mad

Install command: 
brew install mad

Also known as: libmad

MPEG audio decoder

https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/libmad

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

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

Formula code: mad.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 0.16.5

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.5 Cross-platform make

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days41,824
Downloads695,075
Analytics install events (30 days)2,816
Downloads / install events (30 days)14.9×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs2,8145,00321,742
Installs (--HEAD)236
Installs on Request1983451,136
Installs on Request (--HEAD)124
Build Errors3