install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mmdbctl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mmdbctl

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

overview

Package summary

MMDB file management CLI supporting various operations on MMDB database files

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

mmdbctl

history

Project history and usage

mmdbctl is an IPinfo-maintained command-line tool for working with MaxMind DB (MMDB) files, the binary database format commonly used for IP geolocation and network metadata. Its project documentation presents it as a management CLI rather than only a lookup utility: it can read records for IPs, import CSV/TSV/JSON-style source data into MMDB, export MMDB data, diff two databases, print metadata, verify file validity, and install shell completions.

How it is used

Its practical niche is the production and inspection side of the MMDB ecosystem. IPinfo community documentation shows it being used to convert IPinfo CSV database downloads into MMDB files with `mmdbctl import --in data.csv --out data.mmdb`, which is the kind of workflow that separates it from lookup-only tools such as MaxMind's mmdblookup or mmdbinspect. Packaging through Homebrew and Nix makes it a small infrastructure utility for developers who maintain private IP intelligence databases or need to transform vendor data into the MMDB format.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:database

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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mmdbctl`	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 version1.4.10

manager updated2026-07-29

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mmdbctl
Version	1.4.10
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/ipinfo/mmdbctl
Repository	https://github.com/ipinfo/mmdbctl
Last updated	2026-07-29T17:04:59+02:00
Pulse	updated
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.

Nix95%

mmdbctl

nix profile install nixpkgs#mmdbctl

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mmdbctl

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/mmdbctl.yml

Used sources

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

Install mmdbctl with Homebrew, Nix