# Install recon-ng with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix

Web Reconnaissance Framework. Version 5.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install recon-ng.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:recon-ng
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install recon-ng
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add recon-ng
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: recon-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install recon-ng
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: recon-ng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#recon-ng
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/recon-ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:recon-ng
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/recon-ng>
- **Version:** 5.1.2
- **Source summary:** Web Reconnaissance Framework
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng/archive/refs/tags/v5.1.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T14:54:14+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- recon-cli (cli)
- recon-ng (cli)
- recon-web (cli)
- recon-cli (alias)
- recon-ng (alias)
- recon-web (alias)

## Dependencies

- certifi
- libyaml
- python@3.14
- rpds-py

## Uses from macOS

- libxml2
- libxslt

## 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: 5.1.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng
- Upstream latest detected: v5.1.2 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.recon-ng/keys.db
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** recon-ng
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 3
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - recon-ng - 5.1.2-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: recon-ng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python | https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng
- Nix - recon-ng: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/recon-ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - recon-ng - 5.1.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: recon-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python | https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [theharvester](https://pkg.so/brew/theharvester/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, reconnaissance, security.
- [sherlock](https://pkg.so/brew/sherlock/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, python, reconnaissance, security.
- [amass](https://pkg.so/brew/amass/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, reconnaissance, security.
- [maigret](https://pkg.so/brew/maigret/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, python, reconnaissance, security.
- [phoneinfoga](https://pkg.so/brew/phoneinfoga/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, reconnaissance, security.
- [sn0int](https://pkg.so/brew/sn0int/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, reconnaissance, security.
- [favirecon](https://pkg.so/brew/favirecon/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, reconnaissance, security.
- [findomain](https://pkg.so/brew/findomain/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, osint, reconnaissance, security.
- [dnsgen](https://pkg.so/brew/dnsgen/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: certifi, cli, osint, python, python-3-14.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph