# iodine mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:iodine
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install iodine
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install iodine
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/iodine/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add iodine
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iodine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install iodine
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install iodine
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#iodine
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S iodine
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: iodine from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install iodine
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iodine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:iodine
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/iodine>
- **Version:** 0.8.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Tunnel IPv4 traffic through a DNS server
- **Homepage:** <https://code.kryo.se/iodine>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/yarrick/iodine>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://code.kryo.se/iodine>
- **Lizenz:** ISC
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/yarrick/iodine/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.0.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- iodine (cli)
- iodined (cli)
- iodine (Alias)
- iodined (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- cmake

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 0.8.0
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/yarrick/iodine
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.8.0 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

iodine is a DNS tunneling client/server pair for carrying IPv4 traffic through DNS queries and responses. Its upstream documentation frames it as useful in networks where broader Internet access is firewalled but DNS queries are still allowed.

### Projektgeschichte

The project published version 0.3.0 as its first public release on 2006-06-24 with Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD support. Subsequent releases added Mac OS X support, authentication, multiuser operation, manpages, several DNS response encodings, Windows support, raw UDP mode, SELinux and systemd-related support, and IPv6 transport support for parts of the connection path while keeping tunneled payloads IPv4.

iodine's development history is especially visible in its changelog because many features correspond to real-world DNS-relay behavior: fragment-size probing, alternative record types, Base32/Base64/Base128 encodings, hostname-length controls, and workarounds for relays that rewrite or time out unusual DNS traffic.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The package became a standard small networking utility across Unix-like package managers. The Homebrew formula packages versioned GitHub tag archives and bottles it for macOS and Linux targets, while the input package metadata also lists iodine in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, and openSUSE-style ecosystems.

### Wie es verwendet wird

iodine is normally used as an iodined server bound to a delegated DNS subdomain and an iodine client that opens a TUN-style interface. The README emphasizes that the server and client should speak the same protocol version, that users need control over a real domain for routed use, and that tunneled traffic is not encrypted by iodine itself.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, iodine is the classic example of a small C networking tool whose packaging value is not just the binary but the platform glue around TUN/TAP devices, resolver behavior, DNS record quirks, and optional OS integration. Its formula is a compact package-manager artifact for a famously odd transport layer.

### Zeitleiste

- 2006: First public release, version 0.3.0.
- 2007: Version 0.4.0 added multiuser support, authentication, and a manpage.
- 2009: Version 0.5.x added Windows support and downstream fragmentation/autoprobing improvements.
- 2010: Version 0.6.0-rc1 added raw UDP mode and more query-type support.
- 2014: Version 0.7.0 added partial IPv6 path support, systemd socket activation, and an authentication-bypass fix.
- 2023: Version 0.8.0 added native Mac OS X utun support, server-side IPv6 listening support, wildcard-domain handling, and other portability updates.

### Related projects

- iodine belongs to the DNS-tunnel family of tools and is commonly compared by function rather than code lineage with utilities that tunnel IP or proxy traffic through constrained network egress paths. Its own docs recommend layering SSH or a VPN over the tunnel when confidentiality matters.

### Quellen

- <https://code.kryo.se/iodine>
- <https://code.kryo.se/iodine/README.html>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/iodine>
- <https://github.com/yarrick/iodine>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yarrick/iodine/master/CHANGELOG>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** iodine
- **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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - iodine - 0.7.0-11: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: iodine from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tool for tunneling IPv4 data through a DNS server | https://code.kryo.se/iodine
- Nix - iodine: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/io/iodine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - iodine - 0.7.0-10: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iodine from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tool for tunneling IPv4 data through a DNS server | https://code.kryo.se/iodine
- apk - iodine - 0.8.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iodine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP over DNS tunnel | https://code.kryo.se/iodine/
- apk - iodine-doc - 0.8.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iodine-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP over DNS tunnel (documentation) | https://code.kryo.se/iodine/
- dnf - iodine - 0.8.0-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iodine from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Solution to tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server | http://code.kryo.se/iodine/
- dnf - iodine-client - 0.8.0-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iodine-client from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Client part of solution to tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server | http://code.kryo.se/iodine/
- dnf - iodine-server - 0.8.0-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iodine-server from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Server part of solution to tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server | http://code.kryo.se/iodine/
- pacman - iodine - 0.8.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: iodine from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server | https://code.kryo.se/iodine
- zypper - iodine - 0.8.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iodine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | IPv4-through-DNS tunnel server and client | http://code.kryo.se/iodine/
- MacPorts - iodine: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/iodine/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [bind](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [c-ares](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/c-ares/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [chinadns-c](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/chinadns-c/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [ddclient](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ddclient/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [ddns-go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ddns-go/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, ipv4, networking.
- [dug](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [inadyn](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/inadyn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, ipv4, networking.
- [knot](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/knot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [corkscrew](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/corkscrew/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, through, tunnel, tunneling.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/iodine.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/iodine.yml)


## Quellen

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