# Install pwncat with Homebrew, Nix

Netcat with FW/IDS/IPS evasion, self-inject-, bind- and reverse shell. Version 0.1.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pwncat.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pwncat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pwncat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pwncat
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pwncat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.2
- **Source summary:** Netcat with FW/IDS/IPS evasion, self-inject-, bind- and reverse shell
- **Homepage:** <https://pwncat.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cytopia/pwncat>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pwncat (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.2

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

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


## Sources

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