# gnirehtet mit Homebrew, Nix, scoop installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:gnirehtet
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gnirehtet
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gnirehtet
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/gnirehtet
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gnirehtet
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.5.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Reverse tethering tool for Android
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gnirehtet (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.5.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Gnirehtet is Genymobile's reverse-tethering tool for Android devices. The project routes a connected Android device through a computer's network connection over adb without requiring root access on either side.

### Projektgeschichte

The project grew out of Genymobile's Android tooling work and presents itself as a small, cross-platform utility rather than a desktop network manager. Its README documents Java and Rust distributions, adb requirements, an APK installed on the device, and a relay process on the host.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Gnirehtet spread through developer package managers because it solves a specific lab and testing problem: giving USB-connected Android devices network access from the host. Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop packaging make it easy to install alongside adb on macOS, Linux, and Windows workstations.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Practitioners use gnirehtet when an Android device needs internet access through a development machine, especially during testing on controlled networks or devices without usable Wi-Fi or cellular data. The simple path is `gnirehtet run`; split commands let users run the relay, install the APK, and start or stop clients per device.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Gnirehtet is a classic package-manager utility: tiny scope, awkward to replace with built-in OS features, and useful only when the exact networking edge case appears. Its value is that it turns adb reverse-tethering setup into a reproducible installable command.

### Zeitleiste

- 2017: Arch User Repository metadata shows third-party packaging for Gnirehtet.
- 2022: Forum and support references show users applying Gnirehtet to airplane-mode and USB reverse-tethering cases.
- 2024: Homebrew test discussion records the formula using the installed binary for validation.

### Related projects

- Gnirehtet sits near Android SDK Platform Tools, adb reverse, Genymotion's Android tooling ecosystem, and host-side network testing workflows.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gnirehtet>
- <https://github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - gnirehtet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gn/gnirehtet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/gnirehtet: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gnirehtet.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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