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toxcore mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, pacman installieren

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Installation

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macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install toxcore

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MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install toxcore

MacPorts ports tree · net/toxcore/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

C library implementing the Tox peer to peer network protocol

Befehle und Aliase

  • DHT_bootstrap
  • tox-bootstrapd

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

toxcore is the C implementation of the Tox peer-to-peer encrypted messaging protocol. The official repository describes Tox as a serverless instant messenger intended to make security and privacy easier for regular users, using libsodium-based encryption and authentication.

Projektgeschichte

The current official repository is maintained under the TokTok organization and is identified on GitHub as forked from the earlier irungentoo/toxcore repository. That lineage reflects the transition from the early Tox implementation into the current TokTok-maintained C core.

The repository has treated toxcore as a low-level cryptographic networking library rather than an end-user chat client. Its README includes a prominent warning that the library is experimental, has not been independently audited by cryptography specialists, and should be used at the user's risk.

Adoptionsgeschichte

toxcore's adoption is mostly indirect: it is the shared protocol library and bootstrap tooling that downstream Tox clients and bots build on. Homebrew packages the library and its bootstrap executables, while the source facts also show packages in Alpine, Fedora, MacPorts, and Arch/pacman.

GitHub Releases record a 'First Stable API' release at v0.1.0 in December 2016. The later changelog shows an active 0.2.x line focused on hardening, testing, ToxAV fixes, group chat work, network profiling, and preserving public API compatibility across releases.

Wie es verwendet wird

Developers embed toxcore by creating a Tox instance, registering callbacks for events such as friend requests and messages, and repeatedly calling the event-loop function `tox_iterate` at the interval returned by `tox_iteration_interval`.

For package users, the Homebrew-visible executables `DHT_bootstrap` and `tox-bootstrapd` represent toxcore's infrastructure side: maintaining bootstrap nodes and helping peers enter the decentralized Tox network rather than launching a full chat UI.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

toxcore is significant to package nerds because it is a packaged C protocol library with security-sensitive dependencies, ABI/API concerns, and downstream clients. Packaging it correctly matters for encrypted-messaging clients that rely on shared system libraries instead of vendored snapshots.

The project also illustrates the package-maintainer tension around cryptographic software: widely packaged, useful to privacy-oriented users, but officially documented as experimental and unaudited.

Zeitleiste

  • 2016: GitHub Releases publish v0.1.0 as 'First Stable API'.
  • 2024: v0.2.20 changelog includes security and ToxAV fixes.
  • 2025: v0.2.21 changelog adds DNS-disable support and a network profiler.
  • 2026: v0.2.22 and v0.2.23 changelog entries emphasize hardening, architectural refinement, and security fixes.

Related projects

  • The repository includes toxcore, toxav, and toxencryptsave components, and the README points readers to Tox clients, the Tox wiki, and example bots such as minitox.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

  • text:network

Installationsverhalten

  • Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
DHT_bootstrapExecutableindexiertes ExecutableAus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.
tox-bootstrapdExecutableindexiertes ExecutableAus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.

Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-08-03
Manager-Version0.2.23
Manager aktualisiert2026-06-04
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  • OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:toxcore
Version0.2.23
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://tox.chat/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-06-04T01:57:58Z
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apk95%

toxcore 0.2.23-r1

Tox communication project - C core

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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toxcore-bash-completion 0.2.23-r1

Bash completions for toxcore

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore-bash-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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toxcore-dev 0.2.23-r1

Tox communication project - C core (development files)

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore-dev
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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toxcore-libs 0.2.23-r1

Tox communication project - C core (libraries)

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore-libs
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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toxcore 0.2.20-5.fc45

Peer to peer instant messenger

https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore

sudo dnf install toxcore
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: toxcore from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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toxcore-devel 0.2.20-5.fc45

Development files for Toxcore

https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore

sudo dnf install toxcore-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: toxcore-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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toxcore 1:0.2.22-2

Secure, configuration-free, P2P Skype replacement backend

https://tox.chat

sudo pacman -S toxcore
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: toxcore from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
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toxcore

sudo port install toxcore
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Toxcore
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/toxcore/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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