# Install nftables Safe abstraction for nftables JSON API. It can be used to create nftables rulesets in Rust and parse existing nftables rulesets from JSON. Version 0.6.3 via Cargo; verified 2025-08-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install cargo:nftables ``` Additional install commands: ### Portable and language managers - Cargo (100%): ```sh cargo install nftables ``` Evidence: local crates.io package metadata ## Package Facts - **Package key:** cargo:nftables - **Package manager:** Cargo - **Package manager URL:** - **Version:** 0.6.3 - **Source summary:** Safe abstraction for nftables JSON API. It can be used to create nftables rulesets in Rust and parse existing nftables rulesets from JSON. - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT OR Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Published:** 2025-08-15 14:09:48.069928+00 - **Last updated:** 2025-08-15 14:09:48.069928+00 - **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00 ## Executables - nftables (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata. ## Install Behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-06-18 - Package-manager version: 0.6.3 ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for nftables. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** crates.io database dump - **Crate ID:** 679,763 - **Crate Size:** 56,543 - **Edition:** 2021 - **Has Lib:** yes - **Num Versions:** 13 - **Recent Download Window Days:** 90 - **Rust Version:** 1.76 - **Version ID:** 1,686,800 ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libnftables-dev - 1.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libnftables-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development files for libnftables | https://www.netfilter.org/ - Debian apt - libnftables1 - 1.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libnftables1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Netfilter nftables high level userspace API library | https://www.netfilter.org/ - Debian apt - nftables - 1.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: nftables from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project | https://www.netfilter.org/ - Debian apt - python3-nftables - 1.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-nftables from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | nftables/libnftables python3 module | https://www.netfilter.org/ - Nix - nftables: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: nftables from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - libnftables-dev - 1.0.9-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnftables-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development files for libnftables | https://www.netfilter.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libnftables1 - 1.0.9-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnftables1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Netfilter nftables high level userspace API library | https://www.netfilter.org/ - Ubuntu apt - nftables - 1.0.9-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nftables from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project | https://www.netfilter.org/ - Ubuntu apt - python3-nftables - 1.0.9-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-nftables from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | nftables/libnftables python3 module | https://www.netfilter.org/ - apk - nftables - 1.1.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nftables from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Netfilter tables userspace tools | https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables - apk - nftables-dev - 1.1.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nftables-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Netfilter tables userspace tools (development files) | https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables - apk - nftables-doc - 1.1.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nftables-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Netfilter tables userspace tools (documentation) | https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables - apk - nftables-openrc - 1.1.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nftables-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Netfilter tables userspace tools (OpenRC init scripts) | https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables - apk - nftables-rulesets - 1.1.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nftables-rulesets from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Meta package for pulling in all nftables rulesets | https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables - apk - nftables-static - 1.1.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nftables-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Netfilter tables userspace tools (static library) | https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables - apk - nftables-systemd - 1.1.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nftables-systemd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Netfilter tables userspace tools (systemd files) | https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables ## Related Links - [nftables](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nftables/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem. ## Sources - crates.io package index - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph