Command-line tool

cava

brew/cava

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Console-based Audio Visualizer for ALSA linux macos windows norway audio-visualizer sdl2 freebsd pipewire glsl-shaders portaudio alsa ncurses

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id karlstav.cava -e

macOS

brew install cava

Linux

brew install cava

Start the visualizer

cava

Use the specified configuration file

cava -p path/to/file

Increase/Decrease sensitivity

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