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Install rig with Homebrew, chocolatey, apt, dnf, Nix, winget

Provides fake name and address data. Version 1.11 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install rig.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install rig

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install rig

Debian stable package indexes · rig · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install rig

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · rig · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#rig

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

overview

Package summary

Provides fake name and address data

Commands and aliases

  • rig

history

Project history and usage

RIG, the Random Identity Generator, is a small command-line utility for generating fake but geographically consistent U.S.-style names, addresses, ZIP codes, area codes, and phone-number placeholders.

Project history

The upstream project describes RIG as Ian Turner's GPL replacement for an older closed-source MS-DOS program named fake. The manpage records the first Unix version as written from scratch in 1999, with release 1.00 following on January 27, 2000.

RIG 1.10 added the modern option shape, multiple-identity output, male and female name selection, and a names list based on U.S. Census data. Version 1.11, released April 23, 2006, is still the upstream version published by the official site.

Adoption history

RIG became a long-lived package-manager utility because it is tiny, has no service dependency, and solves a common testing and privacy-adjacent command-line need. Debian continues to package it as a misc utility, and Homebrew ships version 1.11 for macOS and Linux.

How it is used

Users run `rig` to print one identity, `rig -c num` to print several, `rig -f` or `rig -m` to limit names by gender, and `rig -d datadir` to point at alternate data files. The documented default data files are the locdata, street, first-name, male-name, and last-name index files installed under the package data directory.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers keep RIG around as an example of the old Unix single-purpose data generator: a compiled CLI, a handful of text data files, and a manpage. It is also a useful package-name collision case, since unrelated modern projects use similar names while the original RIG package remains tied to the SourceForge random-identity generator.

Timeline

  • 1999: First Unix version written from scratch.
  • 2000: RIG 1.00 initial release.
  • 2001: RIG 1.04 cleaned up the makefile and manpage.
  • 2002: RIG 1.10 added multiple output and male/female selection options.
  • 2006: RIG 1.11 released with portability and option fixes.
  • 2026: Debian and Homebrew still package RIG 1.11.

Related projects

  • RIG was written as a replacement for the earlier MS-DOS fake program. Its niche overlaps with later fake-data generators such as Faker, but RIG remains a much smaller command-line-only utility.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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
rigexecutableindexed 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 version1.11
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:rig
Version1.11
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://rig.sourceforge.net/
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.

Debian apt95%

rig 1.11-1.2

Random identity generator

sudo apt install rig
  • Section: misc
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rig
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: rig from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

rig

nix profile install nixpkgs#rig
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rig
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ri/rig/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

rig 1.11-1.1

Random identity generator

sudo apt install rig
  • Section: universe/misc
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rig
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rig from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

rig 1.1-18.fc45

Monitor a system for events and trigger specific actions

https://github.com/TurboTurtle/rig

sudo dnf install rig
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: rig
  • 3 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rig
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rig from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
Chocolatey95%

rig

choco install rig
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rig
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: rig from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.7743998','highlight'
winget95%

Posit.rig

winget install --id Posit.rig -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rig
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Posit.rig from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
winget95%

RigSmith.Rig

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

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Used sources

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  • curated package history
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