# Install passenger with Homebrew, apt, pacman

Server for Ruby, Python, and Node.js apps via Apache/NGINX. Version 6.1.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-20. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libapache2-mod-passenger.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:passenger
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install passenger
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install passenger
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: passenger from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S passenger
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: passenger from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:passenger
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.1.8
- **Source summary:** Server for Ruby, Python, and Node.js apps via Apache/NGINX
- **Homepage:** <https://www.phusionpassenger.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/phusion/passenger>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-20T18:47:34Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- passenger (alias)
- passenger-config (alias)
- passenger-install-apache2-module (alias)
- passenger-install-nginx-module (alias)
- passenger-memory-stats (alias)
- passenger-status (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 6.1.8

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for passenger. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libapache2-mod-passenger - 6.0.26+ds-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libapache2-mod-passenger from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | web application server - apache2 integration | https://www.phusionpassenger.com/
- Debian apt - passenger - 6.0.26+ds-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: passenger from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | web application server | https://www.phusionpassenger.com/
- Ubuntu apt - libapache2-mod-passenger - 6.0.17+ds-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libapache2-mod-passenger from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | web application server - apache2 integration | https://www.phusionpassenger.com/
- Ubuntu apt - passenger - 6.0.17+ds-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: passenger from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | web application server | https://www.phusionpassenger.com/
- pacman - passenger - 6.1.8-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: passenger from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Fast and robust web server and application server for Ruby, Python and Node.js | https://www.phusionpassenger.com


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph