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launch_socket_server mit Homebrew installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für launch_socket_server in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Bind to privileged ports without running a server as root
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- launch_socket_server
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
launch_socket_server is a small macOS utility for accepting connections on privileged ports without running the application server as root. It sits between launchd and an unprivileged server, proxying launchd-activated sockets to a Unix-domain socket or local TCP port.
Projektgeschichte
The upstream repository was created on 2014-11-07 under Sam Stephenson's GitHub account and later appears in Homebrew metadata through Misty De Meo's maintained repository URL. The README is direct and narrow: the problem is binding ports below 1024 on OS X without root; the solution is to run the server through launch_socket_server.
Adoptionsgeschichte
Adoption appears niche and macOS-specific. Homebrew packages it as a single executable for users who want launchd socket activation to front an unprivileged development or local service process.
Wie es verwendet wird
Users create a launch daemon plist that has launchd listen on a privileged port, then configure launch_socket_server to start the real server as a less-privileged user and pass the socket path through LAUNCH_PROGRAM_SOCKET_PATH.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
The package is interesting because it exposes a native macOS service-management pattern as a tiny command-line utility. It packages policy separation: let launchd own privileged binding, while application code runs without root.
Zeitleiste
- 2014: GitHub repository created on 2014-11-07.
- 2014: Repository pushed activity recorded through 2014-11-10.
- 2020s: Homebrew metadata packages the tool as launch_socket_server.
Related projects
- Related technologies include launchd, launch_activate_socket, Unix-domain sockets, local TCP proxying, and macOS launch daemon plists.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risikoklassifikator
orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure
Warum
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signale
- metadata:service
- text:server
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Formelmetadaten deklarieren einen Service- oder Daemon-Block.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 5 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.
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local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- macOS
/Library/LaunchDaemons/<identifier>.plist
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
launch_socket_server | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-11-04
Manager-Version2.0.0
Manager aktualisiert2026-09-13
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Versionv2.0.0
https://github.com/mistydemeo/launch_socket_server
- OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:launch_socket_server |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/launch_socket_server |
| Homepage | https://github.com/mistydemeo/launch_socket_server |
| Repository | https://github.com/mistydemeo/launch_socket_server |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/mistydemeo/launch_socket_server/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-09-13T03:38:39Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | go |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_golden_gate, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | declared |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | launch_socket_server |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
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