# Install cql-proxy with Homebrew

DataStax cql-proxy enables Cassandra apps to use Astra DB without code changes. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cql-proxy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cql-proxy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cql-proxy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Source summary:** DataStax cql-proxy enables Cassandra apps to use Astra DB without code changes
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T14:20:51-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cql-proxy (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.2.0
## Project history and usage

cql-proxy is DataStax's CQL traffic proxy for Cassandra-compatible clients that need to reach DataStax Astra DB through a local proxy endpoint.

### Project history

The project was published by DataStax as a small Go command-line service. Its README describes the tool as a local listener that securely forwards application CQL traffic to an appropriate database service, with Astra support as the main use case.

### Adoption history

cql-proxy is niche infrastructure glue rather than a general Cassandra client. Its packaging matters most for teams with legacy DataStax, community Cassandra, gocql, or Rust CQL drivers that cannot speak directly to Astra's secure connection model.

### How it is used

Operators run the proxy locally, in Docker, or as a Kubernetes sidecar, then point an existing Cassandra application at the proxy address. Configuration can be supplied as flags, environment variables, or a YAML file.

### Why package nerds care

As a Homebrew formula, cql-proxy turns a cloud-database compatibility sidecar into a normal CLI install, useful for local testing and migration work without requiring developers to build the proxy from source.

### Timeline

- 2022: v0.1.0 GA release was published on GitHub.
- 2022: v0.2.0 examples in the README documented Docker-based local use.

### Related projects

- cql-proxy sits between Apache Cassandra or DataStax Enterprise applications and DataStax Astra DB, complementing native DataStax drivers when older or community drivers are in use.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy#readme>
- <https://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy/releases/tag/v0.1.0>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cql-proxy>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: /path/to/proxy.yaml

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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