# Install proxelar with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

Man-in-the-Middle proxy for HTTP/HTTPS traffic. Version 0.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#proxelar.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:proxelar
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install proxelar
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#proxelar
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/proxelar/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/proxelar
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/proxelar.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id EmanueleMicheletti.Proxelar -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: EmanueleMicheletti.Proxelar from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:proxelar
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/proxelar>
- **Version:** 0.5.1
- **Source summary:** Man-in-the-Middle proxy for HTTP/HTTPS traffic
- **Homepage:** <https://proxelar.micheletti.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/emanuele-em/proxelar>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://proxelar.micheletti.io>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/emanuele-em/proxelar/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T08:06:46Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- proxelar (cli)
- proxelar (alias)

## Dependencies

- openssl@4

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## 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: 0.5.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-31
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/emanuele-em/proxelar
- Upstream latest detected: v0.5.1 (current)

## Security Notes

escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.

- **Geiger risk:** red / medium
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.proxelar
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** proxelar
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - proxelar: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/proxelar/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/proxelar: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/proxelar.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - EmanueleMicheletti.Proxelar: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: EmanueleMicheletti.Proxelar from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [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.
- [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata.
- [openssl@4](https://pkg.so/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [proxify](https://pkg.so/brew/proxify/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, http-proxy, https-proxy, networking, proxy.
- [pwncat](https://pkg.so/brew/pwncat/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, security.
- [bettercap](https://pkg.so/brew/bettercap/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, mitm, security.
- [echidna](https://pkg.so/brew/echidna/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, security-testing.
- [ettercap](https://pkg.so/brew/ettercap/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, mitm, security.
- [afl++](https://pkg.so/brew/afl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, security-testing.
- [medusa](https://pkg.so/brew/medusa/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, security-testing.
- [dnsgen](https://pkg.so/brew/dnsgen/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, security-testing.
- [slowhttptest](https://pkg.so/brew/slowhttptest/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, http, openssl, openssl-4, security.
- [http-mitm-proxy](https://pkg.so/npm/http-mitm-proxy/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, http, https, man, middle.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph