# Install sshtrix with Homebrew SSH login cracker. Version 0.0.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sshtrix ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sshtrix ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sshtrix - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.0.3 - **Source summary:** SSH login cracker - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - sshtrix (cli) - sshtrix (alias) ## Dependencies - libssh ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.0.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/tools - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 - - - - sshtrix-0.0.3 release archive manual page from upstream GitHub URL ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** sshtrix - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [hydra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hydra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-auditing, security. - [ncrack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ncrack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-auditing, security. - [openssh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh. - [skm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/skm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh. - [ssh-audit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssh-audit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh. - [ssh-copy-id](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssh-copy-id/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh. - [ssh-mitm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssh-mitm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh. - [ssh-vault](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssh-vault/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh. - [john](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/john/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: auditing, cli, cracker, password, password-auditing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sshtrix.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sshtrix.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