macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install conmanlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 10166
Install conman with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, zypper
Serial console management program supporting a large number of devices. Version 0.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install conman.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install conmanDebian stable package indexes · conman · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install conmanFedora Rawhide package metadata · conman · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#conmannixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/co/conman/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install conmanopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · conman · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Serial console management program supporting a large number of devices
Project links
Commands and aliases
- conman
- conmand
- conmen
history
Project history and usage
ConMan, the Console Manager, is a long-lived Unix console-management daemon and client suite for serial consoles, terminal servers, IPMI Serial-over-LAN, external processes, and Unix-domain sockets. It is aimed at administrators who need many console devices and simultaneous users.
Project history
The official README describes ConMan as a serial console management program with symbolic console names, logging, read-only and read-write sessions, shared sessions, privilege stealing/sharing, broadcast input, and parallel Expect-script execution. Its NEWS file traces active development back to at least the 0.1.8 release in 2002.
ConMan's history reflects classic cluster and lab administration needs: log every console, multiplex users, support terminal servers, then add external process drivers, Unix-domain sockets, IPMI Serial-over-LAN through FreeIPMI, systemd packaging, scalability fixes, and broad Unix portability testing.
Adoption history
The project is packaged across traditional Unix distributions and package managers in the supplied facts, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, openSUSE/zypper, Nix, and Homebrew. Official release notes also list build and RPM testing across CentOS, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Arch, Raspbian, and other systems.
How it is used
Typical usage is to run conmand with /etc/conman.conf defining console devices and logging behavior, then connect with conman or conmen for interactive, monitoring, or broadcast sessions. The package is relevant to serial-console fleets, remote management networks, and older hardware rooms where SSH alone is not enough.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, ConMan is important as old-school systems software with real daemon packaging concerns: init/systemd integration, sysconfdir behavior, pidfiles, runstatedir, FreeIPMI optional support, tcp-wrappers history, RPM verification, and portability across many Unix variants.
Timeline
- 2002: NEWS records conman-0.1.8 with global log and server logfile/syslog directives.
- 2007: conman-0.2.0 added external-process-driven consoles and scripts for Cyclades, IBM BladeCenter, IPMI SOL, and SSH.
- 2008: conman-0.2.2 added Unix-domain socket consoles and inotify detection.
- 2009: conman-0.2.4 added FreeIPMI support.
- 2016: conman-0.2.8 moved the homepage, changed RPM packaging toward systemd, added daemon nofile configuration, and improved scalability.
- 2022: conman-0.3.1 refreshed autotools packaging, added systemd/sysvinit configure options, added runstatedir support, and verified RPM source files.
Related projects
- Official sources tie ConMan to FreeIPMI, Expect, telnet terminal servers, IPMI Serial-over-LAN, Unix-domain sockets, systemd, sysvinit, RPM packaging, and Unix console administration.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
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/conman.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
conman | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
conmand | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
conmen | executable | indexed executable | Discovered 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 version0.3.1
manager updated2026-07-28
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:conman |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/dun/conman |
| Repository | https://github.com/dun/conman |
| Last updated | 2026-07-28T12:58:48+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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.
Debian apt95%
conman 0.3.1-1
serial console management program
sudo apt install conman- Section: comm
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Conman
Nix95%
conman
nix profile install nixpkgs#conman- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Conman
Ubuntu apt95%
conman 0.3.1-1
serial console management program
sudo apt install conman- Section: universe/comm
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Conman
dnf95%
conman 0.3.1-9.fc45
ConMan - The Console Manager
sudo dnf install conman- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND ISC
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: conman
- 10 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Conman
zypper95%
conman 0.3.1-3.6
The Console Manager
sudo zypper install conman- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: System/Console
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: conman
- 15 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Conman
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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