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Last update: 08/07/2026

mac_address

Cross-platform retrieval of a network interface MAC address.

Latest version: 1.1.8 registry icon
Maintenance score
16
Safety score
100
Popularity score
13
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Security
  Vulnerabilities
Version Suggest Low Medium High Critical
1.1.8 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.7 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.6 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.5 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.4 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.3 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.2 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.1 0 0 0 0 0
1.1.0 0 0 0 0 0
1.0.4 0 0 0 0 0
1.0.3 0 0 0 0 0
1.0.2 0 0 0 0 0
1.0.1 0 0 0 0 0
1.0.0 0 0 0 0 0
0.8.0 0 0 0 0 0
0.7.0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2.0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.1 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Stability
Latest release:

1.1.8 - This version may not be safe as it has not been updated for a long time. Find out if your coding project uses this component and get notified of any reported security vulnerabilities with Meterian-X Open Source Security Platform

Licensing

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MIT   -   MIT License

Not a wildcard

Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

Apache-2.0   -   Apache License 2.0

Not a wildcard

Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

mac_address

crates.io Released API docs

mac_address provides a cross platform way to retrieve the MAC address of network hardware.

Supported platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, illumos

Example

use mac_address::get_mac_address;

fn main() {
    match get_mac_address() {
        Ok(Some(ma)) => {
            println!("MAC addr = {}", ma);
            println!("bytes = {:?}", ma.bytes());
        }
        Ok(None) => println!("No MAC address found."),
        Err(e) => println!("{:?}", e),
    }
}

License

mac_address is licensed under both MIT and Apache 2.0