macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install metaproxylocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install metaproxyMacPorts ports tree · net/metaproxy/Portfile · source: api.github.com
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Install metaproxy with Homebrew, MacPorts
Z39.50 proxy and router utilizing Yaz toolkit. Version 1.22.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-21. Also installable with macports: sudo port install metaproxy.
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overview
Package summary
Z39.50 proxy and router utilizing Yaz toolkit
Project links
Commands and aliases
- metaproxy
- metaproxy-config
history
Project history and usage
Metaproxy is Index Data's Z39.50/SRW/SRU proxy, router, and metasearch server for library and information-retrieval systems. The upstream repository identifies it as a universal Z39.50/SRU router with Index Data copyright beginning in 2005, while the product page describes it as a server that presents a single standards-based front end to multiple back-end database servers.
Project history
The technical core is a configurable routing pipeline. The manual describes Metaproxy as a standalone program that accepts requests from information-retrieval clients using protocols such as ANSI/NISO Z39.50 and SRU, acts as a client to back-end servers, and satisfies requests by transforming, multiplexing, forwarding, merging, and returning results. Its XML configuration defines routes made of filters for operations such as accepting packets, logging, query transformation, multiplexing, and SRU-to-Z39.50 translation; additional filters can be added as loadable modules.
Adoption history
Its adoption niche is narrow but durable: libraries, catalogs, and discovery systems that need standards-based search interoperability. The Library of Congress documents an Index Data MetaProxy deployment as an SRW/SRU/Z39.50 gateway to its Folio and Zebra Z39.50 servers, which illustrates the kind of institutional infrastructure where the tool appears. Related documentation from the Library of Congress also explains why SRU and Z39.50 gateways matter: SRU carries Z39.50-style search semantics into web-service form.
How it is used
As a package-manager entry, metaproxy is specialist server software. Homebrew and MacPorts make it easier for integrators and library-system developers to install the router and its companion metaproxy-config tool on development or small deployment machines without building the YAZ-based stack by hand.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/metaproxy
- https://github.com/indexdata/metaproxy
- https://software.indexdata.com/metaproxy/doc/
- https://software.indexdata.com/metaproxy/doc/ref-sru_z3950.html
- https://software.indexdata.com/metaproxy/doc/sru-server.html
- https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/metaproxy/
- https://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/resources/shortTopics.html
- https://www.loc.gov/z3950/lcserver.html
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for metaproxy. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
metaproxy | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
metaproxy-config | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.22.4
manager updated2026-05-21
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:metaproxy |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.22.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/metaproxy/ |
| Last updated | 2026-05-21T10:31:05Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
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MacPorts95%
metaproxy
sudo port install metaproxy- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Metaproxy
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
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