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Install mmdbinspect with Homebrew, Nix

Look up records for one or more IPs/networks in one or more .mmdb databases. Version 2.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mmdbinspect

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mmdbinspect

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

overview

Package summary

Look up records for one or more IPs/networks in one or more .mmdb databases

Commands and aliases

  • mmdbinspect

history

Project history and usage

mmdbinspect is a MaxMind utility for inspecting records in one or more `.mmdb` databases. It sits next to MaxMind's lower-level MMDB tooling but is aimed at structured inspection: the README describes command-line lookup of IP addresses or CIDR networks against one or more databases, including globbed database paths, YAML output by default, and JSONL output for streaming workflows.

How it is used

The tool reflects the operational needs of GeoIP and related MMDB users. Its selection rules handle both host lookups and larger networks, returning contained records where possible and falling back to the containing record when no contained record exists. Release packaging covers binary tarballs, Debian packages, RPM packages, macOS archives, Windows zip files, and Go installation, while Homebrew and Nix expose it as a package-manager install. In practice it is used for auditing GeoIP2, GeoLite2, and custom MMDB files where users need repeatable, machine-readable output rather than the typed diagnostic output of `mmdblookup`.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:network,database,record

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mmdbinspectcliglobal 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 version2.0.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.0.0

https://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mmdbinspect
Version2.0.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mmdbinspect
Homepagehttps://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect
Repositoryhttps://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect
Upstream docshttps://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect/blob/main/README.md
LicenseApache-2.0 OR MIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemmdbinspect
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Nix95%

mmdbinspect

nix profile install nixpkgs#mmdbinspect
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mmdbinspect
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mm/mmdbinspect/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • mmdbctlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database-tools, geoip, maxmind-db, mmdb.
  • geoip2fastShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, geoip, ip-lookup, networking.
  • geoipupdateShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, geoip, networking.
  • activemqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
  • adnsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
  • aerleonShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.

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.

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