macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install traceboxlocal Homebrew formula metadata
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#traceboxnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/tr/tracebox/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
概览
软件包摘要
Middlebox detection tool
历史
项目历史与用法
Tracebox is a network-diagnostics CLI for detecting middleboxes on an Internet path. Its README describes it as traceroute-like, but focused on identifying packet modifications by comparing probes with ICMP replies.
项目历史
Tracebox comes from the research and measurement side of networking. The project page explains that it detects middleboxes by using ICMP replies to identify changes in packets, relying on the common behavior of devices that return more of the original datagram than the minimum described by RFC 792.
The GitHub repository was created in 2013, with public release metadata from v0.3 in May 2015 through v0.4.4 in January 2018. The source tree includes C and C++ implementation code, Lua support, manual pages, and documentation.
采用历史
Tracebox's own README documents Homebrew installation for macOS, Linux builds from autotools dependencies, an OpenWRT package feed, and an Android build script for rooted phones. The OpenWRT section is explicitly marked unmaintained, which fits a project that was useful to network researchers and operators but did not become a constantly refreshed mainstream CLI.
使用方式
Users run `tracebox` or `luatracebox` to probe a path and inspect hop-by-hop packet modifications. The README documents JSON output via `-j`, verbose modification details, hop data, ICMP extensions, additions, deletions, and modifications, making it scriptable for measurement workflows.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
In package-manager culture, Tracebox is a classic specialist network tool: packaged in Homebrew and Nix, rooted in Unix build conventions, and interesting because it extends the familiar traceroute mental model into middlebox detection and JSON-producing measurement.
时间线
- 2013-06: GitHub repository created.
- 2015-05: Tracebox v0.3 released.
- 2017-10: Tracebox v0.4.2 released.
- 2018-01: Tracebox v0.4.4 released.
Related projects
- traceroute, ICMP, Lua, OpenWRT, Android builds, libpcap, netfilter queue.
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 6 个平台目标。
- 安装时包含 2 个运行时依赖。
- 构建元数据列出 3 个构建依赖。
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
luatracebox | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
tracebox | 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0.4.4
管理器更新时间2026-06-25
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
https://github.com/tracebox/tracebox
- 信息No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/tracebox/traceboxnone 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:tracebox |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 0.4.4 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tracebox |
| 主页 | https://github.com/tracebox/tracebox |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/tracebox/tracebox |
| 上游文档 | https://github.com/tracebox/tracebox#readme |
| 许可证 | GPL-2.0-only AND BSD-3-Clause |
| 源码归档 | https://github.com/tracebox/tracebox.git |
| 最后更新 | 2026-06-25T13:38:09+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| 依赖 | json-c, lua |
| 构建依赖 | autoconf, automake, libtool |
| macOS 提供的库 | libpcap |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
| 注意事项 | Tracebox requires superuser privileges e.g. run with sudo. You should be certain that you trust any software you are executing with elevated privileges. |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | tracebox |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 4 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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。
Nix95%
tracebox
nix profile install nixpkgs#tracebox- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Tracebox
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