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netcat mit Homebrew, dnf, Nix, apt, pacman, scoop, zypper installieren

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InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install netcat

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install netcat

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

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#netcat

nixpkgs package indexes · netcat · Quelle: raw.githubusercontent.com

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install netcat-traditional

Debian stable package indexes · netcat-traditional · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S openbsd-netcat

Arch Linux sync databases · openbsd-netcat · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install netcat-openbsd

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · netcat-openbsd · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/netcat

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/netcat.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Utility for managing network connections

Befehle und Aliase

  • nc
  • netcat

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Homebrew's netcat formula packages GNU Netcat 0.7.1, a GPL implementation of the classic nc-style tool for reading and writing TCP/UDP connections. Its own homepage frames it as both a scriptable back-end and a network debugging/exploration utility, with outbound and inbound connections, tunneling, and port-scanning features.

Projektgeschichte

GNU Netcat is separate from the original Hobbit netcat lineage. The GNU project page records active development milestones in 2002, including a beta label starting with version 0.4 on May 15, 2002, and a core rewrite beginning around version 0.3 on May 2, 2002. The downloads page lists 0.7.1 as the current version and gives its release date as January 11, 2004; that long-stable release is what Homebrew distributes.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The package's adoption is mostly legacy and compatibility-driven rather than fast-moving. On July 1, 2026, the Homebrew formula page showed 12,774 installs over 365 days and 790 installs over 30 days, evidence that people still install this GNU variant even though many systems also ship OpenBSD nc, Nmap ncat, or other netcat-compatible tools.

Wie es verwendet wird

Package nerds use it for quick socket plumbing: listen on a port, connect to a host and port, test TCP/UDP reachability, move bytes between shell pipelines and sockets, or build small ad hoc tunnels. The important packaging detail is that behavior and flags vary across netcat implementations, so installing brew:netcat is often a way to get the old GNU semantics intentionally instead of relying on the platform-provided nc.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

This is a small but historically important compatibility package: not glamorous, not actively evolving, but useful when scripts expect GNU Netcat's option set. Its significance is mostly in being one of the archetypal Unix network Swiss-army-knife tools and a source of recurring packaging confusion because nc/netcat names are shared by several implementations.

Zeitleiste

  • 2002-05-02: GNU netcat 0.3 development and a core rewrite were announced on the project news page.
  • 2002-05-15: GNU Netcat entered beta status with version 0.4.
  • 2004-01-11: GNU Netcat 0.7.1 was released.
  • 2026-07-01: Homebrew listed stable version 0.7.1 and 12,774 installs over 365 days.

Related projects

  • OpenBSD netcat
  • Nmap ncat
  • socat

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

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

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

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

Signale

  • text:network

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
nccliglobales Executable
netcatcliglobales 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-Version0.7.1
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://netcat.sourceforge.net/

  • InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
  • InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://netcat.sourceforge.net/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:netcat
Version0.7.1
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/netcat
Homepagehttps://netcat.sourceforge.net/
Repositoryhttps://sourceforge.net/p/netcat/code/HEAD/tree
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://netcat.sourceforge.net/
LizenzGPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchivhttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/netcat/netcat/0.7.1/netcat-0.7.1.tar.bz2
Build-Abhängigkeitenautoconf, automake
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namenetcat
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

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

Debian apt95%

netcat-traditional 1.10-50

TCP/IP swiss army knife

http://www.stearns.org/nc/

sudo apt install netcat-traditional
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: netcat
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Netcat
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: netcat-traditional from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

netcat

nix profile install nixpkgs#netcat
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Netcat
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: netcat from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

netcat-traditional 1.10-48

TCP/IP swiss army knife

http://www.stearns.org/nc/

sudo apt install netcat-traditional
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: netcat
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Netcat
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: netcat-traditional from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

netcat 1.238-1.fc45

OpenBSD netcat to read and write data across connections using TCP or UDP

https://man.openbsd.org/nc.1

sudo dnf install netcat
  • License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: netcat
  • 7 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Netcat
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: netcat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

openbsd-netcat 1.238_1-1

TCP/IP swiss army knife. OpenBSD variant.

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/netcat-openbsd

sudo pacman -S openbsd-netcat
  • License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Netcat
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: openbsd-netcat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

netcat-openbsd 1.229-1.3

TCP/IP swiss army knife

https://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/nc/

sudo zypper install netcat-openbsd
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Productivity/Networking/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: netcat-openbsd
  • 3 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Netcat
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: netcat-openbsd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
Scoop95%

main/netcat

scoop install main/netcat
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Netcat
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/netcat.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf92%

nmap-ncat 7.92-9.fc45

Nmap's Netcat replacement

http://nmap.org/

sudo dnf install nmap-ncat
  • License: LicenseRef-Nmap
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nmap
  • 9 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 stellt bereit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nc
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nmap-ncat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Verwandte Tools

  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Gleicher Workflow

  • net-toolsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-utilities, networking.
  • udptunnelShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp, udp.
  • chisel-tunnelShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp, udp.
  • dishShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp.
  • dns2tcpShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp.
  • iperfShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp, udp.

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.

Verwendete Quellen

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