deadbeef@nightly ☆

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Description:
Modular audio player

Type: Cask | Latest Version: :latest@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: audio-player music lossless modular flac plugins

Install: brew install --cask deadbeef@nightly

About:
DeaDBeeF is a lightweight, modular audio player designed for high performance and extensive format support. It handles a wide range of audio formats including MP3, FLAC, OGG, and VGM without requiring external codecs. The player offers a highly customizable interface with a plugin system for advanced features like gapless playback and transcoding.

Key Features:

Extensive audio format support including lossless and tracker formats
Highly customizable interface and layout
Lightweight with low system resource usage
Extensible via plugin architecture
Advanced playlist management

Use Cases:

Listening to large music libraries with mixed audio formats
Audio production and editing with precise playback control
Playing video game music and tracker files

Alternatives:

VLC – VLC is a full media player suite, while DeaDBeeF is focused specifically on audio with a lighter footprint
Foobar2000 – Similar philosophy of customization and audio focus, but Foobar2000 is Windows-only

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Apr 23, 2026 10:50pm	:latest	0	VERSION_BUMP	0281c09c
Aug 23, 2025 12:16pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	2f5d1e48