# Install spiped with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman

Secure pipe daemon. Version 1.6.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install spiped.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:spiped
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install spiped
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add spiped
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install spiped
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#spiped
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S spiped
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:spiped
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6.4
- **Source summary:** Secure pipe daemon
- **Homepage:** <https://www.tarsnap.com/spiped.html>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T00:31:55Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- spipe (alias)
- spiped (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.6.4
## Project history and usage

spiped is the Tarsnap secure pipe daemon, a small Unix-style tool for making encrypted and authenticated pipes between socket addresses with a pre-shared symmetric key.

### Project history

The official Tarsnap page presents spiped as a simple C implementation, with project development taking place in the Tarsnap GitHub repository. The GitHub repository was created in May 2015.

### Adoption history

spiped is packaged broadly for a small security/networking daemon. The input facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Nix, Arch, and Ubuntu packages, reflecting demand for a scriptable alternative to heavier tunneling setups.

### How it is used

The official examples show generating a 32-byte random key with `dd`, running `spiped` in daemon mode on one host, and using `spiped` or `spipe` on the client side. One documented pattern protects SSH by placing the key in `/etc/ssh/spiped.key` on the server and referencing a per-host key from `~/.ssh/config` via ProxyCommand.

### Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about spiped because it is intentionally small, does one network-security job, and exposes a clean CLI/daemon surface that composes with sockets, init systems, and OpenSSH configuration.

### Timeline

- 2014: Official release list includes spiped 1.4.0 on August 28.
- 2015: GitHub repository created in May.
- 2017: Official release list includes spiped 1.6.0.
- 2025: Official release list includes spiped 1.6.4 on April 2.

### Related projects

- Tarsnap
- kivaloo
- OpenSSH ProxyCommand
- ssh -L

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Tarsnap/spiped>
- <https://github.com/Tarsnap/spiped>
- <https://www.tarsnap.com/spiped.html>
- input source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

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



## 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.


## Credential files

- Unix: keyfile, /etc/ssh/spiped.key, ~/.ssh/spiped_HOSTNAME_key
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - spiped - 1.6.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: spiped from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | create secure pipes between socket addresses | https://www.tarsnap.com/spiped.html
- Nix - spiped: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spiped/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - spiped - 1.6.2-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: spiped from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | create secure pipes between socket addresses | https://www.tarsnap.com/spiped.html
- apk - spiped - 1.6.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spiped from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Encrypted network pipe utility | https://www.tarsnap.com/spiped.html
- pacman - spiped - 1.6.4-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: spiped from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Secure pipe daemon | https://www.tarsnap.com/spiped.html


## Combined YAML source

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