# Install cjdns with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Advanced mesh routing system with cryptographic addressing. Version 22.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cjdns ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cjdns ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install cjdns ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/cjdns/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add cjdns ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cjdns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cjdns ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cj/cjdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cjdns ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cjdns from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cjdns - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 22.3 - **Source summary:** Advanced mesh routing system with cryptographic addressing - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cjdnstool (cli) - cjdroute (cli) - cjdnstool (alias) - cjdroute (alias) ## Dependencies - libsodium ## Build dependencies - node - pkgconf - rust ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 22.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns - Upstream latest detected: cjdns-v22.3 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage cjdns is an encrypted IPv6 mesh-routing system that derives addresses from public keys and uses a distributed hash table for routing. It is packaged as a command-line/network daemon stack centered on `cjdroute`. ### Project history The official repository was created in 2011 and describes cjdns as an encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing. Its whitepaper frames the project as a clean-slate response to Internet routing, security, decentralization, and ease-of-configuration problems. The project goals document emphasizes built-in security, auto-configuration, decentralization, and scalability for mesh-like networks. ### Adoption history The batch input records cjdns packages in Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch/pacman. The upstream README includes Linux and macOS build instructions, an installer-project option, and localized README translations, all signs of a project aimed at technically capable operators across Unix-like systems. ### How it is used Users build or install cjdns, generate `/etc/cjdroute.conf` with `cjdroute --genconf`, protect that file because it contains node identity material, and run the router to join encrypted peer networks. ### Why package nerds care cjdns is package-nerd significant because it is not just a daemon: it packages a whole alternate-networking experiment with crypto identity, TUN/TAP setup, peer configuration, and routing assumptions. It stresses distro policy around networking privileges, service setup, generated secrets, and fast-moving low-level dependencies. ### Timeline - 2011: Official GitHub repository created. - 2011: Early tags include cjdns-0.1, cjdns-0.2, and cjdns-0.3. - 2026: Official GitHub repository metadata shows continuing activity. ### Related projects - The official README points to cjdns.sh as a pre-built binary installer option. - The official whitepaper compares the problem space with IPsec, DNSSEC, LISP, OLSR, HSLS, and BATMAN. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: /etc/cjdroute.conf ## Credential files - Unix: /etc/cjdroute.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cjdns - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - cjdns: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cj/cjdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - cjdns - 22.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cjdns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use | https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns - apk - cjdns-doc - 22.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cjdns-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use (documentation) | https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns - apk - cjdns-openrc - 22.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cjdns-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns - pacman - cjdns - 22.3-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cjdns from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use | https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns - MacPorts - cjdns: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/cjdns/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [babeld](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/babeld/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ipv6, mesh-networking, networking, routing. - [olsrd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/olsrd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, mesh-networking, networking, routing. - [ahcpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ahcpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ipv6, networking. - [asroute](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/asroute/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [bgpdump](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bgpdump/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [ddns-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ddns-go/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ipv6, networking. - [grepip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grepip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ipv6, networking. - [inadyn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/inadyn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ipv6, networking. - [nebula](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nebula/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, mesh, mesh-networking, networking. - [copyparty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/copyparty/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, libsodium, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cjdns.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cjdns.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph