# Install mfterm with Homebrew

Terminal for working with Mifare Classic 1-4k Tags. Version 1.0.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mfterm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mfterm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mfterm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mfterm>
- **Version:** 1.0.7
- **Source summary:** Terminal for working with Mifare Classic 1-4k Tags
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/4ZM/mfterm>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/4ZM/mfterm>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/4ZM/mfterm#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/4ZM/mfterm/releases/download/v1.0.7/mfterm-1.0.7.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:54+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- mfterm (cli)
- mfterm (alias)

## Dependencies

- libnfc
- openssl@3

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.0.7
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/4ZM/mfterm
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Project history and usage

mfterm is a small GPL-licensed command-line terminal for working with MIFARE Classic 1K and 4K RFID/NFC tags. Its upstream project lives under the 4ZM GitHub account and documents a workflow centered on direct tag interaction from a terminal, with Homebrew installation for macOS and Linux packaging called out by the project.

### How it is used

Its niche is practical NFC security and card-lab work rather than a broad application framework. In package-manager terms it sits near tools such as libnfc utilities, mfoc, and dump parsers: mfterm provides an interactive terminal for MIFARE Classic tags, while adjacent tools read, recover, parse, or manipulate dump files. Kali's package page and Homebrew's formula place it in the security-tooling ecosystem rather than the general desktop NFC space.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mfterm>
- <https://github.com/4ZM/mfterm>
- <https://github.com/zhovner/mfdread>
- <https://www.kali.org/tools/mfterm/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mfterm
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 3
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [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.
- [libnfc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libnfc/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [mfcuk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mfcuk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, mifare, mifare-classic, nfc, nfc-rfid.
- [mfoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mfoc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, mifare, mifare-classic, nfc, nfc-rfid.
- [acme.sh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/acme-sh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.
- [aescrypt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aescrypt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.
- [aespipe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aespipe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.
- [afflib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afflib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.
- [afl++](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.
- [age](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/age/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mfterm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mfterm.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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph