# socket_vmnet を Homebrew, Nix, MacPorts でインストール

socket_vmnet 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:socket_vmnet
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install socket_vmnet
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install socket_vmnet
```

  証拠: MacPorts ports tree: net/socket_vmnet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#socket-vmnet
```

  証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/socket-vmnet/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:socket_vmnet
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 1.2.2
- **ソース概要:** Daemon to provide vmnet.framework support for rootless QEMU
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/lima-vm/socket_vmnet>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/lima-vm/socket_vmnet>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-06T11:29:14Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- socket_vmnet (エイリアス)
- socket_vmnet_client (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: 1.2.2
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

socket_vmnet is a macOS networking daemon and client for giving unmodified, rootless QEMU access to Apple's vmnet.framework. It is closely associated with Lima and the Mac virtualization tooling ecosystem.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The official README says socket_vmnet was forked from vde_vmnet v0.6.0 and removes the dependency on VDE. The git history begins in July 2021, and the first tagged alpha release appeared in May 2022 before the 1.0.0 tag in November 2022.

The README positions the project around a precise operational tradeoff: socket_vmnet itself usually runs as root, but QEMU does not need to. This kept vmnet.framework networking usable for rootless QEMU workflows before and after QEMU added its own vmnet support.

### 採用の歴史

Official installation docs cover binary tarballs, source installs under /opt/socket_vmnet, Homebrew, and MacPorts. The supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew and MacPorts, reflecting a macOS-only tool aimed at virtualization users rather than a cross-platform daemon.

### 使われ方

The documented workflow starts the socket_vmnet daemon with a gateway and socket path, then runs QEMU through socket_vmnet_client. The README also documents Lima integration, noting that Lima has built-in support for socket_vmnet since v0.12.0.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Package nerds care about socket_vmnet because it is a small package with unusually sharp install semantics: root-owned prefixes, launchd service files, Homebrew service behavior, MacPorts service behavior, QEMU integration, and Lima integration all affect whether rootless virtual machines get usable bridged or shared networking.

### タイムライン

- 2021: Initial git commit.
- 2022: v1.0.0-alpha.0 first tagged alpha release.
- 2022: v1.0.0 tagged.
- 2022: Lima v0.12.0 and later documented built-in support for socket_vmnet.
- 2024: v1.2.0 tagged after the 1.1 series.
- 2025: v1.2.2 tagged.

### Related projects

- socket_vmnet is forked from vde_vmnet, is designed for QEMU, and is documented as integrated with Lima. The README also contrasts it with QEMU's built-in vmnet support, which requires running the whole QEMU process as root.

### ソース

- Official git metadata from https://github.com/lima-vm/socket_vmnet.git
- <https://github.com/lima-vm/socket_vmnet#readme>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lima-vm/socket_vmnet/master/README.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## セキュリティノート

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger リスク:** orange / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Nix - socket-vmnet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/socket-vmnet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - socket_vmnet: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/socket_vmnet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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