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使用 Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, pacman 安装 toxcore

查看 toxcore 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

安装命令安全说明

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install toxcore

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install toxcore

MacPorts ports tree · net/toxcore/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com

概览

软件包摘要

C library implementing the Tox peer to peer network protocol

命令和别名

  • DHT_bootstrap
  • tox-bootstrapd

历史

项目历史与用法

toxcore is the C implementation of the Tox peer-to-peer encrypted messaging protocol. The official repository describes Tox as a serverless instant messenger intended to make security and privacy easier for regular users, using libsodium-based encryption and authentication.

项目历史

The current official repository is maintained under the TokTok organization and is identified on GitHub as forked from the earlier irungentoo/toxcore repository. That lineage reflects the transition from the early Tox implementation into the current TokTok-maintained C core.

The repository has treated toxcore as a low-level cryptographic networking library rather than an end-user chat client. Its README includes a prominent warning that the library is experimental, has not been independently audited by cryptography specialists, and should be used at the user's risk.

采用历史

toxcore's adoption is mostly indirect: it is the shared protocol library and bootstrap tooling that downstream Tox clients and bots build on. Homebrew packages the library and its bootstrap executables, while the source facts also show packages in Alpine, Fedora, MacPorts, and Arch/pacman.

GitHub Releases record a 'First Stable API' release at v0.1.0 in December 2016. The later changelog shows an active 0.2.x line focused on hardening, testing, ToxAV fixes, group chat work, network profiling, and preserving public API compatibility across releases.

使用方式

Developers embed toxcore by creating a Tox instance, registering callbacks for events such as friend requests and messages, and repeatedly calling the event-loop function `tox_iterate` at the interval returned by `tox_iteration_interval`.

For package users, the Homebrew-visible executables `DHT_bootstrap` and `tox-bootstrapd` represent toxcore's infrastructure side: maintaining bootstrap nodes and helping peers enter the decentralized Tox network rather than launching a full chat UI.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

toxcore is significant to package nerds because it is a packaged C protocol library with security-sensitive dependencies, ABI/API concerns, and downstream clients. Packaging it correctly matters for encrypted-messaging clients that rely on shared system libraries instead of vendored snapshots.

The project also illustrates the package-maintainer tension around cryptographic software: widely packaged, useful to privacy-oriented users, but officially documented as experimental and unaudited.

时间线

  • 2016: GitHub Releases publish v0.1.0 as 'First Stable API'.
  • 2024: v0.2.20 changelog includes security and ToxAV fixes.
  • 2025: v0.2.21 changelog adds DNS-disable support and a network profiler.
  • 2026: v0.2.22 and v0.2.23 changelog entries emphasize hardening, architectural refinement, and security fixes.

Related projects

  • The repository includes toxcore, toxav, and toxencryptsave components, and the README points readers to Tox clients, the Tox wiki, and example bots such as minitox.

安全态势

风险级别：blue

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

风险分类器

blue 风险 · 中 置信度 · tool

原因

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

信号

  • text:network

安装行为

  • 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令类型暴露范围备注
DHT_bootstrap可执行文件已索引可执行文件从本地可执行文件索引发现。
tox-bootstrapd可执行文件已索引可执行文件从本地可执行文件索引发现。

新鲜度

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页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本0.2.23
管理器更新时间2026-06-04
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上游不可用
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安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:toxcore
版本0.2.23
软件包管理器Homebrew
主页https://tox.chat/
仓库https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore
最后更新2026-06-04T01:57:58Z
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apk95%

toxcore 0.2.23-r1

Tox communication project - C core

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

toxcore-bash-completion 0.2.23-r1

Bash completions for toxcore

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore-bash-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

toxcore-dev 0.2.23-r1

Tox communication project - C core (development files)

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore-dev
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

toxcore-libs 0.2.23-r1

Tox communication project - C core (libraries)

https://tox.chat/

sudo apk add toxcore-libs
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: toxcore-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

toxcore 0.2.20-5.fc45

Peer to peer instant messenger

https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore

sudo dnf install toxcore
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 5 依赖
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: toxcore from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

toxcore-devel 0.2.20-5.fc45

Development files for Toxcore

https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore

sudo dnf install toxcore-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: toxcore
  • 4 依赖
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: toxcore-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

toxcore 1:0.2.22-2

Secure, configuration-free, P2P Skype replacement backend

https://tox.chat

sudo pacman -S toxcore
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 5 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: toxcore from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

toxcore

sudo port install toxcore
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Toxcore
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/toxcore/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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