# Install gnunet with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, zypper Framework for distributed, secure and privacy-preserving applications. Version 0.28.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-17. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gnunet. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gnunet ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gnunet ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add gnunet ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gnunet ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gnunet from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gnunet ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gn/gnunet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install gnunet ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gnunet from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gnunet - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.28.0 - **Source summary:** Framework for distributed, secure and privacy-preserving applications - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-17T21:56:28Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - gnunet-abd (alias) - gnunet-arm (alias) - gnunet-auto-share (alias) - gnunet-base32 (alias) - gnunet-bugreport (alias) - gnunet-cadet (alias) - gnunet-config (alias) - gnunet-core (alias) - gnunet-datastore (alias) - gnunet-dht-get (alias) - gnunet-dht-hello (alias) - gnunet-dht-monitor (alias) - gnunet-dht-put (alias) - gnunet-did (alias) - gnunet-directory (alias) - gnunet-download (alias) - gnunet-ecc (alias) - gnunet-fs (alias) - gnunet-gns (alias) - gnunet-gns-proxy-setup-ca (alias) - gnunet-hello (alias) - gnunet-identity (alias) - gnunet-messenger (alias) - gnunet-namecache (alias) - gnunet-namestore (alias) - gnunet-namestore-dbtool (alias) - gnunet-namestore-zonefile (alias) - gnunet-nat (alias) - gnunet-nat-auto (alias) - gnunet-nat-server (alias) - gnunet-nse (alias) - gnunet-pils (alias) - gnunet-publish (alias) - gnunet-reclaim (alias) - gnunet-regex (alias) - gnunet-resolver (alias) - gnunet-revocation (alias) - gnunet-rps (alias) - gnunet-scalarproduct (alias) - gnunet-scrypt (alias) - gnunet-search (alias) - gnunet-statistics (alias) - gnunet-testbed (alias) - gnunet-testing-netjail-launcher (alias) - gnunet-transport-certificate-creation (alias) - gnunet-unindex (alias) - gnunet-uri (alias) - gnunet-vpn (alias) - gnunet-zoneimport (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.28.0 ## Project history and usage GNUnet is GNU's framework for decentralized, secure and privacy-preserving networking, built as a collection of services and command-line tools rather than a single end-user program. ### Project history The GNUnet documentation traces the project to 2001, when ideas for changing Freenet's file-sharing design proved too large for that project. The first release used the name GNet while the maintainers sought GNU approval; after adopting GNU governance, it became an official GNU package. The system broadened from anonymous file sharing into a modular network stack. Early work produced GNU libextractor, then pluggable transports in 2003, peer-to-peer chat in 2005, GNU libmicrohttpd support for HTTP transport in 2007, and a multi-process architecture in 2009. Research work from 2009 to 2014 produced major GNUnet subsystems including R5N DHT, CADET, ATS and the GNU Name System. Later projects such as secushare, GNU Taler, pEp metadata protection and Taler Systems helped keep GNUnet tied to privacy-preserving application research. ### Adoption history GNUnet's adoption has been strongest in free-software, privacy, peer-to-peer networking and academic research circles. Its own history notes that most contributions came from volunteers or people funded to do fundamental research, and that it remained an experimental system with known design and implementation limits. ### How it is used Practitioners use GNUnet by running a peer with gnunet-arm, configuring services in gnunet.conf and enabling selected subsystems such as file sharing, DHT operations, GNS naming, VPN support, messaging or testbed tooling. Advanced deployments separate per-user and system services and may run a dedicated gnunet account. ### Why package nerds care For package users, GNUnet is interesting because the formula installs a dense toolkit of subsystem commands rather than a single daemon. It is the kind of package used to experiment with alternative network protocols, service supervision, DHT behavior, decentralized naming and privacy-preserving application plumbing. ### Timeline - 2001: Project started from ideas that exceeded Freenet's file-sharing scope. - 2001: The first release used the name GNet before GNUnet joined GNU governance. - 2003: Pluggable transports appeared, starting with TCP, UDP and SMTP. - 2005: The project began moving beyond file sharing with a simple P2P chat. - 2009: GNUnet was modularized into a multi-process architecture. - 2010: secushare selected GNUnet as its networking basis. - 2013: GNU Taler was launched from the GNUnet community. - 2015: pEp announced GNUnet use for a metadata-protection layer. - 2016: Taler Systems SA was founded using GNUnet technology. ### Related projects - GNUnet is related to Freenet by origin, to GNU libextractor and GNU libmicrohttpd by project history, and to GNU Taler, secushare and pEp through later application work. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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: ~/.config/gnunet.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnunet.conf, /etc/gnunet.conf ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gnunet - 0.20.0-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gnunet from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking | https://gnunet.org - Debian apt - gnunet-dev - 0.20.0-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gnunet-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (transitional package) | https://gnunet.org - Debian apt - libgnunet-dev - 0.20.0-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgnunet-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (development) | https://gnunet.org - Debian apt - libgnunet0.20t64 - 0.20.0-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgnunet0.20t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (libraries) | https://gnunet.org - Nix - gnunet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gn/gnunet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gnunet - 0.20.0-4.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gnunet from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking | https://gnunet.org - Ubuntu apt - gnunet-dev - 0.20.0-4.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gnunet-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (transitional package) | https://gnunet.org - Ubuntu apt - libgnunet-dev - 0.20.0-4.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgnunet-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (development) | https://gnunet.org - Ubuntu apt - libgnunet0.20t64 - 0.20.0-4.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgnunet0.20t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (libraries) | https://gnunet.org - apk - gnunet - 0.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking | https://gnunet.org - apk - gnunet-dev - 0.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking (development files) | https://gnunet.org - apk - gnunet-doc - 0.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking (documentation) | https://gnunet.org - apk - gnunet-lang - 0.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package gnunet | https://gnunet.org - apk - gnunet-openrc - 0.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnunet-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A framework for secure and privacy enhancing peer-to-peer networking (OpenRC init scripts) | https://gnunet.org - zypper - gnunet - 0.26.2-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gnunet from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Security focused Peer-to-Peer Framework | https://www.gnunet.org/ - zypper - gnunet-devel - 0.26.2-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gnunet-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Security focused Peer-to-Peer Framework | https://www.gnunet.org/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gnunet.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gnunet.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