Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install spoof-mac

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#spoof-mac

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sp/spoof-mac/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Spoof your MAC address in macOS

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

spoof-mac
spoof-mac.py

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

SpoofMAC is a small Python command-line utility for changing a network interface MAC address, originally centered on making the macOS workflow less tedious and later extended to Windows and Linux.

Projektgeschichte

The project README says it was created because changing a MAC address on Mac OS X was harder than it should be, especially because the Wi-Fi interface needed to be disassociated before the new address would apply. The public GitHub repository was created in 2011 and the README changelog records an original 0.0.0 version, a later rewrite to conform to PEP 8, Windows and Linux support in 1.2.0, and Python 3 support in 2.0.0.

Adoptionsgeschichte

SpoofMAC entered package-manager culture as a quick installable CLI for a task often otherwise done with platform-specific network commands. The input records Homebrew and Nix packaging, and the upstream README also documents PyPI installation with pip or easy_install.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is interactive terminal administration: list interfaces, randomize an interface address, set a specific address, or try to reset an interface back to its original address. The README also documents an optional launchd setup for macOS users who want a spoofed address applied at startup.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package maintainers care about SpoofMAC because it wraps divergent macOS, Linux, and Windows network behavior behind one executable. It is the kind of tiny system utility that benefits from package-manager delivery: users want it in PATH, with Python dependencies and executable names handled for them.

Zeitleiste

2011: GitHub repository created.
1.2.0: Windows and Linux support added.
2.0.0: Python 3 support added.
2018: Last recorded repository push in GitHub metadata.

Related projects

The SpoofMAC README points to `spoof`, a Node.js port, as a related project.

Quellen

https://api.github.com/repos/feross/SpoofMAC: official repository metadata including creation date and popularity signals.
https://github.com/feross/SpoofMAC README: motivation, install, usage, changelog, related port.
input.source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew and Nix package-manager presence.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

formula declares a Homebrew service

Signale

metadata:service

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Formelmetadaten deklarieren einen Service- oder Daemon-Block.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`spoof-mac`	cli	globales Executable
`spoof-mac.py`	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 generiert2026-07-08

Manager-Version2.1.1

Manager aktualisiert2026-06-15

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://feross.org/spoofmac/

InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://feross.org/spoofmac/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:spoof-mac
Version	2.1.1
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/spoof-mac
Homepage	https://feross.org/spoofmac/
Repository	https://github.com/feross/SpoofMAC
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://feross.org/spoofmac
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9c/59/cc52a4c5d97b01fac7ff048353f8dc96f217eadc79022f78455e85144028/SpoofMAC-2.1.1.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-06-15T10:21:20-04:00
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	python@3.14
Bottle	verfügbar (auf all)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	declared
Einschränkungen	Although spoof-mac can run without root, you must be root to change the MAC. The launchdaemon is set to randomize en0. You can find the interfaces available by running: "spoof-mac list" If you wish to change interface randomized at startup change the plist line: <string>en0</string> to e.g.: <string>en1</string>

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	spoof-mac
Version Scheme	0
Revision	5
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.

Nix95%

spoof-mac

nix profile install nixpkgs#spoof-mac

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Spoof Mac

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

Paketgraph

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

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/spoof-mac.yml

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

spoof-mac mit Homebrew, Nix installieren