# edgevpn mit Homebrew installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für edgevpn in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:edgevpn
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install edgevpn
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:edgevpn
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.35.3
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Immutable, decentralized, statically built p2p VPN
- **Homepage:** <https://mudler.github.io/edgevpn>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mudler/edgevpn>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T04:11:36+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- edgevpn (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.35.3
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

EdgeVPN is a Go/libp2p tool for creating decentralized private networks, reverse proxies, and peer-to-peer file transfers using shared tokens or configuration files instead of a central VPN server.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in May 2021. The README frames the project as an experiment with libp2p and as a more open, less-infrastructure alternative to ngrok-style tunneling.

By 2026, the project had an active release stream, with GitHub releases including v0.35.2 in June 2026. The README describes a broader scope than VPN alone: reverse proxying, p2p file transfer, a library interface, and an internal distributed ledger.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Official adoption evidence is strongest inside related cloud-native projects. The README says the Kairos CNCF project uses EdgeVPN as a layer for creating decentralized Kubernetes clusters, and that EdgeVPN powers LocalAI's P2P features.

Homebrew packaging gives workstation users a simple install path, while the upstream README primarily directs users to precompiled static releases and source usage.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users generate a config file with `edgevpn -g > config.yaml` or an encoded token with `edgevpn -g -b`, then share that network definition among peers. The README warns that exposing the file or token is equivalent to giving full control of the network.

Common uses include starting a VPN interface with per-node virtual addresses, exposing TCP services through the p2p network, sending files, and embedding EdgeVPN as a Go library.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

EdgeVPN is interesting to package people because it bundles modern p2p networking into a single static CLI with very little central infrastructure. It lives in the same mental drawer as VPNs, tunnels, reverse proxies, and Kubernetes lab tooling.

The project also shows the current package-manager appetite for edge and homelab networking tools: install one binary, generate a token, and assemble an overlay network without running a coordinator service.

### Zeitleiste

- 2021-05: GitHub repository created.
- 2021: README screenshots and early documentation show dashboard and networking features.
- 2026-05: Release stream reaches v0.34.0.
- 2026-06: Release v0.35.2 published.

### Related projects

- libp2p is the underlying p2p networking stack credited by the project.
- Kairos uses EdgeVPN for decentralized Kubernetes cluster networking.
- LocalAI uses EdgeVPN for P2P features.
- k3s appears in the README as an example Kubernetes cluster use case.

### Quellen

- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mudler/edgevpn/master/README.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/mudler/edgevpn>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/mudler/edgevpn/releases>


## Sicherheitshinweise

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## 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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: config.yaml

## Credential files

- Unix: config.yaml

## Combined YAML source

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


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