# Install quien with Homebrew, MacPorts, scoop

Better WHOIS and domain intelligence toolkit. Version 0.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with macports: sudo port install quien.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:quien
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install quien
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install quien
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/quien/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/quien
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/quien.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:quien
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/quien>
- **Version:** 0.12.0
- **Source summary:** Better WHOIS and domain intelligence toolkit
- **Homepage:** <https://benword.com/quien-a-better-whois-and-domain-intelligence-toolkit>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/retlehs/quien>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://benword.com/quien-a-better-whois-and-domain-intelligence-toolkit>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/retlehs/quien/archive/refs/tags/v0.12.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T00:37:36+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- quien (cli)
- quien (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.12.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/retlehs/quien
- Upstream latest detected: v0.12.0 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for quien. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** quien
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - quien: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/quien/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/quien: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/quien.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [whois](https://pkg.so/brew/whois/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, whois.
- [c-ares](https://pkg.so/brew/c-ares/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [unbound](https://pkg.so/brew/unbound/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [telnet](https://pkg.so/brew/telnet/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [socat](https://pkg.so/brew/socat/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [gsasl](https://pkg.so/brew/gsasl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [passt](https://pkg.so/brew/passt/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [nghttp2](https://pkg.so/brew/nghttp2/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [domain-check](https://pkg.so/brew/domain-check/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, domain, networking, whois.
- [icann-rdap](https://pkg.so/brew/icann-rdap/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, domain, networking, whois.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/quien.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/quien.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph