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Install gnunet with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, zypper

Framework for distributed, secure and privacy-preserving applications. Version 0.27.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gnunet

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gnunet

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gnunet · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gnunet

Debian stable package indexes · gnunet · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gnunet

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gnunet

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gnunet · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Framework for distributed, secure and privacy-preserving applications

Commands and aliases

  • gnunet-abd
  • gnunet-arm
  • gnunet-auto-share
  • gnunet-base32
  • gnunet-bugreport
  • gnunet-cadet
  • gnunet-config
  • gnunet-core
  • gnunet-datastore
  • gnunet-dht-get
  • gnunet-dht-hello
  • gnunet-dht-monitor
  • gnunet-dht-put
  • gnunet-did
  • gnunet-directory
  • gnunet-download
  • gnunet-ecc
  • gnunet-fs
  • gnunet-gns
  • gnunet-gns-proxy-setup-ca
  • gnunet-hello
  • gnunet-identity
  • gnunet-messenger
  • gnunet-namecache
  • gnunet-namestore
  • gnunet-namestore-dbtool
  • gnunet-namestore-zonefile
  • gnunet-nat
  • gnunet-nat-auto
  • gnunet-nat-server
  • gnunet-nse
  • gnunet-pils

history

Project history and usage

GNUnet is GNU's framework for decentralized, secure and privacy-preserving networking, built as a collection of services and command-line tools rather than a single end-user program.

Project history

The GNUnet documentation traces the project to 2001, when ideas for changing Freenet's file-sharing design proved too large for that project. The first release used the name GNet while the maintainers sought GNU approval; after adopting GNU governance, it became an official GNU package.

The system broadened from anonymous file sharing into a modular network stack. Early work produced GNU libextractor, then pluggable transports in 2003, peer-to-peer chat in 2005, GNU libmicrohttpd support for HTTP transport in 2007, and a multi-process architecture in 2009.

Research work from 2009 to 2014 produced major GNUnet subsystems including R5N DHT, CADET, ATS and the GNU Name System. Later projects such as secushare, GNU Taler, pEp metadata protection and Taler Systems helped keep GNUnet tied to privacy-preserving application research.

Adoption history

GNUnet's adoption has been strongest in free-software, privacy, peer-to-peer networking and academic research circles. Its own history notes that most contributions came from volunteers or people funded to do fundamental research, and that it remained an experimental system with known design and implementation limits.

How it is used

Practitioners use GNUnet by running a peer with gnunet-arm, configuring services in gnunet.conf and enabling selected subsystems such as file sharing, DHT operations, GNS naming, VPN support, messaging or testbed tooling. Advanced deployments separate per-user and system services and may run a dedicated gnunet account.

Why package nerds care

For package users, GNUnet is interesting because the formula installs a dense toolkit of subsystem commands rather than a single daemon. It is the kind of package used to experiment with alternative network protocols, service supervision, DHT behavior, decentralized naming and privacy-preserving application plumbing.

Timeline

  • 2001: Project started from ideas that exceeded Freenet's file-sharing scope.
  • 2001: The first release used the name GNet before GNUnet joined GNU governance.
  • 2003: Pluggable transports appeared, starting with TCP, UDP and SMTP.
  • 2005: The project began moving beyond file sharing with a simple P2P chat.
  • 2009: GNUnet was modularized into a multi-process architecture.
  • 2010: secushare selected GNUnet as its networking basis.
  • 2013: GNU Taler was launched from the GNUnet community.
  • 2015: pEp announced GNUnet use for a metadata-protection layer.
  • 2016: Taler Systems SA was founded using GNUnet technology.

