# Install ncrack

Network authentication cracking tool. Version 0.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ncrack
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ncrack
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ncrack
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ncrack
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ncrack 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#ncrack
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ncrack
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:ncrack
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ncrack>
- **Version:** 0.7
- **Source summary:** Network authentication cracking tool
- **Homepage:** <https://nmap.org/ncrack/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nmap/ncrack>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://nmap.org/ncrack>
- **License:** LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/nmap/ncrack/archive/refs/tags/0.7.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- ncrack (cli)
- ncrack (alias)

## Dependencies

- openssl@3

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.7
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nmap/ncrack
- Upstream latest detected: 0.7 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Notes de sécurité

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ncrack
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ncrack - 0.7+debian-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ncrack from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | High-speed network authentication cracking tool | https://nmap.org/ncrack/
- Nix - ncrack: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nc/ncrack/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ncrack - 0.7+debian-5ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ncrack from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | High-speed network authentication cracking tool | https://nmap.org/ncrack/
- dnf - ncrack - 0.7-18.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ncrack from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | A high-speed network auth cracking tool | http://nmap.org/ncrack/
- pacman - ncrack - 0.7-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ncrack from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | High-speed network authentication cracking tool | https://nmap.org/ncrack/


## Related Links

- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [hydra](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/hydra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-auditing, security.
- [john](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/john/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-auditing, security.
- [sshtrix](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/sshtrix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-auditing, security.
- [krb5](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/krb5/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [cyrus-sasl](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/cyrus-sasl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [linux-pam](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/linux-pam/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [oath-toolkit](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/oath-toolkit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [stoken](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/stoken/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [hcxtools](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/hcxtools/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: auditing, cli, openssl, openssl-3, password.

## Sources

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