macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install wireguard-toolslocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install wireguard-toolsMacPorts ports tree · net/wireguard-tools/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
wireguard-tools mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren
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Installation
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add wireguard-toolsAlpine Linux edge package indexes · wireguard-tools · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install wireguard-toolsDebian stable package indexes · wireguard-tools · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install wireguard-toolsFedora Rawhide package metadata · wireguard-tools · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wireguard-toolsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wi/wireguard-tools/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S wireguard-toolsArch Linux sync databases · wireguard-tools · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install wireguard-toolsopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · wireguard-tools · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Tools for the WireGuard secure network tunnel
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- wg
- wg-quick
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
wireguard-tools is the command-line companion package for WireGuard. It supplies `wg`, the low-level configuration utility, and `wg-quick`, the convenience script that turns simple interface configuration files into working tunnels.
Projektgeschichte
WireGuard was designed around a deliberately small kernel or userspace tunnel implementation plus simple userspace configuration. The official repositories page identifies wireguard-tools as the cross-platform userspace tooling for configuring WireGuard implementations, including `wg(8)` and `wg-quick(8)`.
`wg` became the protocol-specific tool for setting and reading interface state, peers, keys, endpoints, allowed IPs, handshakes, and transfer counters. `wg-quick` grew into the pragmatic wrapper for common host setups: it reads an interface-named config file, adds the interface, assigns addresses, configures routes, and then tears that setup down again on request.
Adoptionsgeschichte
The tools package became the everyday interface to WireGuard both before and after the protocol reached Linux 5.6. Before mainline inclusion, it paired with out-of-tree kernel modules and userspace implementations; after inclusion, it remained necessary because the kernel feature alone does not provide the user-facing `wg` and `wg-quick` commands.
Its cross-platform scope also matters: the official project describes wireguard-tools as tooling for WireGuard implementations rather than only for Linux. Package ecosystems therefore treat it as the stable CLI surface that can sit on top of kernel drivers, BSD ports, macOS interfaces, Windows support, and wireguard-go.
Wie es verwendet wird
`wg` is used for precise interface inspection and configuration: showing runtime status, setting peers, applying keys, and dumping machine-readable state for scripts. It is the command admins reach for when they need to see whether a tunnel has handshaken or exactly which allowed IPs are active.
`wg-quick` is the fast path for common deployments. It looks for an interface config such as `/etc/wireguard/wg0.conf`, applies WireGuard settings, assigns addresses, and infers routes from peer allowed IPs, while still allowing more advanced users to bypass it and call `wg` plus platform networking commands directly.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
This is the package that turns WireGuard from a kernel feature or protocol implementation into something shell users can operate. For many systems, installing WireGuard really means installing the tunnel implementation plus wireguard-tools.
The package is also beloved in automation because `wg` has script-friendly output and `wg-quick` keeps the common one-file tunnel pattern boring. That combination made WireGuard unusually approachable for sysadmins compared with older VPN stacks that relied on larger daemon configurations and certificate-heavy workflows.
Zeitleiste
- 2017: The WireGuard paper describes a separate userspace `wg(8)` tool for configuration.
- 2019: WireGuard is accepted into the net-next path toward Linux 5.6, increasing the importance of stable userspace tooling around the kernel implementation.
- 2020: Linux 5.6 ships WireGuard support; wireguard-tools remains the common CLI package for configuring it.
- 2026: The upstream cgit repository continues to publish tagged wireguard-tools releases and cross-platform fixes.
Related projects
- wireguard-go can create a userspace WireGuard interface that is then configured with `wg`.
- NetworkManager and desktop network settings tools can cover higher-level workflows, but wireguard-tools remains the reference command-line layer.
Quellen
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 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 2 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
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.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/etc/wireguard/INTERFACE.conf
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
/etc/wireguard/INTERFACE.conf
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
wg | cli | globales Executable | |
wg-quick | 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 generiert2026-07-26
Manager-Version1.0.20260223
Manager aktualisiert2026-05-18
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
- InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.wireguard.com/none Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:wireguard-tools |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.20260223 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wireguard-tools |
| Homepage | https://www.wireguard.com/ |
| Repository | https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-tools |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://www.wireguard.com/compilation |
| Lizenz | GPL-2.0-only |
| Quellarchiv | https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-tools/snapshot/wireguard-tools-1.0.20260223.tar.xz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-05-18T12:02:02-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | bash, wireguard-go |
| 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 | wireguard-tools |
| 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 |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
wireguard-tools 1.0.20210914-3
fast, modern, secure kernel VPN tunnel (userland utilities)
sudo apt install wireguard-tools- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireguard
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 6 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
Nix95%
wireguard-tools
nix profile install nixpkgs#wireguard-tools- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
Ubuntu apt95%
wireguard-tools 1.0.20210914-1ubuntu4
fast, modern, secure kernel VPN tunnel (userland utilities)
sudo apt install wireguard-tools- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: wireguard
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 4 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
apk95%
wireguard-tools 1.0.20260223-r0
Next generation secure network tunnel: userspace tools
sudo apk add wireguard-tools- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
apk95%
wireguard-tools-bash-completion 1.0.20260223-r0
Bash completions for wireguard-tools
sudo apk add wireguard-tools-bash-completion- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
apk95%
wireguard-tools-doc 1.0.20260223-r0
Next generation secure network tunnel: userspace tools (documentation)
sudo apk add wireguard-tools-doc- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
apk95%
wireguard-tools-openrc 1.0.20260223-r0
Next generation secure network tunnel: userspace tools (OpenRC init scripts)
sudo apk add wireguard-tools-openrc- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
apk95%
wireguard-tools-systemd 1.0.20260223-r0
Next generation secure network tunnel: userspace tools (systemd files)
sudo apk add wireguard-tools-systemd- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
apk95%
wireguard-tools-wg 1.0.20260223-r0
Next generation secure network tunnel: userspace tools (wg)
sudo apk add wireguard-tools-wg- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
apk95%
wireguard-tools-wg-quick 1.0.20260223-r0
Next generation secure network tunnel: userspace tools (wg-quick)
sudo apk add wireguard-tools-wg-quick- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
dnf95%
wireguard-tools 1.0.20260223-1.fc45
Fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel
sudo dnf install wireguard-tools- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- 4 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
pacman95%
wireguard-tools 1.0.20260223-1
next generation secure network tunnel - tools for configuration
sudo pacman -S wireguard-tools- License: GPL
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
zypper95%
wireguard-tools 1.0.20260223-1.2
WireGuard userspace tools
sudo zypper install wireguard-tools- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Productivity/Networking/Security
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wireguard-tools
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
MacPorts95%
wireguard-tools
sudo port install wireguard-tools- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Wireguard Tools
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