# Install rustcat with Homebrew, dnf, Nix

Modern Port listener and Reverse shell. Version 3.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rustcat.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rustcat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rustcat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install rustcat
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rustcat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rustcat
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rustcat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rustcat>
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Source summary:** Modern Port listener and Reverse shell
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/robiot/rustcat>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/robiot/rustcat>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/robiot/rustcat/archive/refs/tags/v3.0.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- rcat (cli)
- rcat (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.0.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/robiot/rustcat
- Upstream latest detected: v3.0.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rustcat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ru/rustcat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - rustcat - 1.3.0-17.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rustcat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Rustcat - The Modern Port Listener & Reverse Shell | https://crates.io/crates/rustcat


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [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.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [bore-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/bore-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, rust.
- [cloudflare-quiche](https://pkg.so/brew/cloudflare-quiche/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, rust.
- [monocle](https://pkg.so/brew/monocle/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, rust.
- [geph4](https://pkg.so/brew/geph4/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, rust.
- [sniffglue](https://pkg.so/brew/sniffglue/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, rust.
- [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.
- [havn](https://pkg.so/brew/havn/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, networking, port, rust, security.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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