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SSH login cracker. Version 0.0.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
SSH login cracker
Project links
Commands and aliases
- sshtrix
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Project history and usage
sshtrix is a small nullsecurity SSH login-cracking tool built around multithreaded username and password testing.
Project history
The official nullsecurity tools page lists sshtrix 0.0.3 as a 2015 release by noptrix and describes it as a fast multithreaded SSH login cracker supporting SSHv1 and SSHv2. The source tree README repeats the same design goal: keep the code simple, stable, fast, and modular so it can be extended or forked for other protocols.
The release archive's manual page is dated October 1, 2011 for version 0.0.1, indicating that the code predates the later GitHub-hosted release archive and package-manager formula.
Adoption history
The supplied Homebrew formula packages the 0.0.3 tarball from the nullsecurity tools repository and depends on libssh. Outside that formula and the upstream tools page, official adoption evidence is sparse, so the package history is best understood as niche security-tool packaging rather than broad CLI adoption.
How it is used
Official documentation presents sshtrix as a command-line tool for authorized password-auditing and testing scenarios, with host, range, username list, password list, thread-count, timeout, and output options documented in the manual page.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care about sshtrix mostly as an example of old-school security-tool packaging: a small C/libssh utility maintained inside a larger tool archive, surfaced through Homebrew with a pinned source tarball rather than a standalone release-heavy project.
Timeline
- 2011: Release archive manual page identifies sshtrix 0.0.1.
- 2015: nullsecurity listed sshtrix 0.0.3 on its cracker tools page.
- 2023: nullsecurity tools repository re-committed the sshtrix subtree on GitHub.
- 2026: Homebrew formula still references the upstream 0.0.3 archive.
Related projects
- The nullsecurity cracker page lists sshtrix alongside other SSH and credential-auditing tools such as sshprank and against.
Sources
- https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/tools/tree/main/cracker/sshtrix#readme
- https://nullsecurity.net/tools/cracker.html
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/HEAD/Formula/s/sshtrix.rb
- sshtrix-0.0.3 release archive manual page from upstream GitHub URL
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:ssh
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
sshtrix | 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 version0.0.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/tools
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/toolsnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:sshtrix |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sshtrix |
| Homepage | https://nullsecurity.net/tools/cracker.html |
| Repository | https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/tools |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/tools/tree/main/cracker/sshtrix#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/tools/raw/main/cracker/sshtrix/release/sshtrix-0.0.3.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | libssh |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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 | sshtrix |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment