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dropbear mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für dropbear in AI-Agent-Workflows.

Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install dropbear

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dropbear · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install dropbear

Debian stable package indexes · dropbear · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install dropbear

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dropbear · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#dropbear

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dr/dropbear/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S dropbear

Arch Linux sync databases · dropbear · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Small SSH server/client for POSIX-based system

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

dbclient
dropbear
dropbearconvert
dropbearkey

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Dropbear is a compact SSH server and client suite for POSIX systems, best known in package-manager culture as the SSH implementation people reach for when OpenSSH is too large or too operationally heavy. It provides `dropbear` for the server, `dbclient` for the client, and key/conversion utilities in a deliberately small package.

Projektgeschichte

Dropbear development started in October 2002, with the first public release, 0.28, appearing on April 6, 2003. The early changelog shows the project quickly adding practical SSH server features such as syslog support, X11 forwarding, agent forwarding, local TCP forwarding, OpenSSH key conversion, and Debian packaging support during 2003.

The project has remained active for decades rather than becoming a frozen embedded artifact. Its current changelog includes 2026 releases with security fixes, scp hardening, algorithm-query support, forwarding improvements, and behavior changes made in response to modern SSH and libc realities.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Dropbear was adopted heavily by embedded Linux distributions, rescue environments, routers, initramfs setups, and minimal systems because it can provide SSH access with a much smaller footprint than a full OpenSSH deployment. Its package availability across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, and Nix reflects that cross-platform utility.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical package usage includes running `dropbear` as a lightweight SSH daemon, using `dbclient` as a small SSH client, generating host keys with `dropbearkey`, and converting keys with `dropbearconvert`. The documented host-key paths and OpenSSH-compatible authorized_keys behavior make it especially useful where users need interoperable SSH without installing the full OpenSSH stack.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Dropbear is package-nerd significant because it embodies the classic small-tools tradeoff: enough SSH compatibility for real deployments, intentionally less bulk than OpenSSH, and build-time options for constrained systems. It is also one of the few packages whose value is obvious both to embedded firmware builders and to people maintaining recovery shells on ordinary Unix systems.

Zeitleiste

2002: Development starts in October.
2003: Dropbear 0.28 is released as the initial public release.
2003: `dropbearconvert`, Debian packaging support, X11 forwarding, agent forwarding, and early TCP forwarding appear in subsequent 0.3x releases.
2026: Releases 2026.90 and 2026.91 include security, scp, forwarding, and compatibility fixes.

Related projects

OpenSSH is the main compatibility reference and the larger alternative implementation.
LibTomCrypt and LibTomMath were part of Dropbear's early cryptographic/math dependency story.
BusyBox-style and embedded Linux systems are common deployment neighbors because they share the same small-footprint design pressure.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden

Für dropbear wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.ssh/authorized_keys~/.ssh/id_dropbear/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key/etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key/etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key/etc/dropbear/dropbear_ed25519_host_key

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`dbclient`	cli	globales Executable
`dropbear`	cli	globales Executable
`dropbearconvert`	cli	globales Executable
`dropbearkey`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version2026.94

Manager aktualisiert2026-07-23

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.htmlnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:dropbear
Version	2026.94
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dropbear
Homepage	https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
Repository	https://github.com/mkj/dropbear
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/mkj/dropbear#readme
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/dropbear-2026.94.tar.bz2
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-07-23T16:36:51Z
Pulse	updated
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	libxcrypt
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	dropbear
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

dropbear 2025.89-1~deb13u1

lightweight SSH2 server and client - startup scripts

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apt install dropbear

Section: net
Architecture: all
1 Abhängigkeiten
3 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: dropbear from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

dropbear-bin 2025.89-1~deb13u1

lightweight SSH2 server and client - command line tools

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apt install dropbear-bin

Section: net
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: dropbear
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: dropbear-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

dropbear-initramfs 2025.89-1~deb13u1

lightweight SSH2 server and client - initramfs integration

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apt install dropbear-initramfs

Section: net
Architecture: all
Source Package: dropbear
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: dropbear-initramfs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

dropbear

nix profile install nixpkgs#dropbear

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dr/dropbear/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

dropbear 2022.83-4

lightweight SSH2 server and client - startup scripts

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apt install dropbear

Section: universe/net
Architecture: all
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dropbear from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

dropbear-bin 2022.83-4

lightweight SSH2 server and client - command line tools

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apt install dropbear-bin

Section: universe/net
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: dropbear
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dropbear-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

dropbear-initramfs 2022.83-4

lightweight SSH2 server and client - initramfs integration

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apt install dropbear-initramfs

Section: universe/net
Architecture: all
Source Package: dropbear
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dropbear-initramfs from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

dropbear 2026.91-r0

small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dropbear-convert 2026.91-r0

dropbear dropbearconvert command

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear-convert

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-convert from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dropbear-dbclient 2026.91-r0

dropbear dbclient command

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear-dbclient

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-dbclient from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dropbear-doc 2026.91-r0

small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments (documentation)

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear-doc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dropbear-nftrules 2026.91-r0

small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments (nftables ruleset)

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear-nftrules

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-nftrules from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dropbear-openrc 2026.91-r0

small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments (OpenRC init scripts)

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear-openrc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dropbear-scp 2026.91-r0

dropbear scp support

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear-scp

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-scp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

dropbear-ssh 2026.91-r0

dropbear ssh command (compatibility symlink for dbclient)

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo apk add dropbear-ssh

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-ssh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

dropbear 2026.91-1.fc45

Lightweight SSH server and client

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

sudo dnf install dropbear

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dropbear
9 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Dropbear

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dropbear from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/dropbear.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

dropbear mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Configuration and credential file locations

Credential files

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen