# Install asroute with Homebrew

CLI to interpret traceroute -a output to show AS names traversed. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:asroute
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install asroute
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:asroute
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Source summary:** CLI to interpret traceroute -a output to show AS names traversed
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/stevenpack/asroute>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/stevenpack/asroute>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- asroute (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.0
## Project history and usage

asroute is a small Rust CLI for parsing traceroute -a output and summarizing the autonomous systems traversed by a network path.

### Project history

The official README describes asroute as a personal utility made to show the companies and networks carrying packets without reading every traceroute hop. It uses Team Cymru's Rust crate for ASN-to-AS-name lookup.

### Adoption history

The upstream README documents Homebrew installation, and the supplied facts show Homebrew packaging. Its adoption history is that of a focused macOS-friendly network utility rather than a broad network-analysis suite.

### How it is used

The documented workflow is piping traceroute -a output into asroute, which emits a compact AS-name and country path.

The README positions lft as the more feature-rich tool for serious network analysis, leaving asroute as a lightweight parser and display command.

### Why package nerds care

asroute is package-nerd interesting because it is intentionally tiny: a Rust CLI wrapped for Homebrew that turns an existing system tool's verbose output into ASN-level path information.

It is a good example of Homebrew acting as the main distribution mechanism for a focused personal utility.

### Timeline

- 2020: GitHub release metadata lists asroute v0.1.0.
- Current README: Documents Homebrew installation, traceroute -a piping, Team Cymru lookup support, and TODOs such as an internal traceroute mode.

### Related projects

- The README names Team Cymru's Rust crate for ASN lookup and points to lft as a richer related tracing tool.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/stevenpack/asroute#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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