# Install ladder with Homebrew Selfhosted alternative to 12ft.io and 1ft.io HTTP web proxies. Version 0.0.23 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ladder ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ladder ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ladder - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.0.23 - **Source summary:** Selfhosted alternative to 12ft.io and 1ft.io HTTP web proxies - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T13:40:58+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - ladder (cli) - ladder (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.0.23 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/everywall/ladder - Upstream latest detected: v0.0.23 (current) ## Project history and usage Ladder is a self-hosted HTTP web proxy for testing and analyzing paywall behavior, response modification, CORS/header behavior, and content delivery differences across client environments. The project positions itself for legitimate research, QA, and debugging use. Its package history is niche but concrete: a small Go proxy became a packaged binary, Docker image, Compose service, Helm-adjacent deployment, and ruleset-driven web tool. ### Project history The README describes Ladder as a developer tool for simulating different client environments and observing how modern websites serve content under varying conditions. It supports request and response modifications, custom user agents, X-Forwarded-For settings, injected code, raw HTML fetching, an API route, and rulesets. The project separated reusable rules into the `everywall/ladder-rules` repository and release notes later mention ruleset compiler work, JSON body support, FlareSolverr integration, Docker hardening, and continued binary releases. ### Adoption history Ladder adoption appears concentrated among self-hosters, researchers, and developers who want a local or private proxy rather than depending on public hosted services. The README documents binary, Docker, Docker Compose, and Helm-chart installation paths. Release pages show early 0.0.x packaging with multi-platform assets and community contributions, but there is limited public evidence of broad institutional adoption. ### How it is used Users run the proxy locally or in Docker, often pointing it at a ruleset URL. They can browse through the web form, append a target URL to the proxy base URL, call `/api/`, or fetch raw HTML through `/raw/`. Configuration is mostly environment-variable driven: port, preforking, user agent, forwarded IP, basic auth, URL logging, allowed domains, base path, ruleset path, and optional FlareSolverr host. ### Why package nerds care Ladder is package-nerd interesting because it packages an otherwise messy browser/proxy/debugging workflow into one self-hostable binary and container image. It also illustrates the tension around proxy tools in package repositories: useful for QA and access-control testing, but requiring explicit warnings about legal compliance, terms of service, and public-instance abuse. ### Timeline - 2020s: Ladder emerged as a self-hosted alternative to public article-proxy services. - 2020s: The project added Docker, binary, API, ruleset, and response-modification workflows. - 2020s: The ruleset repository became a companion project for reusable domain-specific behavior. - 2026: The v0.0.x release line included JSON API body support, FlareSolverr integration, and Docker hardening work. ### Related projects - `everywall/ladder-rules` is the direct companion ruleset repository. - FlareSolverr is an optional integration mentioned by Ladder for browser-rendered challenge handling, with separate legal and contractual considerations. - Public services such as 12ft.io and 1ft.io are historical comparison points named by the package metadata and repository description. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ladder. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ladder - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [proxychains-ng](https://pkg.so/brew/proxychains-ng/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, http-proxy, networking, proxy. - [corkscrew](https://pkg.so/brew/corkscrew/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, http-proxy, networking, proxy. - [gotun](https://pkg.so/brew/gotun/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, http-proxy, networking, proxy. - [sing-box](https://pkg.so/brew/sing-box/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [envoy](https://pkg.so/brew/envoy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [mihomo](https://pkg.so/brew/mihomo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [libproxy](https://pkg.so/brew/libproxy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [privoxy](https://pkg.so/brew/privoxy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [pgrok](https://pkg.so/brew/pgrok/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: alternative, cli, hosted, http, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ladder.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ladder.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph