telnet
brew install telnetUser interface to the TELNET protocol
License: BSD-4-Clause-UC AND APSL-1.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/telnet.json
Formula code: telnet.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 308 |
Requires: Xcode (build), macOS
Conflicts with: inetutils (because both install 'telnet' binaries)
Binaries:
telnet
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 39,297 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 5,357,687 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 5,281 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-08T00:53:50Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-09 to 2026-11-08. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 5,270 | 14,632 | 118,035 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 11 | 33 | 248 |
| Installs on Request | 5,269 | 14,631 | 118,025 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 11 | 33 | 248 |
| Build Errors | 55 |