# Install freeradius-server with Homebrew, zypper High-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server. Version 3.2.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:freeradius-server ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install freeradius-server ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install freeradius-server ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:freeradius-server - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.2.10 - **Source summary:** High-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:40+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - checkrad (cli) - dhcpclient (cli) - map_unit (cli) - rad_counter (cli) - radattr (cli) - radclient (cli) - radcrypt (cli) - raddebug (cli) - radeapclient (cli) - radiusd (cli) - radlast (cli) - radmin (cli) - radsecret (cli) - radsniff (cli) - radsqlrelay (cli) - radtest (cli) - radwho (cli) - radzap (cli) - rc.radiusd (cli) - rlm_ippool_tool (cli) - rlm_sqlippool_tool (cli) - smbencrypt (cli) - checkrad (alias) - dhcpclient (alias) - map_unit (alias) - rad_counter (alias) - radattr (alias) - radclient (alias) - radcrypt (alias) - raddebug (alias) - radeapclient (alias) - radiusd (alias) - radlast (alias) - radmin (alias) - radsecret (alias) - radsniff (alias) - radsqlrelay (alias) - radtest (alias) - radwho (alias) - radzap (alias) - rc.radiusd (alias) - rlm_ippool_tool (alias) - rlm_sqlippool_tool (alias) - smbencrypt (alias) ## Dependencies - collectd - json-c - openssl@3 - python@3.14 - readline - sqlite - talloc ## Uses from macOS - krb5 - libpcap - libxcrypt - perl ## 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: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 3.2.10 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage FreeRADIUS Server is a high-performance, highly configurable open source RADIUS and multi-protocol policy server. It is one of the canonical AAA packages for ISPs, enterprises, education networks, Wi-Fi, VPNs, and identity infrastructure. ### Project history The official About page says FreeRADIUS was founded in June 1999 by Miquel van Smoorenburg and Alan DeKok, with an alpha release in August 1999 and version 0.1 in May 2001. The project later expanded beyond the server into related RADIUS client, Apache, and PAM modules. ### Adoption history The official site describes FreeRADIUS as the most widely used RADIUS server in the world, used by major ISPs, telecommunications companies, eduroam, cloud identity providers, equipment vendors, and token-card manufacturers. The supplied package facts list Homebrew and openSUSE for this Homebrew package record, while upstream also points users to project packages and release notes. ### How it is used Administrators run radiusd and related utilities to centralize authentication, authorization, and accounting for 802.1X Wi-Fi, dialup, PPPoE, VPN, VoIP, and other network access systems. The upstream README emphasizes starting from the default configuration, running radiusd -X for debugging, and making small tested configuration changes. ### Why package nerds care FreeRADIUS is a classic heavyweight network-service package: it ships a daemon, many CLI tools, policy language, modules, dictionaries, SQL and directory integrations, sample configuration, documentation, and support utilities. Package details such as default config paths, module installation, database backends, and debug symbols directly affect whether administrators can deploy it. ### Timeline - 1999: FreeRADIUS founded in June; first public alpha released in August. - 2001: Version 0.1 released in May. - 2010s: FreeRADIUS became a default open source RADIUS choice for ISPs, education roaming, and enterprise networks. - 2020s: The server is described by upstream as authenticating hundreds of millions of users daily and supporting RADIUS, DHCP, DNS, TACACS+, and VMPS. ### Related projects - Official related projects include freeradius-client, mod_auth_radius, and pam_radius_auth. FreeRADIUS is also closely tied to RADIUS, eduroam, SQL and LDAP backends, Active Directory, and network access equipment integrations. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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/raddb/radiusd.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** freeradius-server - **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 - zypper - freeradius-server - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | RADIUS Server | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-devel - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | FreeRADIUS Development Files | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-doc - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | FreeRADIUS Documentation | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-krb5 - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-krb5 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Kerberos 5 support for freeradius | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-ldap - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-ldap from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | LDAP support for freeradius | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-ldap-schemas - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-ldap-schemas from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | FreeRADIUS support for OpenLDAP | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-libs - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-libs from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | FreeRADIUS shared library | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-mysql - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-mysql from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | MySQL support for freeradius | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-perl - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-perl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Perl support for freeradius | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-postgresql - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-postgresql from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Postgresql support for freeradius | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-python3 - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-python3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Python3 support for freeradius | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-sqlite - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-sqlite from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | SQLite support for freeradius | http://www.freeradius.org/ - zypper - freeradius-server-utils - 3.2.8-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeradius-server-utils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | FreeRADIUS Clients | http://www.freeradius.org/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [collectd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/collectd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sqlite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlite/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [freediameter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freediameter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aaa, accounting, authentication, authorization, cli. - [gsasl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gsasl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, networking. - [openldap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openldap/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, networking, server. - [activemq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/activemq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, server. - [bind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, server. - [calicoctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/calicoctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-policy, networking. - [cntlm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cntlm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: authentication, cli, networking. - [coredns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coredns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, server. - [ntopng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ntopng/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, json, json-c, network, networking. - [ttyd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ttyd/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, json, json-c, networking, openssl. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/freeradius-server.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/freeradius-server.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