# Install tftp-now with Homebrew

Single-binary TFTP server and client that you can use right now. Version 1.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tftp-now
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tftp-now
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:tftp-now
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Source summary:** Single-binary TFTP server and client that you can use right now
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/puhitaku/tftp-now>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/puhitaku/tftp-now>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T00:50:40+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tftp-now (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.2.0
## Project history and usage

tftp-now is a single-binary TFTP server and client. Its README presents it as a no-configuration tool for quickly serving or transferring files over TFTP.

### Project history

The README explains the author's motivation: installing OpenWrt on routers often requires temporary TFTP transfer, while built-in or distro-provided TFTP servers can be hidden, missing, or awkward to configure. tftp-now packages that task as one executable with `serve`, `read`, and `write` commands.

### Adoption history

The README provides direct release binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows, and notes Homebrew installation for macOS. The input metadata records tftp-now as a Homebrew package.

### How it is used

Common usage is immediate file transfer work: `tftp-now serve` to start a server, `tftp-now read` to receive a file, and `tftp-now write` to send one. The README highlights release binaries for several architectures, which matters for router and embedded workflows.

### Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, tftp-now is a classic tiny networking utility: installed only when a device bootloader or lab setup needs TFTP, but valuable because it avoids setting up a system daemon or inetd-style service.

### Timeline

- 2023-03-21: The GitHub releases page lists tftp-now 1.0.0.
- 2025-05-28: The GitHub releases page lists tftp-now 1.2.0.
- 2026: The input metadata records tftp-now as a Homebrew package.

### Related projects

- The README positions tftp-now against operating-system TFTP servers and distro tftpd packages rather than as part of a larger framework.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/puhitaku/tftp-now README>
- <https://github.com/puhitaku/tftp-now/releases>
- 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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph