macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install bittwistlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install bittwistMacPorts ports tree · net/bittwist/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install bittwistDebian stable package indexes · bittwist · 来源: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install bittwistopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · bittwist · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
软件包摘要
Libcap-based Ethernet packet generator
历史
项目历史与用法
Bit-Twist is a libpcap-based Ethernet packet generator and packet editor maintained by Addy Yeow. Its official site presents it as a companion to tcpdump: capture traffic into pcap files, edit the packets, then regenerate that traffic on a live network.
项目历史
The official changelog begins with version 0.1 on January 25, 2006, initially using libpcap and libnet and tested on FreeBSD. By version 0.2, the project removed the libnet dependency and centered on libpcap.
The 2006 public release added man pages for bittwist, bittwistb, and bittwiste. Later releases consolidated the tool around the packet generator and editor, with version 2.0 in 2012 adding a Mac OS X distribution and ending the old web edition and bridge maintenance.
采用历史
The input package-manager data lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and openSUSE packaging, which matches Bit-Twist's official cross-platform positioning for Windows, Linux, BSD, and macOS.
Version 4.x in 2024 refreshed distribution artifacts across Windows, Linux, BSD, and macOS and added modern network-test features such as jumbo frames and VLAN editing.
使用方式
Users typically combine bittwiste and bittwist: create or edit a pcap with bittwiste, then send it on an interface with bittwist. The official examples include throughput testing, firewall testing, SYN flood simulation, ARP-cache-poisoning demonstrations, and jumbo-frame testing in controlled networks.
The tool is aimed at administrators and network testers who need repeatable packet streams for firewalls, IDS/IPS, routers, switches, load balancers, and troubleshooting.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Bit-Twist is package-nerd interesting because it is a small C-era Unix networking tool that survived across libpcap, WinPcap/Npcap, BSD, macOS, and Linux packaging rather than becoming a one-platform appliance utility.
Its split between a pcap editor and a sender reflects classic command-line composability: tcpdump captures, bittwiste edits, bittwist replays.
时间线
- 2006-01-25: Version 0.1 skeleton program released.
- 2006-04-11: Version 0.7 public release with man pages.
- 2007-10-26: Version 1.0 increased generator throughput option up to 10 Gbps.
- 2012-04-21: Version 2.0 added Mac OS X distribution and revised platform support.
- 2023-05-24: Version 3.0 updated homepage to bittwist.sourceforge.io.
- 2024-11-01: Version 4.7 released with IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q VLAN editing support.
Related projects
- tcpdump is the capture-side tool Bit-Twist explicitly complements.
- libpcap is the packet capture/transmission library Bit-Twist is built around.
- Npcap is listed by the official site as the Windows prerequisite.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 8 个平台目标。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
bittwist | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
bittwiste | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-07-26
管理器版本4.7
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
- 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://bittwist.sourceforge.ionone 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:bittwist |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 4.7 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bittwist |
| 主页 | https://bittwist.sourceforge.io |
| 仓库 | https://sourceforge.net/p/bittwist/git |
| 上游文档 | https://bittwist.sourceforge.io/doc.html |
| 许可证 | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| 源码归档 | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bittwist/macOS/Bit-Twist%204.7/bittwist-macos-4.7.tar.gz |
| macOS 提供的库 | libpcap |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | bittwist |
| 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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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
bittwist 4.7+ds-2
libpcap based Ethernet packet generator
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
sudo apt install bittwist- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 依赖
- 2 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Bittwist
Ubuntu apt95%
bittwist 3.8-1build2
libpcap based Ethernet packet generator
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
sudo apt install bittwist- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 依赖
- 2 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Bittwist
zypper95%
bittwist 3.8-2.6
A libpcap-based Ethernet packet generator
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
sudo zypper install bittwist- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Productivity/Networking/Diagnostic
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bittwist
- 2 依赖
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Bittwist
MacPorts95%
bittwist
sudo port install bittwist- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Bittwist
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- 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