# Install mmdbctl with Homebrew, Nix MMDB file management CLI supporting various operations on MMDB database files. Version 1.4.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-13. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mmdbctl ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mmdbctl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mmdbctl ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mm/mmdbctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mmdbctl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.4.10 - **Source summary:** MMDB file management CLI supporting various operations on MMDB database files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-13T18:27:42Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - mmdbctl (cli) - mmdbctl (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 1.4.10 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ipinfo/mmdbctl - Upstream latest detected: mmdbctl-1.4.10 (current) ## Project history and usage mmdbctl is an IPinfo-maintained command-line tool for working with MaxMind DB (MMDB) files, the binary database format commonly used for IP geolocation and network metadata. Its project documentation presents it as a management CLI rather than only a lookup utility: it can read records for IPs, import CSV/TSV/JSON-style source data into MMDB, export MMDB data, diff two databases, print metadata, verify file validity, and install shell completions. ### How it is used Its practical niche is the production and inspection side of the MMDB ecosystem. IPinfo community documentation shows it being used to convert IPinfo CSV database downloads into MMDB files with `mmdbctl import --in data.csv --out data.mmdb`, which is the kind of workflow that separates it from lookup-only tools such as MaxMind's mmdblookup or mmdbinspect. Packaging through Homebrew and Nix makes it a small infrastructure utility for developers who maintain private IP intelligence databases or need to transform vendor data into the MMDB format. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mmdbctl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - mmdbctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mm/mmdbctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mmdbinspect](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mmdbinspect/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database-tools, geoip, maxmind-db, mmdb. - [geoip2fast](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geoip2fast/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, geoip, networking. - [geoipupdate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geoipupdate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, geoip, 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. - [aerleon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerleon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. - [ahcpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ahcpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. - [airshare](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/airshare/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. - [audiosprite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/audiosprite/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, database, file, files, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mmdbctl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mmdbctl.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