hackrf

Install command:
brew install hackrf

Low cost software radio platform

https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/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 3.3.10 C routines to compute the Discrete Fourier Transform
libusb 1.0.29 Library for USB device access

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.2.3 Cross-platform make
pkgconf 2.5.1 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
hackrf 1,232
hackrf --HEAD 2
Installs on Request (30 days)
hackrf 1,079
hackrf --HEAD 2
Build Errors (30 days)
hackrf 3
Installs (90 days)
hackrf 1,584
hackrf --HEAD 3
Installs on Request (90 days)
hackrf 1,373
hackrf --HEAD 3
Installs (365 days)
hackrf 3,419
hackrf --HEAD 19
Installs on Request (365 days)
hackrf 2,877
hackrf --HEAD 19