# Install fnox with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Fort Knox for your secrets - flexible secret management tool. Version 1.32.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fnox.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fnox
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fnox
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install fnox
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/fnox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fnox
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fn/fnox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fnox
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.32.0
- **Source summary:** Fort Knox for your secrets - flexible secret management tool
- **Homepage:** <https://fnox.jdx.dev/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jdx/fnox>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T12:21:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fnox (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.32.0
## Project history and usage

fnox is a developer-focused secrets-management CLI from jdx. Its official README describes it as 'Fort Knox for your secrets' and presents a unified interface for encrypted-in-git secrets and remote cloud or password-manager secret stores.

### Project history

fnox follows the pattern of project-local developer tooling: a `fnox.toml` file declares providers and secrets, and the CLI can initialize a project, set or get secrets, execute commands with secrets loaded, and activate shell integration. The official README also notes sponsorship by 37signals.

### Adoption history

The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and MacPorts packaging. The official README recommends installation through mise and also documents Cargo and source installation, tying fnox to the broader jdx/mise developer-tooling ecosystem.

### How it is used

fnox supports encrypted secrets using age and cloud KMS systems, remote secrets in AWS, Azure, GCP, 1Password, Bitwarden, Infisical, Vault, and Doppler, plus local keychain and password-store providers. Common usage is `fnox init`, `fnox set`, `fnox get`, `fnox exec`, and shell activation.

### Why package nerds care

fnox is notable for package managers because it packages a fast-moving secret manager with many external provider integrations into a single CLI. It sits at the intersection of encrypted repository secrets, cloud secret stores, password managers, and shell-driven developer workflows.

### Timeline

- Current: Official README documents encrypted-in-git and remote-cloud secret storage modes.
- Current: Official README recommends mise installation and documents Cargo and source installation.
- Current: Supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and MacPorts packages.

### Related projects

- fnox is related to mise, age, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, GCP KMS, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Parameter Store, GCP Secret Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, Infisical, HashiCorp Vault, Doppler, KeePass, and Unix pass.

### Sources

- <https://fnox.jdx.dev/>
- <https://fnox.jdx.dev/cli>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fnox>
- <https://github.com/jdx/fnox>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fnox. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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

- Unix: ./fnox.toml

## Credential files

- Unix: ./fnox.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - fnox: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fn/fnox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - fnox: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/fnox/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/fnox.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fnox.yml)


## Sources

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