# Install proxychains-ng with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt

Hook preloader. Version 4.17 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-11. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libproxychains4.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:proxychains-ng
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install proxychains-ng
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install proxychains-ng
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add proxychains-ng
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: proxychains-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install proxychains-ng
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: proxychains-ng 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#proxychains-ng
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S proxychains-ng
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install proxychains-ng
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libproxychains4
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libproxychains4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:proxychains-ng
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.17
- **Source summary:** Hook preloader
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11T16:59:10+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- proxychains4 (alias)
- proxychains4-daemon (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.17

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: $PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE, ./proxychains.conf, ~/.proxychains/proxychains.conf, $(sysconfdir)/proxychains.conf, /etc/proxychains.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libproxychains4 - 4.17-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libproxychains4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | runtime shared library for proxychains-ng | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- Debian apt - proxychains4 - 4.17-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: proxychains4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | redirect connections through socks/http proxies (proxychains-ng) | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- Nix - proxychains-ng: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/proxychains-ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libproxychains4 - 4.17-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libproxychains4 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | runtime shared library for proxychains-ng | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- Ubuntu apt - proxychains4 - 4.17-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: proxychains4 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | redirect connections through socks/http proxies (proxychains-ng) | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- apk - proxychains-ng - 4.17-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: proxychains-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | This tool provides proxy server support to any app. | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- dnf - proxychains-ng - 4.17-10.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: proxychains-ng from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Redirect connections through proxy servers | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- pacman - proxychains-ng - 4.17-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: proxychains-ng from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A hook preloader that allows to redirect TCP traffic of existing dynamically linked programs through one or more SOCKS or HTTP proxies | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- zypper - proxychains-ng - 4.17-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: proxychains-ng from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Redirect connection through proxy servers | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
- MacPorts - proxychains-ng: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/proxychains-ng/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/proxychains-ng.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/proxychains-ng.yml)


## Sources

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