macOS
brew install toxcorelocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install toxcoreMacPorts ports tree · net/toxcore/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
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Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de toxcore pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install toxcorelocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install toxcoreMacPorts ports tree · net/toxcore/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
sudo apk add toxcoreAlpine Linux edge package indexes · toxcore · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo dnf install toxcoreFedora Rawhide package metadata · toxcore · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
sudo pacman -S toxcoreArch Linux sync databases · toxcore · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
aperçu
C library implementing the Tox peer to peer network protocol
historique
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
posture de sécurité
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
risque blue · confiance moyen · tool
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exécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
DHT_bootstrap | exécutable | exécutable indexé | Découvert depuis l'index local des exécutables. |
tox-bootstrapd | exécutable | exécutable indexé | Découvert depuis l'index local des exécutables. |
fraîcheur
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métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:toxcore |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.23 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page d'accueil | https://tox.chat/ |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-06-04T01:57:58Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bouteille | non enregistré |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
correspondances dans les bases sources
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toxcore 0.2.23-r1
Tox communication project - C core
sudo apk add toxcoretoxcore-bash-completion 0.2.23-r1
Bash completions for toxcore
sudo apk add toxcore-bash-completiontoxcore-dev 0.2.23-r1
Tox communication project - C core (development files)
sudo apk add toxcore-devtoxcore-libs 0.2.23-r1
Tox communication project - C core (libraries)
sudo apk add toxcore-libstoxcore 0.2.20-5.fc45
Peer to peer instant messenger
https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore
sudo dnf install toxcoretoxcore-devel 0.2.20-5.fc45
Development files for Toxcore
https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore
sudo dnf install toxcore-develtoxcore 1:0.2.22-2
Secure, configuration-free, P2P Skype replacement backend
sudo pacman -S toxcoretoxcore
sudo port install toxcorepiste source
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