# Install scrypt with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Encrypt and decrypt files using memory-hard password function. Version 1.3.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libscrypt-kdf-dev.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:scrypt
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install scrypt
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install scrypt
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/scrypt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install scrypt
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#scrypt
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S scrypt
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: scrypt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install scrypt
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scrypt from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:scrypt
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.3
- **Source summary:** Encrypt and decrypt files using memory-hard password function
- **Homepage:** <https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Tarsnap/scrypt>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T21:44:37Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- scrypt (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.3

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for scrypt. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libscrypt-kdf-dev - 1.3.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libscrypt-kdf-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development library for encryption using scrypt for key derivation | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- Debian apt - libscrypt-kdf1 - 1.3.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libscrypt-kdf1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Shared library for encryption using scrypt for key derivation | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- Debian apt - scrypt - 1.3.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: scrypt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | File encryption utility using scrypt for key derivation | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- Nix - scrypt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sc/scrypt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libscrypt-kdf-dev - 1.3.2-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libscrypt-kdf-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development library for encryption using scrypt for key derivation | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- Ubuntu apt - libscrypt-kdf1 - 1.3.2-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libscrypt-kdf1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Shared library for encryption using scrypt for key derivation | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- Ubuntu apt - scrypt - 1.3.2-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: scrypt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | File encryption utility using scrypt for key derivation | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- pacman - scrypt - 1.3.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: scrypt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | key derivation function and encryption utility | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- zypper - scrypt - 1.3.3-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scrypt from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Password-based encryption utility using the scrypt key derivation function | https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
- MacPorts - scrypt: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/scrypt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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