macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ipinfo-clilocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 4107
Install ipinfo-cli with Homebrew, scoop, Nix, winget
Official CLI for the IPinfo IP Address API. Version 3.3.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with scoop: scoop install main/ipinfo-cli.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ipinfonixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ip/ipinfo/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/ipinfo-cliScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/ipinfo-cli.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id ipinfo.ipinfo -eWindows Package Manager source index · ipinfo.ipinfo · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Official CLI for the IPinfo IP Address API
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ipinfo
history
Project history and usage
IPinfo CLI is the official command-line interface for the IPinfo.io API, combining IP and ASN lookups, bulk enrichment, summaries, mapping, CIDR and range tools, and standalone helper binaries.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in 2020 and IPinfo announced the official CLI in April 2021. The announcement framed it as a way to query nearly all IPinfo APIs more efficiently from the terminal, including IP lookups, ASN lookups, summaries, maps, grep-like IP extraction, and range listing.
The repository README expanded the tool into both the main `ipinfo` command and a suite of related binaries such as `grepip`, `matchip`, `prips`, CIDR/range converters, `randip`, and `mmdb` tooling.
Adoption history
The CLI was packaged for many installation paths from the start: Homebrew, a Debian/Ubuntu PPA, one-shot deb and script installers, FreeBSD ports, Arch AUR, Scoop, Docker, Go install, and release archives.
Its adoption follows the growth of IP intelligence workflows: developers and security teams can move from web/API calls to shell pipelines while still using the same IPinfo data source and account token.
How it is used
Common usage includes one-off IP and ASN lookups, bulk enrichment from files or standard input, summarizing up to 1000 IPs, opening maps for IP locations, filtering IPs from text, and generating IP lists from CIDR or range input.
The config and token data live under `~/.config/ipinfo` on Unix-like systems according to the README's Docker persistence example and supplied curation.
Why package nerds care
This package matters because it turns a SaaS IP intelligence API into a normal Unix command with package-manager installs, subcommands, and pipeline-friendly utilities.
It also creates a naming collision with the older Kyberdigi `ipinfo` formula. Homebrew resolves that by naming this formula `ipinfo-cli` while the executable remains `ipinfo`.
Timeline
- 2020: GitHub repository created.
- 2021: ipinfo-1.0.0 release and official CLI announcement.
- 2021: Early companion binaries such as grepip were released alongside the main command.
- 2026: ipinfo-3.3.2 release published on GitHub.
Related projects
- IPinfo.io provides the API and data products queried by the CLI.
- grepip, matchip, prips, CIDR/range conversion tools, randip, and mmdb tools are shipped as related command-line utilities in the same ecosystem.
- Kyberdigi ipinfo is unrelated despite the similar package name.
Sources
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
~/.config/ipinfo
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.config/ipinfo
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ipinfo | 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 version3.3.2
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ipinfo-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.3.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://ipinfo.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/ipinfo/cli |
| 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.
Scoop95%
main/ipinfo-cli
scoop install main/ipinfo-cli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ipinfo Cli
Nix92%
ipinfo
nix profile install nixpkgs#ipinfo- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Ipinfo
winget92%
ipinfo.ipinfo
winget install --id ipinfo.ipinfo -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Ipinfo
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