install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install ipinfo-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ipinfo

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/ipinfo-cli

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/ipinfo-cli.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id ipinfo.ipinfo -e

Windows Package Manager source index · ipinfo.ipinfo · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Official CLI for the IPinfo IP Address API

Project links

Commands and aliases

ipinfo

history

Project history and usage

IPinfo CLI is the official command-line interface for the IPinfo.io API, combining IP and ASN lookups, bulk enrichment, summaries, mapping, CIDR and range tools, and standalone helper binaries.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in 2020 and IPinfo announced the official CLI in April 2021. The announcement framed it as a way to query nearly all IPinfo APIs more efficiently from the terminal, including IP lookups, ASN lookups, summaries, maps, grep-like IP extraction, and range listing.

The repository README expanded the tool into both the main `ipinfo` command and a suite of related binaries such as `grepip`, `matchip`, `prips`, CIDR/range converters, `randip`, and `mmdb` tooling.

Adoption history

The CLI was packaged for many installation paths from the start: Homebrew, a Debian/Ubuntu PPA, one-shot deb and script installers, FreeBSD ports, Arch AUR, Scoop, Docker, Go install, and release archives.

Its adoption follows the growth of IP intelligence workflows: developers and security teams can move from web/API calls to shell pipelines while still using the same IPinfo data source and account token.

How it is used

Common usage includes one-off IP and ASN lookups, bulk enrichment from files or standard input, summarizing up to 1000 IPs, opening maps for IP locations, filtering IPs from text, and generating IP lists from CIDR or range input.

The config and token data live under `~/.config/ipinfo` on Unix-like systems according to the README's Docker persistence example and supplied curation.

Why package nerds care

This package matters because it turns a SaaS IP intelligence API into a normal Unix command with package-manager installs, subcommands, and pipeline-friendly utilities.

It also creates a naming collision with the older Kyberdigi `ipinfo` formula. Homebrew resolves that by naming this formula `ipinfo-cli` while the executable remains `ipinfo`.

Timeline

2020: GitHub repository created.
2021: ipinfo-1.0.0 release and official CLI announcement.
2021: Early companion binaries such as grepip were released alongside the main command.
2026: ipinfo-3.3.2 release published on GitHub.

Related projects

IPinfo.io provides the API and data products queried by the CLI.
grepip, matchip, prips, CIDR/range conversion tools, randip, and mmdb tools are shipped as related command-line utilities in the same ecosystem.
Kyberdigi ipinfo is unrelated despite the similar package name.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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.

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/ipinfo

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.config/ipinfo

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`ipinfo`	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 version3.3.2

manager updated2026-04-28

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/ipinfo/cli

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/ipinfo/clinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ipinfo-cli
Version	3.3.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ipinfo-cli
Homepage	https://ipinfo.io/
Repository	https://github.com/ipinfo/cli
Upstream docs	https://github.com/ipinfo/cli#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/ipinfo/cli/archive/refs/tags/ipinfo-3.3.2.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-04-28T18:53:06Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
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	ipinfo-cli
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Conflicts With	ipinfo
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head 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.

Scoop95%

main/ipinfo-cli

scoop install main/ipinfo-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ipinfo Cli

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

Nix92%

ipinfo

nix profile install nixpkgs#ipinfo

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Ipinfo

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

winget92%

ipinfo.ipinfo

winget install --id ipinfo.ipinfo -e

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Ipinfo

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: ipinfo.ipinfo from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/ipinfo-cli.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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