# Install mmdbinspect with Homebrew, Nix

Look up records for one or more IPs/networks in one or more .mmdb databases. Version 2.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#mmdbinspect.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mmdbinspect
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mmdbinspect
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mmdbinspect
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mmdbinspect
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Source summary:** Look up records for one or more IPs/networks in one or more .mmdb databases
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T17:05:00+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mmdbinspect (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.0.0
## Project history and usage

mmdbinspect is a MaxMind utility for inspecting records in one or more `.mmdb` databases. It sits next to MaxMind's lower-level MMDB tooling but is aimed at structured inspection: the README describes command-line lookup of IP addresses or CIDR networks against one or more databases, including globbed database paths, YAML output by default, and JSONL output for streaming workflows.

### How it is used

The tool reflects the operational needs of GeoIP and related MMDB users. Its selection rules handle both host lookups and larger networks, returning contained records where possible and falling back to the containing record when no contained record exists. Release packaging covers binary tarballs, Debian packages, RPM packages, macOS archives, Windows zip files, and Go installation, while Homebrew and Nix expose it as a package-manager install. In practice it is used for auditing GeoIP2, GeoLite2, and custom MMDB files where users need repeatable, machine-readable output rather than the typed diagnostic output of `mmdblookup`.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mmdbinspect>
- <https://github.com/maxmind/mmdbinspect>
- <https://maxmind.github.io/libmaxminddb/mmdblookup.html>


## Security Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - mmdbinspect: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mm/mmdbinspect/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/mmdbinspect.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mmdbinspect.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