# boring を Homebrew, Nix でインストール

boring のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:boring
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install boring
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#boring
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:boring
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **パッケージマネージャページ:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/boring>
- **バージョン:** 0.16.1
- **ソース概要:** Simple command-line SSH tunnel manager that just works
- **ホームページ:** <https://alebeck.github.io/boring/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/alebeck/boring>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://alebeck.github.io/boring/>
- **ライセンス:** MIT
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/alebeck/boring/archive/refs/tags/v0.16.1.tar.gz>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-29T08:52:46+01:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- boring (cli)
- boring (エイリアス)

## ビルド依存関係

- go

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-04
- マネージャ版: 0.16.1
- マネージャ更新日: 2026-07-29
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/alebeck/boring
- 検出された最新: v0.16.1 (最新)
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

boring is a small Go CLI for managing SSH tunnels from a TOML file, positioned as a simpler way to keep local, remote, SOCKS, and reverse SOCKS forwards organized.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The public GitHub repository was created in September 2024, and its earliest GitHub release in the public release feed is 0.4.0 from October 2024. The official site describes it as a simple command-line SSH tunnel manager with TOML configuration, ssh_config compatibility, and automatic reconnections.

The project keeps its scope narrow: it manages tunnel definitions and process lifecycle around SSH rather than trying to replace OpenSSH or become a general VPN system.

### 採用の歴史

Adoption is early and package-manager-focused. The batch input records Homebrew and Nix packaging, which is typical for a modern single-binary CLI aimed at developers who frequently need repeatable port forwards.

Because boring delegates authentication and host identity to SSH configuration, it fits into existing developer workflows without asking users to maintain a separate credential store.

### 使われ方

Users define named tunnels in a TOML file, then use the CLI to list, open, close, and group them. The README documents local, remote, SOCKS, and socks-remote modes plus fields for host, user, identity, port, keep-alive, and grouping.

The tool reads standard SSH configuration where possible and falls back to familiar defaults such as the current user, port 22, ssh-agent, and standard identity files.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

boring is package-nerd interesting because it is a deliberately small wrapper around a ubiquitous system tool: it packages as one CLI, but its real value is making OpenSSH port-forwarding state reproducible and inspectable.

Its platform-specific default config paths are a useful curation detail, since Linux follows XDG while macOS and Windows use a home-directory TOML file.

### タイムライン

- 2024-09: Official GitHub repository metadata shows the public repository created.
- 2024-10: GitHub release metadata shows release 0.4.0 published.
- 2026: Repository metadata and package input show ongoing development and packaging in Homebrew and Nix.

### Related projects

- OpenSSH is the underlying transport and tunneling mechanism.
- ssh_config is part of the expected configuration workflow because boring can match hosts against SSH config.
- autossh and other SSH tunnel managers are adjacent tools, but boring focuses on named TOML-managed tunnels.

### ソース

- <https://alebeck.github.io/boring/>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/alebeck/boring>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/alebeck/boring/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/alebeck/boring>
- source_facts.package-manager


## セキュリティノート

boring に一致するローカルシークレット処理マニフェストは見つかりませんでした。将来の対応で安定したパッケージ URL を使えるよう、パッケージメタデータはここに公開されています。



## 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

- Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/boring/.boring.toml, ~/.config/boring/.boring.toml
- macOS: ~/.boring.toml
- Windows: ~/.boring.toml
## ソースデータベース詳細

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** boring
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Nix - boring: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/boring/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## 関連リンク

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/ja/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/ja/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/ja/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/ja/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [go](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [proxytunnel](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/proxytunnel/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, ssh, tunnel, tunneling.
- [cloudflared](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/cloudflared/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunnel, tunneling.
- [rospo](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/rospo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, ssh, tunneling.
- [dns2tcp](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/dns2tcp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunnel, tunneling.
- [sixtunnel](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/sixtunnel/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunnel, tunneling.
- [autossh](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/autossh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, ssh, tunnel.
- [gost](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/gost/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, port-forwarding, tunnel.
- [localtunnel](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/localtunnel/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling.
- [bore-cli](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/bore-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, forwarding, networking, port, port-forwarding.

## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph