volume

Adjust the volume from the command line on macOS.

Installation

Using Homebrew:

brew tap dukecat0/taps
brew install dukecat0/taps/volume

Using Mint:

mint install dukecat0/volume@v0.1.0

Quick install (requires sudo for /usr/local/bin):

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dukecat0/volume/main/install.sh | sh

Install manually — download the binary from the release page and add it to your PATH.

Usage

OVERVIEW: Adjust the volume from the terminal.

USAGE: volume [--input] [--alert] [--all] [--device <name>] [--list-devices] <up|down|value>

ARGUMENTS:
  <up|down|value>         Use up or down to increase or decrease the volume.
                          Input a value(0-100) to adjust the volume.
                          Default to output volume.

OPTIONS:
  -i, --input             Set input volume.
  -a, --alert             Set alert volume.
  --all                   Set all volumes to the same level.
                          Including output, input and alert volume.
  -d, --device <name>     Set volume for a specific audio device by name.
  -l, --list-devices      List available audio output devices.
  --version               Show the version.
  -h, --help              Show help information.

Example

Increase the output volume:

$ volume up

Decrease the output volume:

$ volume down

Set the output volume to 10:

$ volume 10

Set the input volume to 60:

$ volume --input 60

Set the alert volume to 100:

$ volume --alert 100

Set all volume(including output, input and alert volume) to 50:

$ volume --all 50

Notes

If you want to adjust the volume from the command line faster, using alias would be a good choice:

alias vol="volume"