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Install cjdns with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Advanced mesh routing system with cryptographic addressing. Version 22.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cjdns.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cjdns

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install cjdns

MacPorts ports tree · net/cjdns/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Advanced mesh routing system with cryptographic addressing

Commands and aliases

  • cjdnstool
  • cjdroute

history

Project history and usage

cjdns is an encrypted IPv6 mesh-routing system that derives addresses from public keys and uses a distributed hash table for routing. It is packaged as a command-line/network daemon stack centered on `cjdroute`.

Project history

The official repository was created in 2011 and describes cjdns as an encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing. Its whitepaper frames the project as a clean-slate response to Internet routing, security, decentralization, and ease-of-configuration problems.

The project goals document emphasizes built-in security, auto-configuration, decentralization, and scalability for mesh-like networks.

Adoption history

The batch input records cjdns packages in Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch/pacman. The upstream README includes Linux and macOS build instructions, an installer-project option, and localized README translations, all signs of a project aimed at technically capable operators across Unix-like systems.

How it is used

Users build or install cjdns, generate `/etc/cjdroute.conf` with `cjdroute --genconf`, protect that file because it contains node identity material, and run the router to join encrypted peer networks.

Why package nerds care

cjdns is package-nerd significant because it is not just a daemon: it packages a whole alternate-networking experiment with crypto identity, TUN/TAP setup, peer configuration, and routing assumptions. It stresses distro policy around networking privileges, service setup, generated secrets, and fast-moving low-level dependencies.

Timeline

  • 2011: Official GitHub repository created.
  • 2011: Early tags include cjdns-0.1, cjdns-0.2, and cjdns-0.3.
  • 2026: Official GitHub repository metadata shows continuing activity.

Related projects

  • The official README points to cjdns.sh as a pre-built binary installer option.
  • The official whitepaper compares the problem space with IPsec, DNSSEC, LISP, OLSR, HSLS, and BATMAN.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/etc/cjdroute.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
/etc/cjdroute.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cjdnstoolexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
cjdrouteexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version22.3
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cjdns
Version22.3
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
Last updated2026-08-02T01:55:35+09:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

cjdns

nix profile install nixpkgs#cjdns
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cjdns
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cj/cjdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

cjdns 22.3-r0

A routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

sudo apk add cjdns
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cjdns
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cjdns
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cjdns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

cjdns-doc 22.3-r0

A routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use (documentation)

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

sudo apk add cjdns-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cjdns
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cjdns
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cjdns-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

cjdns-openrc 22.3-r0

A routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use (OpenRC init scripts)

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

sudo apk add cjdns-openrc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cjdns
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cjdns
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cjdns-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

cjdns 22.3-2

Routing engine designed for security, scalability, speed and ease of use

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

sudo pacman -S cjdns
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cjdns
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: cjdns from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

cjdns

sudo port install cjdns
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cjdns
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/cjdns/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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source trail

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Used sources

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