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Install rustcat with Homebrew, dnf, Nix

Modern Port listener and Reverse shell. Version 3.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rustcat.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install rustcat

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install rustcat

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

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#rustcat

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

overview

Package summary

Modern Port listener and Reverse shell

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

rcat

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:shell

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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`rcat`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered 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 version3.0.0

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:rustcat
Version	3.0.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/robiot/rustcat
Repository	https://github.com/robiot/rustcat
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none 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%

rustcat

nix profile install nixpkgs#rustcat

normalized package name match
Matched by: Rustcat

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

dnf95%

rustcat 1.3.0-17.fc45

Rustcat - The Modern Port Listener & Reverse Shell

https://crates.io/crates/rustcat

sudo dnf install rustcat

License: MIT AND MPL-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Unlicense OR MIT)
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: rust-rustcat
4 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Rustcat

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rustcat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/rustcat.yml

Used sources

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