cava
Console audio visualiser that draws a live frequency spectrum.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install cava
About cava
cava reads audio from PulseAudio, PipeWire, ALSA, sndio or a fifo and renders a real-time bar spectrum in the terminal, with configurable bar width, colours, gradients and smoothing. It is a popular component of terminal desktop setups.
Strengths
- Works with PulseAudio, PipeWire, ALSA and sndio without extra glue
- Colours, gradients and smoothing are all configurable
Limitations
- Purely decorative; it is not an analysis or measurement tool
- Capturing system audio needs a monitor source configured
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the MIT licence.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Karl Stavestrand
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Console audio visualiser that draws a live frequency spectrum
- Categories
- Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (CLI & Terminal); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.