# Install recon-ng with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix

Web Reconnaissance Framework. Version 5.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install recon-ng.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:recon-ng
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install recon-ng
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add recon-ng
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: recon-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install recon-ng
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: recon-ng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#recon-ng
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:recon-ng
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 5.1.2
- **Source summary:** Web Reconnaissance Framework
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T14:54:14+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- recon-cli (alias)
- recon-ng (alias)
- recon-web (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 5.1.2

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.recon-ng/keys.db
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - recon-ng - 5.1.2-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: recon-ng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python | https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng
- Nix - recon-ng: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/recon-ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - recon-ng - 5.1.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: recon-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python | https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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