install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install dumbpipe

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#dumbpipe

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/du/dumbpipe/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/dumbpipe

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/dumbpipe.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Unix pipes between devices

Project links

Commands and aliases

dumbpipe

history

Project history and usage

dumbpipe is a Rust CLI for making Unix-pipe-like network connections between devices using iroh, QUIC, NAT traversal, relays, endpoint identifiers, and TLS.

Project history

The project started in late 2023 in the n0-computer ecosystem as an example of using iroh to connect machines with a QUIC connection. Its README explicitly positions it as netcat-inspired, but with endpoint IDs instead of IP addresses and encrypted connections.

Adoption history

dumbpipe moved quickly through regular 0.x releases and became available through Cargo, GitHub Releases, Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop. Crates.io describes it as a CLI for piping data over the network with NAT hole punching, which is the core adoption pitch.

How it is used

The README examples show dumbpipe as a general transport: streaming video with ffmpeg and ffplay, sharing terminal sessions with tty-share, forwarding local development web servers, forwarding Unix sockets such as Zellij sessions, and connecting to custom iroh ALPN protocols.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, dumbpipe is the friendly executable face of the iroh stack: a small CLI that turns modern peer-to-peer transport primitives into shell-pipeline workflows. It sits in the same mental space as netcat, ssh port forwarding, magic-wormhole-style transfer tools, and localtunnel-style dev sharing, but exposes iroh's endpoint-ticket model.

Timeline

2023: GitHub repository is created.
2023: v0.1.0 is published on GitHub Releases and the crate appears on crates.io.
2026: v0.39.0 is published and packaged as Homebrew stable 0.39.0.

Related projects

Related projects include iroh, netcat, ffmpeg, ffplay, tty-share, Zellij, iroh-blobs, and other peer-to-peer or NAT-traversing file and port forwarding tools.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dumbpipe. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

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
`dumbpipe`	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 version0.39.0

manager updated2026-06-15

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.39.0

https://github.com/n0-computer/dumbpipe

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:dumbpipe
Version	0.39.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dumbpipe
Homepage	https://dumbpipe.dev
Repository	https://github.com/n0-computer/dumbpipe
Upstream docs	https://www.dumbpipe.dev/docs
License	MIT OR Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/n0-computer/dumbpipe/archive/refs/tags/v0.39.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-15T16:24:03Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	rust
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	dumbpipe
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

dumbpipe

nix profile install nixpkgs#dumbpipe

normalized package name match
Matched by: Dumbpipe

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

Scoop95%

main/dumbpipe

scoop install main/dumbpipe

normalized package name match
Matched by: Dumbpipe

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dumbpipe.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/dumbpipe.yml

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

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