# Install pwnat with Homebrew, Nix

Proxy server that works behind a NAT. Version 0.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pwnat.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pwnat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pwnat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pwnat
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pwnat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pwnat>
- **Version:** 0.3.0
- **Source summary:** Proxy server that works behind a NAT
- **Homepage:** <https://samy.pl/pwnat/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/samyk/pwnat>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://samy.pl/pwnat/>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/samyk/pwnat/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pwnat (cli)
- pwnat (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.3.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/samyk/pwnat
- Upstream latest detected: v0.3.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Security Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - pwnat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pw/pwnat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## 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.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [connect](https://pkg.so/brew/connect/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, tunneling.
- [sing-box](https://pkg.so/brew/sing-box/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy.
- [proxychains-ng](https://pkg.so/brew/proxychains-ng/) - 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.
- [corkscrew](https://pkg.so/brew/corkscrew/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, tunneling.
- [libnatpmp](https://pkg.so/brew/libnatpmp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, nat-traversal, networking.
- [pacparser](https://pkg.so/brew/pacparser/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy.
- [rathole](https://pkg.so/brew/rathole/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, nat, nat-traversal, networking, proxy.
- [stuntman](https://pkg.so/brew/stuntman/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, client, client-server, nat, nat-traversal.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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