hackrf

Install command:
brew install hackrf

Low cost software radio platform

https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/hackrf.json

Formula code: hackrf.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 2026.01.3
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

fftw 3.3.11 C routines to compute the Discrete Fourier Transform
libusb 1.0.30 Library for USB device access

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.3 Cross-platform make
pkgconf 3.0.6 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Binaries: hackrf_biast, hackrf_clock, hackrf_cpldjtag, hackrf_debug, hackrf_info, hackrf_operacake, hackrf_spiflash, hackrf_sweep, hackrf_transfer

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Installs (--HEAD)019
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Build Errors3