macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mfcuklocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install mfcuk with Homebrew, apt, Nix
MiFare Classic Universal toolKit. Version 0.3.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mfcukDebian stable package indexes · mfcuk · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mfcuknixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mf/mfcuk/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
MiFare Classic Universal toolKit
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mfcuk
history
Project history and usage
MFCUK, the MiFare Classic Universal toolKit, is an nfc-tools project for MIFARE Classic security research. Its README identifies the main tool as a Mifare Classic DarkSide key recovery tool, previously known as zv_mf_dark_side, and lists a bibliography of MIFARE Classic cryptanalysis work from the late 2000s. The AUTHORS file names Andrei Costin as author, with Romuald Conty contributing libnfc ports and the Nethemba Core Team contributing core autoconf/automake/configure and packaging work.
Project history
The project occupies a narrow but recognizable place in the NFC research toolchain: it combines libnfc-compatible readers, crapto1-related cryptanalytic code, and MIFARE Classic attack demonstrations in a command-line package. The README credits researchers, Proxmark/libnfc contributors, and the Nethemba team, and it explicitly points to MFOC as the earlier open-source GPL nested-authentication key recovery implementation.
How it is used
In practice, MFCUK is used by security researchers and NFC auditors working with owned or authorized MIFARE Classic tags. It is packaged in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, and Nix as a specialist CLI rather than a general NFC SDK; it sits beside libnfc, MFOC, Proxmark-oriented tooling, and other MIFARE Classic analysis utilities.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mfcuk. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- 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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mfcuk | 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 version0.3.8
manager updated2026-05-18
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuknone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mfcuk |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mfcuk |
| Homepage | https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk |
| Repository | https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk#readme |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/mfcuk/mfcuk-0.3.8.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-18T03:04:12Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | libnfc, libusb, libusb-compat |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| 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 | mfcuk |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
mfcuk 0.3.8+git20180720-2
MiFare Classic Universal toolKit
https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk
sudo apt install mfcuk- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mfcuk
Nix95%
mfcuk
nix profile install nixpkgs#mfcuk- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mfcuk
Ubuntu apt95%
mfcuk 0.3.8+git20180720-2
MiFare Classic Universal toolKit
https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk
sudo apt install mfcuk- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mfcuk
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment