# Install gupnp-tools with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Free replacements of Intel's UPnP tools. Version 0.12.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gupnp-tools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gupnp-tools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gupnp-tools ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/gupnp-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gupnp-tools ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gupnp-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gupnp-tools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gupnp-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gupnp-tools ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gupnp-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S gupnp-tools ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gupnp-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install gupnp-tools ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gupnp-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gupnp-tools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.12.3 - **Source summary:** Free replacements of Intel's UPnP tools - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-27T12:11:30Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gssdp-discover (cli) - gupnp-av-cp (cli) - gupnp-event-dumper (cli) - gupnp-network-light (cli) - gupnp-universal-cp (cli) - gupnp-upload (cli) - gssdp-discover (alias) - gupnp-av-cp (alias) - gupnp-event-dumper (alias) - gupnp-network-light (alias) - gupnp-universal-cp (alias) - gupnp-upload (alias) ## Dependencies - gdk-pixbuf - gettext - glib - gssdp - gtk+3 - gtksourceview4 - gupnp - gupnp-av - libsoup - libxml2 ## Build dependencies - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## 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: 0.12.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://wiki.gnome.org/GUPnP/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage GUPnP Tools is the companion utility suite for the GNOME GUPnP stack. It packages control points, test devices, upload helpers, discovery tools, and event-dumping utilities that make UPnP networks inspectable from a desktop or command line. ### Project history The project sits on top of GUPnP, GNOME's GObject/libsoup implementation of UPnP devices and control points. Its README describes the tools as free replacements for Intel's UPnP tools and lists Universal Control Point, Network Light, AV Control Point, Upload, and related utilities for testing and debugging devices. GNOME release archives contain 0.1-series tarballs for GUPnP Tools and later 0.12-series tarballs. Git tags in the GNOME GitLab repository include gupnp-tools-0.3 from April 2008, tying the tool suite to the early public life of GUPnP itself. The 0.12.0 NEWS entry records the port to GUPnP 1.6 and libsoup3, a higher GLib requirement, and addition of an Event Dumper command-line tool. Later 0.12-series entries focus on crash fixes, parser fixes, translation updates, and maintenance work. ### Adoption history GUPnP Tools appears in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE package sets because it is the practical way to test and debug UPnP behavior without writing a GUPnP application first. The package is especially useful for distributors of GUPnP-related libraries: it provides interactive and command-line smoke tests for discovery, eventing, MediaServer uploads, and MediaRenderer control. ### How it is used Universal Control Point discovers UPnP devices and services, retrieves metadata, subscribes to events, and invokes actions. Network Light exposes a controllable sample device. AV Control Point discovers media and drives external UPnP MediaRenderer devices. Upload sends files to known MediaServers. Package users commonly install the suite when debugging consumer-network devices, validating a GUPnP build, examining SSDP discovery behavior, or reproducing UPnP problems without writing custom client code. ### Why package nerds care GUPnP Tools is the part of the GUPnP stack that makes the library visible to package users. Libraries can be hard to validate from a package manager alone; this package gives maintainers executable probes and sample control points. It also preserves an important GNOME packaging pattern: split the reusable libraries (`gssdp`, `gupnp`, `gupnp-av`) from debug and demo applications, so systems can install runtime libraries without the full testing toolbox. ### Timeline - 2008: Git tag gupnp-tools-0.3 appears in the GNOME repository. - 2011: GNOME release archive hosts 0.1-series GUPnP Tools tarballs. - 2022: 0.12.0 NEWS records the port to GUPnP 1.6 and libsoup3 and adds the Event Dumper tool. - 2025: 0.12.2 NEWS records parser fixes, debug-output cleanup, and deprecated libxml cleanup. - 2026: 0.12.3 NEWS records translation updates. ### Related projects - GUPnP is the core UPnP framework used by the tools. - GSSDP provides SSDP discovery and announcement support beneath GUPnP. - GUPnP AV supplies UPnP A/V helper functionality used by media-oriented tools. - libsoup and GLib provide HTTP and main-loop/platform foundations. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gupnp-tools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gupnp-tools - 0.12.2-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gupnp-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for testing UPnP devices and control points | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GUPnP - Nix - gupnp-tools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gupnp-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gupnp-tools - 0.12.1-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gupnp-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for testing UPnP devices and control points | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GUPnP - dnf - gupnp-tools - 0.12.2-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gupnp-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A collection of dev tools utilising GUPnP and GTK+ | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GUPnP - pacman - gupnp-tools - 0.12.2-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gupnp-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Utilities and demos to work with UPnP | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GUPnP - zypper - gupnp-tools - 0.12.2-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gupnp-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | UPnP tools to test and debug UPnP devices and control points | http://www.gupnp.org/ - zypper - gupnp-tools-lang - 0.12.2-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gupnp-tools-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package gupnp-tools | http://www.gupnp.org/ - MacPorts - gupnp-tools: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/gupnp-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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/) - 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Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, upnp. - [djbdns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/djbdns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-tools, networking. - [gtk-vnc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtk-vnc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gnome, networking. - [pan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gnome, networking. - [phodav](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/phodav/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gnome, networking. - [activemq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/activemq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. - [adns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gupnp-tools.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gupnp-tools.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