# Install snitch with Homebrew, Nix

Prettier way to inspect network connections. Version 0.2.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#snitch.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:snitch
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install snitch
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#snitch
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:snitch
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.2
- **Source summary:** Prettier way to inspect network connections
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/karol-broda/snitch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/karol-broda/snitch>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:42+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- snitch (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.2.2
## Project history and usage

snitch is a small terminal network-connection inspector that presents ss/netstat-style information through a friendlier TUI or formatted tables.

### Project history

The project appeared publicly on GitHub in 2025. Its README positions it as a human-friendly replacement or companion for classic socket-inspection commands, with interactive and one-shot modes rather than a daemon or capture engine.

### Adoption history

The official README documents installation through Homebrew, Go, nixpkgs, Nix flakes, Home Manager, the Arch AUR, shell installer, GitHub releases, and container images. That packaging breadth is notable for a young terminal utility and explains why it appears quickly in package-manager catalogs.

### How it is used

Typical usage is launching `snitch` for a live TUI, or running `snitch ls` for a styled or plain table of current TCP/UDP connections. The README documents filters for listening, established, TCP, UDP, refresh intervals, search, sorting, process watching, and process killing.

### Why package nerds care

snitch is package-nerd friendly because it modernizes a familiar Unix workflow without needing privileged packet capture: the Docker notes emphasize host network/PID namespace access and `/proc/net/*` rather than CAP_NET_ADMIN or CAP_NET_RAW. Its Nix and Home Manager support also makes it attractive to users who treat CLI tools as declarative environment components.

### Timeline

- 2025: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2025: README documents Homebrew and nixpkgs packaging along with Go, Nix flake, AUR, release binaries, and container installs.

### Related projects

- snitch is explicitly framed against `ss` and `netstat`, with a user experience closer to modern TUI system monitors.

### Sources

- GitHub REST repository metadata for karol-broda/snitch, accessed 2026-07-02.
- <https://github.com/karol-broda/snitch>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/karol-broda/snitch/master/README.md>
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

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

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


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/snitch/snitch.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - snitch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/snitch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph