# Install dumbpipe with Homebrew, Nix, scoop Unix pipes between devices. Version 0.39.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dumbpipe ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dumbpipe ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dumbpipe ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dumbpipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/dumbpipe ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dumbpipe.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dumbpipe - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.39.0 - **Source summary:** Unix pipes between devices - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT OR Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T16:24:03Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dumbpipe (cli) - dumbpipe (alias) ## Build dependencies - 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: 0.39.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/n0-computer/dumbpipe - Upstream latest detected: v0.39.0 (current) ## 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 Notes 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. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dumbpipe - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dumbpipe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dumbpipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/dumbpipe: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dumbpipe.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [zyre](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zyre/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, peer-to-peer. - [nicotine-plus](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nicotine-plus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, peer-to-peer. - [sendme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sendme/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, peer-to-peer. - [wush](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wush/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, peer-to-peer. - [cloudflare-quiche](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudflare-quiche/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, quic. - [edgevpn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/edgevpn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, peer-to-peer. - [hysteria](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hysteria/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, quic. - [kubo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, peer-to-peer. - [coturn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coturn/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, nat, nat-traversal, networking, peer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dumbpipe.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dumbpipe.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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