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Install mfcuk with Homebrew, apt, Nix

MiFare Classic Universal toolKit. Version 0.3.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mfcuk.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mfcuk

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mfcuk

Debian stable package indexes · mfcuk · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mfcuk

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mf/mfcuk/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

MiFare Classic Universal toolKit

Commands and aliases

  • mfcuk

history

Project history and usage

MFCUK, the MiFare Classic Universal toolKit, is an nfc-tools project for MIFARE Classic security research. Its README identifies the main tool as a Mifare Classic DarkSide key recovery tool, previously known as zv_mf_dark_side, and lists a bibliography of MIFARE Classic cryptanalysis work from the late 2000s. The AUTHORS file names Andrei Costin as author, with Romuald Conty contributing libnfc ports and the Nethemba Core Team contributing core autoconf/automake/configure and packaging work.

Project history

The project occupies a narrow but recognizable place in the NFC research toolchain: it combines libnfc-compatible readers, crapto1-related cryptanalytic code, and MIFARE Classic attack demonstrations in a command-line package. The README credits researchers, Proxmark/libnfc contributors, and the Nethemba team, and it explicitly points to MFOC as the earlier open-source GPL nested-authentication key recovery implementation.

How it is used

In practice, MFCUK is used by security researchers and NFC auditors working with owned or authorized MIFARE Classic tags. It is packaged in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, and Nix as a specialist CLI rather than a general NFC SDK; it sits beside libnfc, MFOC, Proxmark-oriented tooling, and other MIFARE Classic analysis utilities.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mfcukexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version0.3.8
manager updated2026-05-18
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mfcuk
Version0.3.8
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk
Last updated2026-05-18T03:04:12Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Debian apt95%

mfcuk 0.3.8+git20180720-2

MiFare Classic Universal toolKit

https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk

sudo apt install mfcuk
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mfcuk
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mfcuk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

mfcuk

nix profile install nixpkgs#mfcuk
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mfcuk
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mf/mfcuk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

mfcuk 0.3.8+git20180720-2

MiFare Classic Universal toolKit

https://github.com/nfc-tools/mfcuk

sudo apt install mfcuk
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mfcuk
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mfcuk from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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