Related projects

  • GNUnet is related to Freenet by origin, to GNU libextractor and GNU libmicrohttpd by project history, and to GNU Taler, secushare and pEp through later application work.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:download,server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 12 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/gnunet.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnunet.conf/etc/gnunet.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gnunet-abdcliglobal executable
gnunet-armcliglobal executable
gnunet-auto-sharecliglobal executable
gnunet-base32cliglobal executable
gnunet-bugreportcliglobal executable
gnunet-cadetcliglobal executable
gnunet-configcliglobal executable
gnunet-corecliglobal executable
gnunet-datastorecliglobal executable
gnunet-dht-getcliglobal executable
gnunet-dht-hellocliglobal executable
gnunet-dht-monitorcliglobal executable
gnunet-dht-putcliglobal executable
gnunet-didcliglobal executable
gnunet-directorycliglobal executable
gnunet-downloadcliglobal executable
gnunet-ecccliglobal executable
gnunet-fscliglobal executable
gnunet-gnscliglobal executable
gnunet-gns-proxy-setup-cacliglobal executable
gnunet-hellocliglobal executable
gnunet-identitycliglobal executable
gnunet-messengercliglobal executable
gnunet-namecachecliglobal executable
gnunet-namestorecliglobal executable
gnunet-namestore-dbtoolcliglobal executable
gnunet-namestore-zonefilecliglobal executable
gnunet-natcliglobal executable
gnunet-nat-autocliglobal executable
gnunet-nat-servercliglobal executable
gnunet-nsecliglobal executable
gnunet-pilscliglobal executable
gnunet-publishcliglobal executable
gnunet-reclaimcliglobal executable
gnunet-regexcliglobal executable
gnunet-resolvercliglobal executable
gnunet-revocationcliglobal executable
gnunet-rpscliglobal executable
gnunet-scalarproductcliglobal executable
gnunet-scryptcliglobal executable
gnunet-searchcliglobal executable
gnunet-statisticscliglobal executable
gnunet-testbedcliglobal executable
gnunet-testing-netjail-launchercliglobal executable
gnunet-transport-certificate-creationcliglobal executable
gnunet-unindexcliglobal executable
gnunet-uricliglobal executable
gnunet-vpncliglobal executable
gnunet-zoneimportcliglobal 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 version0.27.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://gnunet.org/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gnunet.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gnunet
Version0.27.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gnunet
Homepagehttps://gnunet.org/
Repositoryhttps://git.gnunet.org/gnunet.git
Upstream docshttps://docs.gnunet.org/doxygen
LicenseAGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gnunet/gnunet-0.27.0.tar.gz
Dependenciesgettext, gmp, gnutls, jansson, libextractor, libgcrypt, libgpg-error, libidn2, libmicrohttpd, libsodium, libtool, libunistring
Build dependenciesmeson, ninja, pkgconf
Uses from macOScurl, sqlite
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegnunet
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Debian apt95%

gnunet 0.20.0-7

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install gnunet
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 25 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gnunet from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

gnunet-dev 0.20.0-7

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (transitional package)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install gnunet-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gnunet-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgnunet-dev 0.20.0-7

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (development)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install libgnunet-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgnunet-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgnunet0.20t64 0.20.0-7

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (libraries)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install libgnunet0.20t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 11 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgnunet0.20t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gnunet

nix profile install nixpkgs#gnunet
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gn/gnunet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gnunet 0.20.0-4.1build3

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install gnunet
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 25 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gnunet from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

gnunet-dev 0.20.0-4.1build3

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (transitional package)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install gnunet-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gnunet-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgnunet-dev 0.20.0-4.1build3

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (development)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install libgnunet-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgnunet-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgnunet0.20t64 0.20.0-4.1build3

GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (libraries)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apt install libgnunet0.20t64
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 11 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgnunet0.20t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

gnunet 0.27.0-r0

A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking

https://gnunet.org

sudo apk add gnunet
  • License: AGPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gnunet-dev 0.27.0-r0

A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking (development files)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apk add gnunet-dev
  • License: AGPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gnunet-doc 0.27.0-r0

A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking (documentation)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apk add gnunet-doc
  • License: AGPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gnunet-lang 0.27.0-r0

Languages for package gnunet

https://gnunet.org

sudo apk add gnunet-lang
  • License: AGPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gnunet-openrc 0.27.0-r0

A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking (OpenRC init scripts)

https://gnunet.org

sudo apk add gnunet-openrc
  • License: AGPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
zypper95%

gnunet 0.26.2-1.3

Security focused Peer-to-Peer Framework

https://www.gnunet.org/

sudo zypper install gnunet
  • License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Productivity/Networking/File-Sharing
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 32 dependencies
  • 32 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gnunet from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gnunet-devel 0.26.2-1.3

Security focused Peer-to-Peer Framework

https://www.gnunet.org/

sudo zypper install gnunet-devel
  • License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gnunet
  • 32 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gnunet
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gnunet-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

package graph

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

Related tools

  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gnutlsRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libgcryptRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libgpg-errorRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libidn2Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • mesonBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • ninjaBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • gnupgLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: error, gettext, gnutls, libgcrypt, libgpg.
  • gwenhywfarLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: config, error, gettext, gnutls, libgcrypt.
  • pidginLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: core, error, gettext, gnutls, libgcrypt.

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  • package relationship graph
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