dotnet-reactor mit Homebrew Cask installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• dotNET_Reactor
• dotNET_Reactor.Console

Projektgeschichte

The official release history shows .NET Reactor releases dating back to February 2006, placing it in the long-running generation of commercial .NET obfuscators that grew alongside the early .NET Framework ecosystem. Later releases continued to track new .NET versions, Visual Studio integration, and platform support.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Its adoption history is mostly in proprietary .NET software workflows rather than open-source package culture. The product's long release notes and licensing features point to use by vendors who need trial versions, hardware-locked licenses, and protection against casual decompilation.

Wie es verwendet wird

Developers run .NET Reactor after building an application or library to apply obfuscation, anti-tamper features, code protection, and optional license enforcement. The Homebrew cask exposes both the graphical app and console executable on macOS.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package catalogs, .NET Reactor is notable because it is a commercial GUI/CLI security tool packaged as a cask rather than a source-built formula. It represents the closed-source side of the .NET tooling ecosystem that package managers still need to index for developer workstations.

Zeitleiste

• 2006: The official history lists .NET Reactor 2.0.0.2.
• 2025: The official history lists .NET Reactor 7.5.0.0 with .NET 10 protection support.
• 2026: The Homebrew cask metadata packages the macOS x64 signed build at version 7.5.0.0.

Related projects

• IntelliLock
• .NET
• Visual Studio

Quellen

• https://www.eziriz.com/dotnet_reactor.htm
• https://www.eziriz.com/reactor_history.htm
• https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dotnet-reactor