macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install nanomsglocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install nanomsg with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Socket library in C. Version 1.2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add nanomsgAlpine Linux edge package indexes · nanomsg · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libnanomsg-devDebian stable package indexes · libnanomsg-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install nanomsgFedora Rawhide package metadata · nanomsg · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#nanomsgnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/na/nanomsg/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S nanomsgArch Linux sync databases · nanomsg · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libnanomsg6openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libnanomsg6 · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Socket library in C
Project links
Commands and aliases
- nanocat
history
Project history and usage
nanomsg is a C socket library for brokerless messaging patterns, described upstream as a way to make networking fast, scalable, and easy to use through common communication patterns such as pair, bus, request/reply, publish/subscribe, pipeline, and survey.
Project history
The project grew out of Martin Sustrik's post-ZeroMQ design work. nanomsg's own documentation preserves the historical motivation as a comparison with ZeroMQ by the original author of both projects: MIT licensing, a POSIX-like C API, implementation in C rather than C++, formal protocol/transport APIs, and different threading behavior were central design goals.
The GitHub repository was created on 2012-10-10. Later, Garrett D'Amore's NNG became the successor path: the nanomsg homepage says nanomsg has largely been superseded by NNG, and the documentation calls the C reference implementation sustaining-mode while describing NNG as the modern reimplementation.
Adoption history
nanomsg accumulated a broad binding ecosystem despite later being superseded: the upstream documentation lists bindings or implementations for C, C++, Clojure, D, Erlang, Fortran, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Lua, .NET, OCaml, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Rust, Scheme, Smalltalk, and more.
GitHub API data fetched on 2026-07-01 showed 6,285 stars and 1,034 forks, reflecting historical mindshare. Homebrew's formula JSON generated on 2026-07-01 reported only 382 installs over 365 days and 181 installs-on-request over 365 days, which is consistent with a legacy library that remains packaged but is no longer the main recommendation.
How it is used
Users link against the C library and use its BSD-socket-like API to build message-oriented communication without a broker. Typical choices are REQREP for service clusters, PUBSUB for fanout, PIPELINE for fan-in/fan-out work distribution, BUS for many-to-many messaging, and IPC/TCP/WebSocket transports depending on deployment.
Package nerds often keep `nanomsg` around for older applications or language bindings that still target libnanomsg. New work should usually evaluate `nng` first because NNG keeps wire compatibility while adding the maintained API and implementation path.
Why package nerds care
nanomsg matters historically as a clean-room C rethinking of ZeroMQ-style scalability protocols and as the ancestor of NNG. Its Homebrew package is less about trend adoption and more about preserving buildability for software that already chose the nanomsg API or wire protocols.
Timeline
- 2012-10-10: nanomsg/nanomsg repository created on GitHub.
- 2018-04-12: nanomsg homepage update already pointed users toward NNG when possible.
- 2025-10-05: nanomsg 1.2.2 bug-fix release published.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula JSON listed stable version 1.2.2 and 382 installs over 365 days.
Related projects
- ZeroMQ
- NNG
- mangos
Sources
- https://api.github.com/repos/nanomsg/nanomsg
- https://api.github.com/repos/nanomsg/nanomsg/releases?per_page=5
- https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nanomsg.json
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nanomsg
- https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg
- https://nanomsg.org/
- https://nanomsg.org/documentation-zeromq.html
- https://nanomsg.org/documentation.html
- https://nng.nanomsg.org/
- https://nng.nanomsg.org/RATIONALE.html
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
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
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
nanocat | 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 version1.2.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.2.2
https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:nanomsg |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nanomsg |
| Homepage | https://nanomsg.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/archive/refs/tags/1.2.2.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| 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 | nanomsg |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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%
libnanomsg-dev 1.1.5+dfsg-1.1+b1
nanomsg development files
sudo apt install libnanomsg-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
Debian apt95%
libnanomsg5 1.1.5+dfsg-1.1+b1
high-performance implementation of scalability libraries
sudo apt install libnanomsg5- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
Debian apt95%
nanomsg-utils 1.1.5+dfsg-1.1+b1
nanomsg utilities
sudo apt install nanomsg-utils- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
Nix95%
nanomsg
nix profile install nixpkgs#nanomsg- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
Ubuntu apt95%
libnanomsg-dev 1.1.5+dfsg-1.1
nanomsg development files
sudo apt install libnanomsg-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
Ubuntu apt95%
libnanomsg5 1.1.5+dfsg-1.1
high-performance implementation of scalability libraries
sudo apt install libnanomsg5- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
Ubuntu apt95%
nanomsg-utils 1.1.5+dfsg-1.1
nanomsg utilities
sudo apt install nanomsg-utils- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
apk95%
nanomsg 1.2.2-r0
Socket library that provides several common communication patterns
sudo apk add nanomsg- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
apk95%
nanomsg-dev 1.2.2-r0
Socket library that provides several common communication patterns (development files)
sudo apk add nanomsg-dev- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
apk95%
nanomsg-doc 1.2.2-r0
Socket library that provides several common communication patterns (documentation)
sudo apk add nanomsg-doc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
dnf95%
nanomsg 1.2.2-2.fc44
Socket library that provides several common communication patterns
sudo dnf install nanomsg- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
dnf95%
nanomsg-devel 1.2.2-2.fc44
Development files for nanomsg
sudo dnf install nanomsg-devel- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
dnf95%
nanomsg-doc 1.2.2-2.fc44
Documentation for nanomsg
sudo dnf install nanomsg-doc- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
pacman95%
nanomsg 1.2.2-1
Simple high-performance implementation of several "scalability protocols"
sudo pacman -S nanomsg- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
zypper95%
libnanomsg6 1.2.2-1.3
Shared library for nanomsg
sudo zypper install libnanomsg6- License: MIT
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
zypper95%
nanomsg-devel 1.2.2-1.3
Header files for nanomsg
sudo zypper install nanomsg-devel- License: MIT
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nanomsg
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Nanomsg
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