# identme を Homebrew, apk, scoop でインストール

identme 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:identme
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install identme
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add identme
```

  証拠: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: identme from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/identme
```

  証拠: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/identme.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:identme
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 0.6.0
- **ソース概要:** Public IP address lookup
- **ホームページ:** <https://www.ident.me>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/xmit-co/ident.me>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-04T16:53:43+09:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- identme (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 0.6.0
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

ident.me is a public IP address lookup service and matching small CLI. It packages the common administrator trick of asking an external endpoint what address the wider Internet sees.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The project repository describes ident.me as public IP addresses exposed as apps and APIs, and the public site presents IPv4, IPv6, browser, header, WebRTC, and geolocation-related data. The repository contains backend, API, CLI, web, iOS, and package-related directories, showing the service grew beyond a one-endpoint web page.

The Homebrew formula packages the CLI as identme with a 0BSD license. The GitHub repository moved under the xmit-co organization while preserving the pcarrier/ident.me redirect, which is why both URLs appear in package metadata and documentation.

### 採用の歴史

Public-IP lookup tools are adopted because they are easy to script in NAT, VPN, dual-stack, and cloud troubleshooting workflows. ident.me's value is its deliberately small surface: it can be used as a site in a browser, an API endpoint, or a packaged command.

Homebrew, Alpine, Scoop, and FreeBSD-style packaging indicate a small but cross-platform user base. This is utility packaging rather than framework packaging: users install it for a single answer in scripts or diagnostics.

### 使われ方

The CLI and service are used to retrieve the public IP address visible from outside the local network. The website also exposes browser-visible information such as language, timezone, user agent, headers, and WebRTC-related addresses.

A package-manager install avoids shell aliases around curl endpoints and gives users a named command whose implementation can track the service API.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

identme is significant in the small-tool sense: it turns an online diagnostic endpoint into a packageable command with a permissive license. That makes it useful for dotfiles, provisioning scripts, and network smoke tests.

It also shows how modern package managers package tiny service clients when the service itself is the product: the executable is light, but the reliability and ownership of the endpoint matter.

### タイムライン

- 2025-02-13: ident.me v0.6.0 was released on GitHub.
- 2025: Homebrew packaged identme 0.6.0 as a public IP address lookup tool.
- 2026: The GitHub repository path pcarrier/ident.me redirected to xmit-co/ident.me.

### Related projects

- The tool sits in the same practical category as ifconfig.me, icanhazip, checkip-style services, and curl-based public-IP snippets. Unlike those bare endpoints, ident.me also ships application and CLI code in its repository.
- The repository includes service, CLI, web, iOS, and packaging pieces, tying the command-line package to a broader public-IP lookup service.

### ソース

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/identme>
- <https://github.com/pcarrier/ident.me>
- <https://github.com/xmit-co/ident.me>
- <https://github.com/xmit-co/ident.me/releases/tag/v0.6.0>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pcarrier/ident.me/main/README.md>
- <https://www.ident.me>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- apk - identme - 0.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: identme from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Public IP address lookup | https://www.ident.me
- Scoop - extras/identme: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/identme.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
