install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install monocle

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#monocle

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

overview

Package summary

See through all BGP data with a monocle

Project links

Commands and aliases

monocle

history

Project history and usage

Monocle is a Rust command-line and library tool in the BGPKIT family for working with public Border Gateway Protocol data. BGPKIT's 2022 year-in-review introduced it as the suite's first investigative tool, designed to tie together BGPKIT parser and broker work so users could quickly find relevant BGP announcements from public collector data.

Project history

The tool's scope expanded from early parse, search, time-conversion, and whois utilities into a broader BGP analysis workstation. The project README and BGPKIT tool page describe commands for parsing local or remote MRT files, searching public archives, reconstructing RIB state at timestamps, inspecting ASNs and prefixes, validating routes with RPKI data, looking up country, IP, AS relationship, and prefix-to-ASN data, and running an HTTP/SSE server mode for programmatic access.

How it is used

Its package-manager niche is narrow but useful for network operators, routing-security researchers, and incident analysts who want a local CLI instead of stitching together Route Views, RIPE RIS, RPKI, WHOIS, and BGPKIT APIs by hand. The LACNIC republication of a BGPKIT article by Mingwei Zhang notes version 0.5 support for Cloudflare Radar BGP routing statistics and prefix-to-origin APIs, illustrating how the tool fits into operational routing-analysis workflows.

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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`monocle`	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 version1.3.0

manager updated2026-05-27

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.3.0

https://github.com/bgpkit/monocle

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:monocle
Version	1.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/monocle
Homepage	https://github.com/bgpkit/monocle
Repository	https://github.com/bgpkit/monocle
Upstream docs	https://github.com/bgpkit/monocle#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/bgpkit/monocle/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-27T21:09:27Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	rust
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	monocle
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	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%

monocle

nix profile install nixpkgs#monocle

normalized package name match
Matched by: Monocle

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/monocle/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.

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/monocle.yml

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

Install monocle with Homebrew, Nix