nmap を Homebrew でインストール

プロジェクトリンク

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コマンドとエイリアス

• ncat
• ndiff
• nmap
• nping

プロジェクトの歴史

The official Nmap history highlights rapid early expansion: version 2.00 added OS detection on December 12, 1998; the first GUI appeared in April 1999; Windows support landed in December 2000; Mac OS X support and XML output arrived with Nmap 3.00 on July 31, 2002; and service/version detection was publicly released with Nmap 3.45 on September 16, 2003. The scan engine was rewritten as `ultra_scan` in 2004, raw Ethernet sending appeared in 2005, and the Nmap Scripting Engine arrived in 2006.

採用の歴史

Nmap's adoption is unusually broad for a security tool. The official guide describes millions of users worldwide, recognition by publications such as Linux Journal and InfoWorld, and repeated appearances in films. Its own timeline also notes security-community infrastructure: a public Subversion repository in 2006, Google Summer of Code participation, Zenmap integration, and the 2009 release of Ncat and Ndiff as companion tools.

使われ方

Package nerds install Nmap not only for `nmap` itself but for the companion commands Homebrew ships: `ncat`, `ndiff`, and `nping`. Everyday workflows include `nmap -A -T4 host` for an aggressive inventory scan, targeted `-sV` service/version detection, `-O` OS detection, `-sn` ping sweeps, NSE scripts for protocol checks, `ncat` for socket work, and `ndiff` to compare repeated XML scans.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Nmap is a canonical example of a CLI package whose upstream is bigger than a single binary: it carries data files, scripts, service probes, OS fingerprints, documentation, and multiple related tools. It is packaged almost everywhere, and Homebrew's API reported 14,039 installs in 30 days, 54,604 in 90 days, and 251,639 in 365 days when checked on July 1, 2026.

タイムライン

• 1997-09-01: first release in Phrack issue 51.
• 1998-12-12: Nmap 2.00 adds OS detection.
• 2000-12-07: first official Windows-capable version.
• 2002-07-31: Nmap 3.00 adds Mac OS X support, XML output, and uptime detection.
• 2003-09-16: service/version detection is publicly released.
• 2006-12-10: Nmap Scripting Engine debuts in Nmap 4.21ALPHA1.
• 2009-01-23: Ncat and Ndiff are added.
• 2026-07-01: Homebrew stable version is 7.99.

Related projects

• Ncat
• Ndiff
• Nping
• Zenmap
• Npcap
• Nmap Scripting Engine

ソース

• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nmap.json
• https://nmap.org/book/history-future.html
• https://nmap.org/book/man-author.html
• https://nmap.org/book/man.html
• https://nmap.org/book/preface.html
• https://nmap.org/docs.html