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August 5, 2025 · View on GitHub

Trunk Recorder Homebrew

The Homebrew package manager contains all the required dependencies to build Trunk Recorder and gr-osmosdr on macOS with a few easy commands.

Install Homebrew
Add this GitHub repository as a third-party tap
```
brew tap trunkrecorder/install
```

Install Trunk Recorder

Version
Stable release	brew install trunk-recorder
Latest GitHub	brew install trunk-recorder --HEAD

Configure Trunk Recorder for your system
[Optional for macOS] Add a LaunchDaemon service to start Trunk Recorder automatically

Homebrew will automatically upgrade Trunk Recorder as new stable versions are released
```
brew update
brew upgrade
```
Installs using the --HEAD option require an additional command to pull updates from the Trunk Recorder repository
```
brew upgrade trunk-recorder --fetch-HEAD
```

Remove packages provided by this tap
```
brew remove trunk-recorder gr-osmosdr
```
Untap the GitHub repository
```
brew untap trunkrecorder/install
```

This Homebrew tap provides the following third-party packages:

Package	Description
trunk-recorder	Trunked & Conventional Radio Recorder
gr-osmosdr	Osmocom GNU Radio Blocks v0.2.6 update of the original formula no longer available in `homebrew-core`