flac
brew install flac
v1.5.0
BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND ISC AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND (GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1-or-later)
Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) command-line encoder/decoder and C library for lossless audio compression.
Why you might care
FLAC is the standard open-source lossless audio format, widely supported in music players, archival workflows, and streaming infrastructure. Use this for encoding/decoding audio files, or link the C library into applications needing lossless codec support. It's a build/runtime dependency for many audio tools and media frameworks.
Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://xiph.org/flac/
- Brew formula source: Formula/f/flac.rb
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