# Install neon with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper HTTP and WebDAV client library with a C interface. Version 0.37.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#neon. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:neon ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install neon ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install neon ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/neon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add neon ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install neon ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: neon from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#neon ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S neon ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: neon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libneon-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libneon-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:neon - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.37.1 - **Source summary:** HTTP and WebDAV client library with a C interface - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:36-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - neon-config (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.37.1 ## Project history and usage neon is a C library for HTTP/1.1 and WebDAV clients. Its README describes high-level HTTP/WebDAV methods, lower-level request handling, persistent connections, Basic and Digest authentication, Kerberos/SSPI/NTLM support, proxy support, TLS via OpenSSL or GnuTLS, WebDAV 207 XML handling, WebDAV locking/ACL support, and autoconf macros for embedding. ### Project history The official documentation carries a 2001-2026 Joe Orton copyright line, and the GitHub mirror/repository was created on 2019-03-07. The README states that neon's API and ABI keep backwards compatibility from 0.27 through 1.0.0, with semantic versioning intended from 1.0.0 onward. ### Adoption history neon mattered historically because it was an early Unix C library for WebDAV-heavy clients. Apache Subversion's WebDAV notes describe the Subversion client side interfacing with Neon to generate WebDAV requests, and cite Joe Orton of Neon among the HTTP library implementors involved in that ecosystem. ### How it is used Package users usually do not run neon directly except for neon-config; they install it because another source build or package needs the C library, headers, pkg-config/autoconf metadata, and TLS/XML dependencies. Homebrew packages it as a library with OpenSSL and libxml2 support, and the 2026-07-01 formula API snapshot reported 5,364 installs over 365 days, with 3,231 install-on-request events. ### Why package nerds care neon is a classic dependency package: quiet, old, and most visible when some WebDAV or legacy HTTP client still expects its ABI. For package databases, its history is more about downstream consumers and compatibility than about an end-user command. ### Timeline - 2001: Earliest year in the official documentation copyright range. - 2002-01-25: Apache Subversion WebDAV note last modified, documenting client-side use of Neon. - 2019-03-07: notroj/neon GitHub repository created. - 2026-07-01: Homebrew API snapshot listed stable version 0.37.1. ### Related projects - WebDAV - HTTP/1.1 - Apache Subversion - cadaver - OpenSSL - GnuTLS - libxml2 ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - neon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - neon - 0.36.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | HTTP and WebDAV client library with a C interface | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - apk - neon-dev - 0.36.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neon-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | HTTP and WebDAV client library with a C interface (development files) | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - apk - neon-doc - 0.36.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neon-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | HTTP and WebDAV client library with a C interface (documentation) | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - dnf - neon - 0.37.1-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: neon from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | An HTTP and WebDAV client library | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - dnf - neon-devel - 0.37.1-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: neon-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development libraries and C header files for the neon library | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - pacman - neon - 0.37.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: neon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | HTTP/1.1 and WebDAV client library | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - zypper - libneon-devel - 0.37.1-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libneon-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | An HTTP and WebDAV Client Library | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - zypper - libneon27 - 0.37.1-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libneon27 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | An HTTP and WebDAV Client Library | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - zypper - libneon27-32bit - 0.37.1-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libneon27-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | An HTTP and WebDAV Client Library | https://notroj.github.io/neon/ - MacPorts - neon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/neon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/neon.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/neon.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph