# Install swaks

SMTP command-line test tool. Version 20240103.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:swaks
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install swaks
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install swaks
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: perl/swaks/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add swaks
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: swaks from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install swaks
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install swaks
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: swaks from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#swaks
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S swaks
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install swaks
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: swaks from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:swaks
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/swaks>
- **Version:** 20240103.0
- **Source summary:** SMTP command-line test tool
- **Homepage:** <https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jetmore/swaks>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/jetmore/swaks/blob/v20240103.0/doc/base.pod>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/files/swaks-20240103.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- swaks (cli)
- swaks (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 20240103.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** swaks
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - swaks - 20240103.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: swaks from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | SMTP command-line test tool | https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
- Nix - swaks: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sw/swaks/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - swaks - 20240103.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: swaks from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SMTP command-line test tool | https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
- apk - swaks - 20240103.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: swaks from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Swiss Army Knife for SMTP | https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
- apk - swaks-doc - 20240103.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: swaks-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Swiss Army Knife for SMTP (documentation) | https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
- dnf - swaks - 20240103.0-5.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: swaks from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Command-line SMTP transaction tester | http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks
- pacman - swaks - 20240103.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: swaks from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Swiss Army Knife SMTP; Command line SMTP testing, including TLS and AUTH | https://jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
- zypper - swaks - 20240103.0-2.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: swaks from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Swiss Army Knife for SMTP | https://jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
- MacPorts - swaks: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: perl/swaks/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
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- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
