# Install nylon with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Proxy server. Version 1.21 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#nylon.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nylon
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nylon
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nylon
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/nylon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nylon
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:nylon
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.21
- **Source summary:** Proxy server
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/smeinecke/nylon>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- nylon (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.21
## Project history and usage

nylon is a small proxy server/framework whose README identifies version 1.21 and describes support for SOCKS version 4, SOCKS version 5, and a services mirror mode.

### Project history

The packaged GitHub repository is a small mirror-style project created on 2016-01-04, but the README credits Marius Aamodt Eriksen as the author and presents the software in the older autotools style: ./configure, make, make install, with nylon(1) as the main documentation.

### Adoption history

The package exists in Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix metadata, but visible adoption is very small. Homebrew reported stable version 1.21 with 11 installs over the 365-day analytics window queried on 2026-07-01.

### How it is used

The practical use is running a lightweight SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxy from the command line or service manager. Because the upstream documentation points users to the manpage, packaging matters: users are likely to install it from a system package manager rather than build a fresh proxy stack around it.

### Why package nerds care

nylon is package-history filler more than a living ecosystem anchor: a compact network daemon kept installable by package managers for people who know they need SOCKS proxy behavior and do not want a larger proxy suite.

### Timeline

- 2016-01-04: GitHub repository created.
- 2022-04-17: GitHub release 1.21 appears as the latest release on the repository page.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable version 1.21.

### Related projects

- SOCKS4
- SOCKS5
- MacPorts nylon
- Nix nylon

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/smeinecke/nylon>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nylon.json>
- <https://github.com/smeinecke/nylon>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smeinecke/nylon/master/README>


## Security Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - nylon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ny/nylon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - nylon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/nylon/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/nylon.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nylon.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