# Install proguard with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, zypper

Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator. Version 7.9.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libproguard-java.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:proguard
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install proguard
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install proguard
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install proguard
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install proguard
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: proguard from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:proguard
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.9.1
- **Source summary:** Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator
- **Homepage:** <https://www.guardsquare.com/en/products/proguard>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Guardsquare/proguard>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- proguard (alias)
- proguardgui (alias)
- retrace (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 7.9.1

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libproguard-java - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libproguard-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator (Library) | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- Debian apt - proguard - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: proguard from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- Debian apt - proguard-cli - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: proguard-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator (CLI) | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- Debian apt - proguard-gui - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: proguard-gui from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator (GUI) | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - libproguard-java - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libproguard-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator (Library) | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - proguard - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: proguard from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - proguard-cli - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: proguard-cli from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator (CLI) | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - proguard-gui - 6.2.2-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: proguard-gui from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator (GUI) | http://proguard.sourceforge.net
- zypper - ant-proguard - 6.2.0-1.31: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ant-proguard from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Ant task for proguard | https://www.guardsquare.com/en/proguard
- zypper - proguard - 6.2.0-1.31: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: proguard from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator and preverifier | https://www.guardsquare.com/en/proguard
- zypper - proguard-gui - 6.2.0-1.31: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: proguard-gui from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | GUI for proguard | https://www.guardsquare.com/en/proguard
- MacPorts - proguard: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: java/proguard/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/proguard.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/proguard.yml)


## Sources

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