# Install slirp4netns with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper

User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces. Version 1.3.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install slirp4netns.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:slirp4netns
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install slirp4netns
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add slirp4netns
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: slirp4netns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install slirp4netns
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: slirp4netns from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install slirp4netns
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: slirp4netns 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#slirp4netns
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/slirp4netns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S slirp4netns
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: slirp4netns from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install slirp4netns
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: slirp4netns from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:slirp4netns
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.4
- **Source summary:** User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-26T16:04:36Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- slirp4netns (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.4

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - slirp4netns - 1.2.1-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: slirp4netns from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces | https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
- Nix - slirp4netns: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/slirp4netns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - slirp4netns - 1.2.1-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: slirp4netns from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces | https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
- apk - slirp4netns - 1.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: slirp4netns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces | https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
- apk - slirp4netns-doc - 1.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: slirp4netns-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces (documentation) | https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
- dnf - slirp4netns - 1.3.1-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: slirp4netns from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | slirp for network namespaces | https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
- pacman - slirp4netns - 1.3.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: slirp4netns from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces | https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
- zypper - slirp4netns - 1.3.4-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: slirp4netns from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces | https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/slirp4netns.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/slirp4netns.yml)


## Sources

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