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Install nexttrace with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

Open source visual route tracking CLI tool. Version 1.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#nexttrace.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install nexttrace

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#nexttrace

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/nexttrace

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/nexttrace.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id NextTrace.NextTrace.Core -e

Windows Package Manager source index · NextTrace.NextTrace.Core · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Open source visual route tracking CLI tool

Commands and aliases

  • nexttrace

history

Project history and usage

NextTrace is a Go-based visual traceroute and routing-inspection CLI. It extends the familiar traceroute/MTR niche with IP annotation, AS-path and geolocation context, optional MTR-style views, Globalping support, and multiple binary flavors.

Project history

The public repository positions NTrace-core as the stable mirror while NTrace-dev receives development first; after a version has run stably, it is synchronized into NTrace-core. That split explains why package managers may lag the project's own newest release stream.

Adoption history

NextTrace has broader community uptake than most small network CLIs in this batch. The GitHub page showed about 8k stars, 475 forks, and 92 releases when researched. The project documents official APT packaging, Homebrew-core, a separate Homebrew tap, AUR, Termux, ImmortalWrt, Scoop, Winget, and binary downloads.

Homebrew's API generated on 2026-04-10 reported 2,700 installs-on-request in the preceding 365 days for the Homebrew-core `nexttrace` formula.

How it is used

Package nerds use it when plain traceroute is too terse: `nexttrace example.com` for path plus geographic/ASN annotations, `--mtu` for path MTU checks, `--nali` for IP annotations, `-F` for fast trace, and MTR-style modes when they want repeated latency/loss views. Homebrew-core ships the full `nexttrace` flavor and its caveat warns that root privileges may be required.

Why package nerds care

The interesting packaging detail is the flavor split. The upstream README says APT and the nxtrace Homebrew tap provide `nexttrace`, `nexttrace-tiny`, and `ntr`, while Homebrew-core, AUR, Scoop, and similar sources install the full `nexttrace` build only.

Timeline

  • 2026-04-10: Homebrew formula API generated data for nexttrace 1.6.1.
  • 2026-06-16: GitHub release listing showed v1.7.1 as the latest NTrace-core release.

Related projects

  • NTrace-dev
  • nali
  • mtr
  • traceroute
  • Globalping
  • PeeringDB
  • BGP.tools

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for nexttrace. 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
nexttraceexecutableindexed 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 version1.7.1
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:nexttrace
Version1.7.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://www.nxtrace.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/nxtrace/NTrace-core
Last updated2026-07-26T19:43:15+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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%

nexttrace

nix profile install nixpkgs#nexttrace
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Nexttrace
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nexttrace/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

extras/nexttrace

scoop install extras/nexttrace
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Nexttrace
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nexttrace.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

NextTrace.NextTrace.Core

winget install --id NextTrace.NextTrace.Core -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Nexttrace
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: NextTrace.NextTrace.Core from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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.

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