# whosthere mit Homebrew, Nix, scoop installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für whosthere in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:whosthere ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install whosthere ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#whosthere ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wh/whosthere/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/whosthere ``` Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/whosthere.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:whosthere - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.8.3 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI written in Go - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-25T22:40:20+02:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - whosthere (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 0.8.3 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Whosthere is Ramon Vermeulen's Go-based LAN discovery tool with an interactive terminal UI. It combines mDNS, SSDP, ARP-cache discovery, OUI manufacturer lookup, and optional port scanning to show what devices are present on a local network. ### Projektgeschichte The GitHub repository was created on August 20, 2025. The README describes Whosthere as a local area network discovery tool written in Go, designed to help users discover, explore, and understand their LAN from an interactive TUI. In launch and show-and-tell posts, the author described building it as a way to learn Go and networking while making a TUI inspired by tools such as lazygit, k9s, and dive. That origin explains the project's shape: practical discovery methods wrapped in a keyboard-driven terminal interface. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Whosthere is much newer than WHOIS or whistle, but it found a visible niche among Go, homelab, and terminal-tool users. GitHub API metadata showed more than 2,300 stars and 60 forks on July 2, 2026. Its adoption story is tied to the modern homelab and small-network inventory use case: users want a quick view of devices without privileged raw-socket scanning or a heavyweight network-management suite. ### Wie es verwendet wird Typical usage is to run `whosthere` and let it discover nearby devices through concurrent mDNS and SSDP scans plus ARP-cache population. The TUI lets users inspect devices, see manufacturer information from OUI lookup, and optionally run a port scan on a discovered host. The README also documents daemon mode and configuration through YAML, making it useful both as an interactive tool and as a small local discovery service. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Whosthere is a package-nerd example of the current Go TUI wave: a single-purpose network utility that feels more like lazygit or k9s than classic line-oriented Unix networking commands. Its practical hook is unprivileged discovery. It does not replace full scanners such as Nmap, but it gives Homebrew and terminal users a fast first look at a LAN with little setup. ### Zeitleiste - 2025-08-20: The ramonvermeulen/whosthere GitHub repository was created. - 2026: Show-and-tell posts described Whosthere as a Go TUI LAN discovery tool using mDNS, SSDP, ARP-cache reading, OUI lookup, optional port scanning, and daemon mode. - 2026-05-21: The GitHub releases page listed v0.8.2 as the latest release in search-result metadata. - 2026-07-02: GitHub API metadata showed the repository above 2,300 stars. ### Related projects - tview is the Go terminal UI library named in Whosthere's public launch posts. - mDNS, SSDP, ARP, and OUI registries are the network-discovery mechanisms Whosthere combines. - Nmap is the broader classic network scanner category that Whosthere complements rather than replaces. ### Quellen - Go community show-and-tell post: https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/1qknfeu/whosthere_a_lan_discovery_tool_with_a_modern_tui/ - Product Hunt maker page: https://www.producthunt.com/products/whosthere - Show HN launch discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46731432 - Terminal Trove summary: https://terminaltrove.com/whosthere/ - Whosthere GitHub API metadata: https://api.github.com/repos/ramonvermeulen/whosthere - Whosthere repository and README: https://github.com/ramonvermeulen/whosthere ## Sicherheitshinweise Für whosthere 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/whosthere/config.yaml, ~/.config/whosthere/config.yaml ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - whosthere: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wh/whosthere/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/whosthere: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/whosthere.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/whosthere.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/whosthere.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