# Install dotnet-reactor with Homebrew Cask

.NET code protection and obfuscation tool. Version 7.5.0.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-06-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:dotnet-reactor
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask dotnet-reactor
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:dotnet-reactor
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Version:** 7.5.0.0
- **Source summary:** .NET code protection and obfuscation tool
- **Homepage:** <https://www.eziriz.com/dotnet_reactor.htm>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-03T11:39:04+08:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dotNET_Reactor (binary)
- dotNET_Reactor.Console (binary)
- dotNET_Reactor (alias)
- dotNET_Reactor.Console (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 7.5.0.0
## Project history and usage

.NET Reactor is Eziriz's commercial .NET code protection, obfuscation, and licensing tool. It is distributed as a desktop application plus command-line tooling for applying protection to compiled .NET assemblies.

### Project history

The official release history shows .NET Reactor releases dating back to February 2006, placing it in the long-running generation of commercial .NET obfuscators that grew alongside the early .NET Framework ecosystem. Later releases continued to track new .NET versions, Visual Studio integration, and platform support.

### Adoption history

Its adoption history is mostly in proprietary .NET software workflows rather than open-source package culture. The product's long release notes and licensing features point to use by vendors who need trial versions, hardware-locked licenses, and protection against casual decompilation.

### How it is used

Developers run .NET Reactor after building an application or library to apply obfuscation, anti-tamper features, code protection, and optional license enforcement. The Homebrew cask exposes both the graphical app and console executable on macOS.

### Why package nerds care

For package catalogs, .NET Reactor is notable because it is a commercial GUI/CLI security tool packaged as a cask rather than a source-built formula. It represents the closed-source side of the .NET tooling ecosystem that package managers still need to index for developer workstations.

### Timeline

- 2006: The official history lists .NET Reactor 2.0.0.2.
- 2025: The official history lists .NET Reactor 7.5.0.0 with .NET 10 protection support.
- 2026: The Homebrew cask metadata packages the macOS x64 signed build at version 7.5.0.0.

### Related projects

- IntelliLock
- .NET
- Visual Studio

### Sources

- <https://www.eziriz.com/dotnet_reactor.htm>
- <https://www.eziriz.com/reactor_history.htm>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dotnet-reactor>


## Security Notes

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



## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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