# Install shadowsocks-libev with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Libev port of shadowsocks. Version 3.3.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libshadowsocks-libev-dev. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:shadowsocks-libev ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install shadowsocks-libev ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install shadowsocks-libev ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/shadowsocks-libev/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add shadowsocks-libev ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shadowsocks-libev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install shadowsocks-libev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: shadowsocks-libev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#shadowsocks-libev ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/shadowsocks-libev/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install shadowsocks-libev ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: shadowsocks-libev from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:shadowsocks-libev - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.3.6 - **Source summary:** Libev port of shadowsocks - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - ss-local (cli) - ss-manager (cli) - ss-nat (cli) - ss-redir (cli) - ss-server (cli) - ss-setup (cli) - ss-tunnel (cli) - ss-local (alias) - ss-manager (alias) - ss-nat (alias) - ss-redir (alias) - ss-server (alias) - ss-setup (alias) - ss-tunnel (alias) ## Dependencies - c-ares - libev - libsodium - mbedtls@3 - pcre2 ## Build dependencies - asciidoc - cmake - xmlto ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 3.3.6 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json, /usr/local/etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** shadowsocks-libev - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libshadowsocks-libev-dev - 3.3.5+ds-16: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libshadowsocks-libev-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight and secure socks5 proxy (development files) | https://www.shadowsocks.org - Debian apt - libshadowsocks-libev2 - 3.3.5+ds-16: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libshadowsocks-libev2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight and secure socks5 proxy (shared library) | https://www.shadowsocks.org - Debian apt - shadowsocks-libev - 3.3.5+ds-16: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: shadowsocks-libev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight and secure socks5 proxy | https://www.shadowsocks.org - Nix - shadowsocks-libev: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/shadowsocks-libev/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libshadowsocks-libev-dev - 3.3.5+ds-10build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libshadowsocks-libev-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight and secure socks5 proxy (development files) | https://www.shadowsocks.org - Ubuntu apt - libshadowsocks-libev2 - 3.3.5+ds-10build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libshadowsocks-libev2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight and secure socks5 proxy (shared library) | https://www.shadowsocks.org - Ubuntu apt - shadowsocks-libev - 3.3.5+ds-10build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: shadowsocks-libev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight and secure socks5 proxy | https://www.shadowsocks.org - apk - libshadowsocks-libev - 3.3.5-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libshadowsocks-libev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy (libraries) | https://shadowsocks.org/en/download/servers.html - apk - shadowsocks-libev - 3.3.5-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shadowsocks-libev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy | https://shadowsocks.org/en/download/servers.html - apk - shadowsocks-libev-dev - 3.3.5-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shadowsocks-libev-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy (development files) | https://shadowsocks.org/en/download/servers.html - apk - shadowsocks-libev-doc - 3.3.5-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shadowsocks-libev-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy (documentation) | https://shadowsocks.org/en/download/servers.html - zypper - libshadowsocks-libev2 - 3.3.6-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libshadowsocks-libev2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Libev port of Shadowsocks | https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev - zypper - shadowsocks-libev - 3.3.6-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: shadowsocks-libev from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Libev port of Shadowsocks | https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev - zypper - shadowsocks-libev-apparmor - 3.3.6-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: shadowsocks-libev-apparmor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Apparmor profile for shadowsocks-libev | https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev - zypper - shadowsocks-libev-devel - 3.3.6-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: shadowsocks-libev-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development headers for shadowsocks-libev | https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev - zypper - shadowsocks-libev-doc - 3.3.6-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: shadowsocks-libev-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Documents for shadowsocks-libev | https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [pcre2](https://pkg.so/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [c-ares](https://pkg.so/brew/c-ares/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://pkg.so/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [asciidoc](https://pkg.so/brew/asciidoc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [xmlto](https://pkg.so/brew/xmlto/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [shadowsocks-rust](https://pkg.so/brew/shadowsocks-rust/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encrypted-proxy, networking, proxy, shadowsocks. - [microsocks](https://pkg.so/brew/microsocks/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks5. - [gotun](https://pkg.so/brew/gotun/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks5. - [simple-obfs](https://pkg.so/brew/simple-obfs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, shadowsocks. - [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. - [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. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/shadowsocks-libev.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/shadowsocks-libev.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