# whistle を Homebrew, Nix でインストール

whistle のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:whistle
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install whistle
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#whistle
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:whistle
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 2.10.8
- **ソース概要:** HTTP, HTTP2, HTTPS, Websocket debugging proxy
- **ホームページ:** <https://wproxy.org/>
- **最終更新:** 2026-08-03T15:31:37Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- w2 (エイリアス)
- whistle (エイリアス)
- wproxy (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 2.10.8
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

whistle is a Node.js-based cross-platform web debugging proxy for HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, WebSocket, and TCP traffic. It sits in the same practical niche as Charles Proxy and Fiddler, but exposes a rule-driven, scriptable, plugin-friendly workflow.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The avwo/whistle repository was created on March 13, 2015. Its README describes whistle as a cross-platform packet-capture and debugging tool built on Node.js, with request and response inspection, modification, proxy modes, a web interface, and plugin extensibility.

The official documentation centers the project around concise rules. A request URL pattern is matched to an operation, allowing users to rewrite, proxy, mock, inspect, or otherwise modify traffic without writing a full proxy server.

### 採用の歴史

whistle built a durable audience among web, mobile, and frontend developers who need to debug traffic outside the browser's built-in developer tools. GitHub API metadata showed more than 15,000 stars and more than 1,100 forks on July 2, 2026.

Its adoption is reinforced by the surrounding ecosystem: an official desktop client, plugin development documentation, and common command aliases such as `w2` make it useful both on developer laptops and headless servers.

### 使われ方

Typical usage is to start the local proxy, configure the system or browser proxy, install a root certificate for HTTPS inspection when appropriate, and manage rules through the web UI. Users commonly map production URLs to local files, replay requests, inspect WebSocket traffic, inject headers, mock APIs, or route matching requests through another proxy.

The rule engine is the core package-nerd appeal: a small text rule can replace a temporary local service, a hosts-file edit, a browser extension, or a custom proxy script.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

whistle matters as a package because it brings a GUI-grade debugging proxy into the Node/npm/Homebrew command-line world. It is installable, automatable, extensible with npm-style plugins, and friendly to repeatable debugging setups.

For developers who live in terminal package managers, whistle is the open, scriptable alternative to heavier proprietary proxy applications.

### タイムライン

- 2015-03-13: The avwo/whistle GitHub repository was created.
- 2026-07-02: GitHub API metadata showed the repository above 15,000 stars.
- Ongoing: Official docs describe rule syntax, proxy modes, command-line operation, and plugin development as core parts of the project.

### Related projects

- whistle-client is the official desktop client for users who prefer a packaged GUI wrapper.
- Charles Proxy and Fiddler are comparable web debugging proxy tools named in whistle's GitHub topics and package culture.
- Whistle plugins extend the rule engine and web interface for custom debugging workflows.

### ソース

- Official getting started docs: https://wproxy.org/en/docs/getting-started.html
- Official plugin development docs: https://wproxy.org/en/docs/extensions/dev.html
- Official rule syntax docs: https://wproxy.org/en/docs/rules/rule.html
- whistle GitHub API metadata: https://api.github.com/repos/avwo/whistle
- whistle repository and README: https://github.com/avwo/whistle
- whistle-client repository: https://github.com/avwo/whistle-client


## セキュリティノート

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

- **Geiger リスク:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool 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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.whistlerc, ~/.WhistleAppData/.whistle/rules, ~/.WhistleAppData/.whistle/values
## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

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