# Install libcoap

Lightweight application-protocol for resource-constrained devices. Version 4.3.5b via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:libcoap
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install libcoap
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add libcoap
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install libcoap
```

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

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libcoap-devel
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:libcoap
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libcoap>
- **Version:** 4.3.5b
- **Source summary:** Lightweight application-protocol for resource-constrained devices
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/obgm/libcoap>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/obgm/libcoap>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://libcoap.net/doc/reference/4.3.5/man_coap.html>
- **License:** BSD-2-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/obgm/libcoap/archive/refs/tags/v4.3.5b.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- coap-client (cli)
- coap-client-openssl (cli)
- coap-rd (cli)
- coap-rd-openssl (cli)
- coap-server (cli)
- coap-server-openssl (cli)
- coap-client (alias)
- coap-client-openssl (alias)
- coap-rd (alias)
- coap-rd-openssl (alias)
- coap-server (alias)
- coap-server-openssl (alias)

## Dependencies

- openssl@3

## Build Dependencies

- autoconf
- automake
- libtool
- pkgconf

## 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: 4.3.5b
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/obgm/libcoap
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## セキュリティノート

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:** libcoap
- **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

- Nix - libcoap: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libcoap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - libcoap - 4.3.5b-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libcoap from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A CoAP (RFC 7252) implementation | https://libcoap.net/
- apk - libcoap-dev - 4.3.5b-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libcoap-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A CoAP (RFC 7252) implementation (development files) | https://libcoap.net/
- apk - libcoap-doc - 4.3.5b-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libcoap-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A CoAP (RFC 7252) implementation (documentation) | https://libcoap.net/
- dnf - libcoap - 4.3.5b-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libcoap from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | C library implementation of CoAP | https://libcoap.net/
- dnf - libcoap-devel - 4.3.5b-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libcoap-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Development package for libcoap | https://libcoap.net/
- dnf - libcoap-doc - 4.3.5b-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libcoap-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Documentation package for libcoap | https://libcoap.net/
- dnf - libcoap-utils - 4.3.5b-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libcoap-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Client and server CoAP utilities | https://libcoap.net/
- zypper - libcoap-devel - 4.3.5b-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libcoap-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libcoap | https://libcoap.net/
- zypper - libcoap-utils - 4.3.5b-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libcoap-utils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Utilities for Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) | https://libcoap.net/
- zypper - libcoap3-3 - 4.3.5b-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libcoap3-3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | C implementation of Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) | https://libcoap.net/


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