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: timidity++ from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A MIDI to WAVE converter and player | http://timidity.sourceforge.net - zypper - timidity - 2.15.0-5.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: timidity from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Software Synthesizer and MIDI Player | http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/timidity.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/timidity.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph