# Install landrun with Homebrew, Nix

Lightweight, secure sandbox for running Linux processes using Landlock LSM. Version 0.1.17 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#landrun.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:landrun
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install landrun
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#landrun
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:landrun
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.17
- **Source summary:** Lightweight, secure sandbox for running Linux processes using Landlock LSM
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Zouuup/landrun>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Zouuup/landrun>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T13:40:58+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- landrun (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.17
## Project history and usage

Landrun is a small Linux command-line sandbox that wraps the kernel Landlock security module so ordinary users can run a process with explicit filesystem and TCP access rules.

### Project history

The project appeared publicly in March 2025 with early 0.1.x releases. Its README frames it as a practical front end for Landlock: no root, no containers, no SELinux or AppArmor policy files, and a command-line flag model for read, write, execute, bind, and connect permissions.

The early release stream quickly refined the access model. Version 0.1.3, released on 2025-03-22, added a deny-all behavior when no sandbox rules are provided. Version 0.1.4, released on 2025-03-23, replaced a global execution flag with path-specific execution permissions. Version 0.1.10, released on 2025-03-23, expanded Landlock permission coverage and tests, and version 0.1.14, released on 2025-04-03, added helper flags for dynamically linked executables.

### Adoption history

Landrun's adoption signal is mainly package-nerd and security-tool visibility rather than a long institutional history. The upstream README lists distro packaging for Arch AUR and SlackBuilds, and the Homebrew formula places it in the macOS/Linux package-manager ecosystem even though the underlying sandbox requires Linux Landlock support.

### How it is used

Typical usage is to prefix another command with `landrun` and add only the paths and TCP ports that process should access. The README also documents a systemd integration pattern for wrapping services such as nginx with reduced filesystem and network permissions.

### Why package nerds care

For package collectors, Landrun is notable because it turns a relatively obscure kernel LSM into a normal CLI tool. It sits near tools such as firejail and bubblewrap, but its hook is using unprivileged, kernel-native Landlock rules with a small Go implementation.

### Timeline

- 2025-03-22: v0.1.3 release documented deny-all behavior when no sandbox rules are supplied.
- 2025-03-23: v0.1.4 release introduced path-specific execution permissions.
- 2025-03-23: v0.1.10 release expanded Landlock permission coverage and test coverage.
- 2025-04-03: v0.1.14 release added `--ldd` and `--add-exec` helper flags.

### Related projects

- Related projects include the Linux Landlock LSM, the go-landlock bindings used by Landrun, and user-facing Linux sandbox tools such as firejail and bubblewrap.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/Zouuup/landrun>
- <https://github.com/Zouuup/landrun/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - landrun: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/la/landrun/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/landrun.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/landrun.yml)


## Sources

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