libvisual ☆

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Description:
Audio Visualization tool and library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: audio visualization library multimedia plugins

Install: brew install libvisual

About:
Libvisual is a library designed to provide a standardized interface for audio visualization plugins. It acts as an abstraction layer, allowing media players to easily integrate various visual effects that react to audio input. Its main value is enabling rich, synchronized audio-visual experiences across different applications without requiring custom integration for each visualization type.

Key Features:

Plugin-based architecture for extensible visual effects
Standardized API for easy media player integration
Supports multiple actor inputs and rendering pipelines
Cross-platform compatibility

Use Cases:

Integrating audio visualizations into custom media player applications
Developing new audio-reactive visual effects as plugins
Creating standalone audio visualization tools

Alternatives:

ProjectM – ProjectM is a standalone visualizer and library that focuses on MilkDrop-style presets, whereas Libvisual acts more as a middleware framework for plugins.
Goom – Goom is a specific visualization plugin/standalone tool, while Libvisual provides the infrastructure to run Goom and many other plugins.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 2:28am		0	VERSION_BUMP	15c77b8e