使用 Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman 安装 medusa

项目链接

• 主页
• 仓库
• 上游文档
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• medusa

项目历史

The official repository was created in 2023 and its first GitHub release was v0.1.0 in March 2023. The project entered a security tooling space already shaped by Crytic tools such as Echidna and Slither, but focused on a Go implementation powered by go-ethereum.

The documentation grew into a mdBook under Trail of Bits' Building Secure Contracts material, with sections for installation, first steps, project configuration, CLI commands, fuzzing lifecycle, invariant testing, cheatcodes, and an evolving Go API.

采用历史

medusa is a specialized package for smart-contract auditors, protocol teams, and Solidity developers who need fuzzing in local or CI workflows. Official installation docs include Go install, Homebrew, Nix, Docker, source builds, and precompiled binaries, which is a strong signal that the project expects package-manager and automation use.

The package input lists Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Pacman, and Ubuntu package names, showing that the tool has moved beyond a source-only security project into normal developer-tool distribution channels.

使用方式

Users initialize a Solidity project with `medusa init`, which creates `medusa.json`, then run campaigns with commands such as `medusa fuzz --target-contracts ... --test-limit ...`. Official docs recommend placing target contracts and fuzz limits in the project configuration file.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

medusa is interesting to package maintainers because it brings smart-contract fuzzing into a single Go CLI while still interoperating with common Ethereum tooling such as crytic-compile, Slither, Foundry, Hardhat, and go-ethereum. It sits in the same toolbox category as Echidna and Slither, but with a distinct implementation and parallel fuzzing model.

时间线

• 2023: Repository is created and v0.1.0 is released.
• 2023: Documentation describes `medusa init`, `medusa fuzz`, and `medusa.json` project configuration workflows.
• 2026: GitHub repository lists v1.5.1 as the latest release.

Related projects

• medusa is related to Echidna, go-ethereum, crytic-compile, Slither, Foundry, Hardhat, and Trail of Bits' Building Secure Contracts documentation.

来源

• https://api.github.com/repos/crytic/medusa
• https://api.github.com/repos/crytic/medusa/releases
• https://github.com/crytic/medusa
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crytic/medusa/master/docs/src/cli/init.md
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crytic/medusa/master/docs/src/getting_started/first_steps.md
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crytic/medusa/master/docs/src/getting_started/installation.md
• https://secure-contracts.com/program-analysis/medusa/docs/src/