JackTrip Nix Flake

A standalone Nix flake for JackTrip - a high-quality audio network performance system for remote music collaboration over the Internet.

Features

• Cross-platform support: Linux and macOS (x86_64 and aarch64)
• Platform-optimized builds:
  • Linux: Full GUI with Virtual Studio (Qt6 WebEngine)
  • macOS: Classic GUI (Virtual Studio disabled due to Qt6 framework limitations)
• Reproducible builds: Fetches source from upstream with pinned hashes
• Development shell: Includes all necessary tools for development

Why?

I created this flake because the nixpkgs provided flake is not compatible with nix-darwin. Just a temporary solution while I test this flake to eventually contribute to nixpkgs.

Quick Start

Run JackTrip directly (no installation)

# Using flakes
nix run github:Cephalode/jacktrip-flake

# Check version
nix run github:Cephalode/jacktrip-flake -- --version

Install to your profile

# Using flakes
nix profile install github:Cephalode/jacktrip-flake

# Run
jacktrip --version

Try without installing

nix shell github:Cephalode/jacktrip-flake
jacktrip --version

Usage in Your Flake

Add to your flake.nix:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    jacktrip.url = "github:Cephalode/jacktrip-flake";
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, jacktrip }: {
    # Use jacktrip.packages.${system}.jacktrip in your configuration
  };
}

Development

Enter development shell

nix develop github:Cephalode/jacktrip-flake

The development shell includes:

• All build dependencies (Qt6, JACK, Meson, etc.)
• Development tools (clang-tools, cmake-format)
• Platform-specific tools (gdb, valgrind on Linux)

Build from source

nix develop github:Cephalode/jacktrip-flake
meson setup builddir -Dqtversion=6 -Djack=enabled
meson compile -C builddir
./builddir/jacktrip --version

Non-Flake Usage

For users not using flakes:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Cephalode/jacktrip-flake.git
cd jacktrip-flake

# Build
nix-build

# Run
./result/bin/jacktrip --version

Platform Notes

Linux

• Full GUI with Virtual Studio support
• Qt6 WebEngine enabled
• All features available

macOS

• Classic GUI mode
• Virtual Studio disabled (due to Qt6 framework header resolution issues in nixpkgs)
• All core functionality available for music performance

Build Options

The package is built with these options:

• Qt6
• JACK audio backend
• libsamplerate support
• No auto-updater (managed by Nix)
• No RtAudio (JACK-only)

About JackTrip

JackTrip is a multi-machine audio system for network music performance over the Internet. It supports any number of channels of bidirectional, high quality, uncompressed audio signal streaming with the JACK audio connection kit.

• Homepage: https://jacktrip.github.io/jacktrip/
• Upstream Repository: https://github.com/jacktrip/jacktrip
• Version: 2.7.1

License

This flake packaging is released under the MIT license.

JackTrip itself is released under MIT and GPL licenses. See the upstream LICENSE for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

Acknowledgments

Built with Claude Code.