# Install ooniprobe with Homebrew Network interference detection tool. Version 3.29.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ooniprobe ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ooniprobe ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ooniprobe - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.29.1 - **Source summary:** Network interference detection tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T19:07:46+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - ooniprobe (cli) - ooniprobe (alias) ## Dependencies - tor ## 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: 3.29.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-12 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli - Upstream latest detected: v3.29.1 (current) ## Project history and usage ooniprobe is the command-line probe for OONI, the Open Observatory of Network Interference. It runs network measurements that document internet censorship, interference, performance, and middlebox behavior, then can publish measurements into OONI's open data pipeline. ### Project history OONI was presented at the 2012 USENIX FOCI workshop by Arturo Filasto and Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor Project as a global observation network using open methodologies and free/open-source software to measure network tampering. OONI's site describes the project as a global community measuring internet censorship since 2012. The original Python ooniprobe implementation became a legacy repository, and OONI's modern CLI lives in ooni/probe-cli. That repository contains the ooniprobe command-line client, a test helper server, a mobile library, and the measurement-engine code, reflecting the project's split between CLI, mobile, desktop, and backend measurement components. ### Adoption history OONI Probe's adoption is both a package story and a public-interest data story. The CLI guide documents macOS, Debian/Ubuntu Linux, and Raspberry Pi usage, while OONI Explorer provides public access to measurements collected from around the world. The 2022 CLI guide reported more than 400 million measurements from 23,000 networks in 240 countries and territories since 2012. OONI's data is used by researchers, journalists, advocates, and policy groups to corroborate blocking reports and study censorship techniques. A 2019 Committee to Protect Journalists interview described OONI Explorer as a public censorship archive that journalists can query to verify whether reported blocking appears in volunteer-collected measurements. ### How it is used Users run ooniprobe to test website blocking, instant-messaging app blocking, circumvention-tool blocking, middlebox presence, and network speed/performance. The CLI supports manual runs, automated autorun, local result inspection, upload, and command-specific workflows. The project emphasizes risk awareness: OONI Probe is an investigatory measurement tool, not a privacy tool, and its docs warn that network observers may see that a person is running it. That warning is part of the package's operational history because the data model depends on informed volunteer measurements. ### Why package nerds care ooniprobe is significant because a CLI package feeds one of the major open datasets on internet censorship. It links package-manager installation, reproducible network tests, Go libraries, mobile bindings, helper infrastructure, and public data publishing into a single measurement ecosystem. ### Timeline - 2012-08: OONI was presented at USENIX FOCI as an open global observation network for network interference. - 2016: The legacy Python README documented Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, and pip installation paths for ooniprobe. - 2019-09-17: CPJ described OONI Explorer's relaunch and its role in helping journalists investigate censorship stories. - 2022-08-29: OONI's CLI guide documented ooniprobe CLI 3.9.2 and the modern command set. - 2026: The ooni/probe-cli repository hosts the Go implementation of the ooniprobe CLI and measurement engine. ### Related projects - Related projects and services include OONI Explorer, OONI Run, OONI Probe mobile and desktop apps, the legacy Python probe, Tor Project infrastructure, and network-measurement test helpers. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ooniprobe. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ooniprobe - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [tor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tor/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [i2util](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/i2util/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, measurement, network-measurement, networking. - [owamp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/owamp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, measurement, network-measurement, networking. - [bombardier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bombardier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking. - [coredns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coredns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking. - [dissent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dissent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking. - [doggo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doggo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking. - [flowgrind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flowgrind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-measurement, networking. - [gateway-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gateway-go/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ooniprobe.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ooniprobe.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph