install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install nfcutils

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install nfcutils

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · nfcutils · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Near Field Communication (NFC) tools under POSIX systems

Project links

Commands and aliases

lsnfc

history

Project history and usage

nfcutils is a small NFC tools package from the nfc-tools ecosystem. Its main executable, `lsnfc`, lists NFC tags detected in the field of a connected NFC device.

Project history

The public trail is sparse. The nfc-tools project page presents nfcutils as source hosted on GitHub, while the Homebrew formula still fetches the 0.3.2 release tarball from the Google Code archive. The GitHub repository showed 61 commits, no published GitHub releases, and a C-only codebase when researched.

Adoption history

Adoption appears niche and hardware-driven: people install it only when they have a libnfc-compatible reader and need a minimal POSIX command to enumerate nearby NFC tags. GitHub showed about 30 stars and 15 forks, and the Homebrew API generated on 2026-07-01 reported 115 installs-on-request in the preceding 365 days.

How it is used

The practical use is direct and small: install libnfc and nfcutils, connect a supported NFC reader, and run `lsnfc` to see tags in range. Users needing read/write workflows, protocol research, or card emulation usually move to other nfc-tools projects or larger NFC applications.

Why package nerds care

nfcutils is mostly significant as a leftover Unix-style companion in the libnfc/nfc-tools family: a tiny CLI, old release source, and little active packaging demand.

Related projects

libnfc
nfc-tools
libfreefare
mfoc
mfcuk

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for nfcutils. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
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
`lsnfc`	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 version0.3.2

manager updated2026-05-18

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/nfc-tools/nfcutils

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/nfc-tools/nfcutilsnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:nfcutils
Version	0.3.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nfcutils
Homepage	https://github.com/nfc-tools/nfcutils
Repository	https://github.com/nfc-tools/nfcutils
Upstream docs	https://nfc-tools.github.io/projects/nfcutils
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/nfc-tools/nfcutils-0.3.2.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-18T03:04:12Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	libnfc, libusb, libusb-compat
Build dependencies	pkgconf
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	nfcutils
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
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.

zypper95%

nfcutils 0.3.2-5.37

Near Field Communication (NFC) utilities

http://code.google.com/p/nfc-tools/

sudo zypper install nfcutils

License: GPL-3.0+
Category: Hardware/Other
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nfcutils
2 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nfcutils

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfcutils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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/nfcutils.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

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