macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install bgpdump with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix
C library for analyzing MRT/Zebra/Quagga dump files. Version 1.6.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install bgpdumpDebian stable package indexes · bgpdump · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
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Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#bgpdumpnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bg/bgpdump/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
C library for analyzing MRT/Zebra/Quagga dump files
Project links
Commands and aliases
- bgpdump
history
Project history and usage
bgpdump is a RIPE NCC-maintained command-line utility and C library for parsing MRT files and dumps produced by Zebra or Quagga, used in BGP routing analysis workflows.
Project history
The official README describes libBGPdump as a C library for analyzing Zebra/Quagga or MRT dump files. The ChangeLog shows maintenance history back to at least 2005, with work on IPv6 output, ASN32 support, TABLE_DUMP_V2, 32-bit ASN output, Darwin fixes, Add-Path support, BGP Large Communities, and later GitHub release/tag migration.
The current GitHub repository was created in October 2019 after earlier history on RIPE NCC infrastructure and Bitbucket, which the ChangeLog notes became the development home in 2011.
Adoption history
bgpdump's adoption is mostly in network-operations and routing-research packaging rather than general developer tooling. The input records Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Nix packages, consistent with a utility needed wherever MRT archives and BGP dump files are processed.
How it is used
Users run bgpdump to decode MRT/BGP data into readable or machine-processable output, or link against the C library in routing-analysis software. It is especially relevant around Route Views, RIS, Zebra/Quagga-derived dumps, and archived BGP update/table data.
Why package nerds care
bgpdump is package-nerd significant as infrastructure plumbing: small, old, format-specific, and kept alive because many routing datasets and analysis scripts depend on stable MRT parsing. Its history is less glamorous than newer CLIs, but it is exactly the kind of package that keeps network measurement tooling reproducible.
Timeline
- 2005: ChangeLog records IPv6-prefix output fixes.
- 2006: ASN32 support added.
- 2007: TABLE_DUMP_V2 support added.
- 2011: Development moved to Bitbucket according to the ChangeLog.
- 2016: v1.5.0 released with security, crash, memory-leak, and thread-safety fixes.
- 2018: v1.6.0 released with large-record and quiet-mode fixes.
- 2019: GitHub repository created.
- 2020: v1.6.1/v1.6.2 release/tag migration and version fixes.
Related projects
- Related projects include RIPE RIS tooling, CAIDA BGPStream, Route Views data tools, Zebra/Quagga and FRRouting, and other MRT/BGP parsers used in routing research.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
bgpdump | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.6.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.6.2
https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:bgpdump |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.6.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bgpdump |
| Homepage | https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump/wiki |
| Repository | https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump/wiki |
| License | GPL-2.0-only |
| Source archive | https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.2.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | autoconf |
| Uses from macOS | bzip2 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | bgpdump |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
bgpdump 1.6.2-3
Translate binary zebra/quagga/MRT files into readable output
https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump
sudo apt install bgpdump- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bgpdump
Nix95%
bgpdump
nix profile install nixpkgs#bgpdump- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bgpdump
Ubuntu apt95%
bgpdump 1.6.2-2
Translate binary zebra/quagga/MRT files into readable output
https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump
sudo apt install bgpdump- Section: universe/admin
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bgpdump
dnf95%
bgpdump 1.6.2-8.fc44
MRT file reader for handling BGP related data
https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/bgpdump/wiki
sudo dnf install bgpdump- License: MIT AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libbgpdump
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bgpdump
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- 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