# Install nfcutils with Homebrew, zypper

Near Field Communication (NFC) tools under POSIX systems. Version 0.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install nfcutils.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nfcutils
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nfcutils
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install nfcutils
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfcutils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:nfcutils
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.3.2
- **Source summary:** Near Field Communication (NFC) tools under POSIX systems
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/nfc-tools/nfcutils>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-18T03:04:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- lsnfc (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.3.2
## Project history and usage

nfcutils is a small NFC tools package from the nfc-tools ecosystem. Its main executable, `lsnfc`, lists NFC tags detected in the field of a connected NFC device.

### Project history

The public trail is sparse. The nfc-tools project page presents nfcutils as source hosted on GitHub, while the Homebrew formula still fetches the 0.3.2 release tarball from the Google Code archive. The GitHub repository showed 61 commits, no published GitHub releases, and a C-only codebase when researched.

### Adoption history

Adoption appears niche and hardware-driven: people install it only when they have a libnfc-compatible reader and need a minimal POSIX command to enumerate nearby NFC tags. GitHub showed about 30 stars and 15 forks, and the Homebrew API generated on 2026-07-01 reported 115 installs-on-request in the preceding 365 days.

### How it is used

The practical use is direct and small: install libnfc and nfcutils, connect a supported NFC reader, and run `lsnfc` to see tags in range. Users needing read/write workflows, protocol research, or card emulation usually move to other nfc-tools projects or larger NFC applications.

### Why package nerds care

nfcutils is mostly significant as a leftover Unix-style companion in the libnfc/nfc-tools family: a tiny CLI, old release source, and little active packaging demand.

### Related projects

- libnfc
- nfc-tools
- libfreefare
- mfoc
- mfcuk

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nfcutils.json>
- <https://github.com/nfc-tools/libnfc>
- <https://github.com/nfc-tools/nfcutils>
- <https://nfc-tools.github.io/projects/nfcutils/>


## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- zypper - nfcutils - 0.3.2-5.39: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfcutils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Near Field Communication (NFC) utilities | http://code.google.com/p/nfc-tools/


## Combined YAML source

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