Command-line tool

pipewire

brew/pipewire

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Server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Linux

brew install pipewire

Start the PipeWire daemon

pipewire

Use a different configuration file

pipewire --config path/to/file.conf

Set the verbosity level (error, warn, info, debug, or trace)

pipewire -v

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