# fnox mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:fnox
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fnox
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install fnox
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: security/fnox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fnox
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:fnox
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.32.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Fort Knox for your secrets - flexible secret management tool
- **Homepage:** <https://fnox.jdx.dev/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jdx/fnox>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-08-01T12:21:51Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fnox (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.32.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

fnox is a developer-focused secrets-management CLI from jdx. Its official README describes it as 'Fort Knox for your secrets' and presents a unified interface for encrypted-in-git secrets and remote cloud or password-manager secret stores.

### Projektgeschichte

fnox follows the pattern of project-local developer tooling: a `fnox.toml` file declares providers and secrets, and the CLI can initialize a project, set or get secrets, execute commands with secrets loaded, and activate shell integration. The official README also notes sponsorship by 37signals.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and MacPorts packaging. The official README recommends installation through mise and also documents Cargo and source installation, tying fnox to the broader jdx/mise developer-tooling ecosystem.

### Wie es verwendet wird

fnox supports encrypted secrets using age and cloud KMS systems, remote secrets in AWS, Azure, GCP, 1Password, Bitwarden, Infisical, Vault, and Doppler, plus local keychain and password-store providers. Common usage is `fnox init`, `fnox set`, `fnox get`, `fnox exec`, and shell activation.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

fnox is notable for package managers because it packages a fast-moving secret manager with many external provider integrations into a single CLI. It sits at the intersection of encrypted repository secrets, cloud secret stores, password managers, and shell-driven developer workflows.

### Zeitleiste

- Current: Official README documents encrypted-in-git and remote-cloud secret storage modes.
- Current: Official README recommends mise installation and documents Cargo and source installation.
- Current: Supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and MacPorts packages.

### Related projects

- fnox is related to mise, age, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, GCP KMS, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Parameter Store, GCP Secret Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, Infisical, HashiCorp Vault, Doppler, KeePass, and Unix pass.

### Quellen

- <https://fnox.jdx.dev/>
- <https://fnox.jdx.dev/cli>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fnox>
- <https://github.com/jdx/fnox>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für fnox wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## 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: ./fnox.toml

## Credential files

- Unix: ./fnox.toml
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - fnox: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fn/fnox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - fnox: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/fnox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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