# Install fastrace with Homebrew

Dependency-free traceroute implementation in pure C. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fastrace
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fastrace
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fastrace
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** Dependency-free traceroute implementation in pure C
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/davidesantangelo/fastrace>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/davidesantangelo/fastrace>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fastrace (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
## Project history and usage

Fastrace is a dependency-free traceroute implementation in C, designed for faster network path tracing with multiple probe modes and machine-readable output.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2025. The official README describes IPv4 and IPv6 support, UDP, ICMP Echo, and TCP SYN probe modes, JSON and CSV output, metrics, adaptive concurrency, and a zero-dependency libc/raw-socket design.

### Adoption history

The README documents Homebrew installation for macOS and Linux and source builds with make or gcc. Homebrew currently tracks the upstream v1.0.0 release archive.

### How it is used

Fastrace is run against a target host, commonly with elevated privileges for raw networking. The README documents examples for IPv6 tracing, ICMP mode, TCP SYN mode, no-DNS output, JSON output, CSV output, and metrics.

### Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, Fastrace is an example of a classic Unix network diagnostic rebuilt as a small native tool with JSON/CSV output and documented cross-platform behavior.

### Timeline

- 2025: GitHub repository created.
- 2025: v0.1.0 published on GitHub Releases.
- 2026: v1.0.0 published and tracked by Homebrew.

### Related projects

- The README directly compares Fastrace with the standard traceroute utility.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/davidesantangelo/fastrace>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/davidesantangelo/fastrace/releases>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/fastrace.json>
- <https://github.com/davidesantangelo/fastrace#readme>


## 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/fastrace.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fastrace.yml)


## Sources

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