# 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

```sh
sudo av install brew:rustcat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rustcat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install rustcat
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rustcat
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rustcat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Source summary:** Modern Port listener and Reverse shell
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/robiot/rustcat>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/robiot/rustcat>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rcat (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.0

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rustcat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ru/rustcat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - rustcat - 1.3.0-17.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rustcat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Rustcat - The Modern Port Listener & Reverse Shell | https://crates.io/crates/rustcat


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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