xact ☆

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Description:
X Audio Compression Toolkit

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 2.57@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 23, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: audio flac lossless converter shn multimedia

Install: brew install --cask xact

About:
xAct is a comprehensive suite of tools for handling audio compression formats, particularly FLAC and SHN. It provides a graphical interface for encoding, decoding, verifying, and converting audio files, streamlining the workflow for archivists and audio engineers.

Key Features:

Graphical interface for FLAC and Shorten (SHN) files
Batch processing capabilities for large file sets
Audio verification and checksum generation
Format conversion between lossless audio codecs

Use Cases:

Archiving live concert recordings in lossless formats
Converting audio files between FLAC and SHN for compatibility
Verifying data integrity of downloaded audio tracks

Alternatives:

XLD – XLD is a macOS-native audio converter with broader format support, while xAct focuses specifically on FLAC/SHN workflows.
flac – The command-line FLAC tool offers raw encoding power, whereas xAct provides a user-friendly GUI wrapper.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 23, 2025 9:08pm	2.57	0	VERSION_BUMP	b136dfe7
Sep 15, 2025 1:32pm	2.57	0	VERSION_BUMP	ae4a2e0c