# Install river with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Reverse proxy application, based on the pingora library from Cloudflare. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#river.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:river
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install river
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add river
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: river from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install river
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: river 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#river
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ri/river/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S river
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: river from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install river
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:river
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.5.0
- **Source summary:** Reverse proxy application, based on the pingora library from Cloudflare
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:10-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- river (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5.0
## Security Notes
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Nix - river: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ri/river/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - river - 0.4.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: river from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Non-monolithic Wayland compositor | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- apk - river-dev - 0.4.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: river-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Non-monolithic Wayland compositor (development files) | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- apk - river-doc - 0.4.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: river-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Non-monolithic Wayland compositor (documentation) | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- dnf - river - 0.4.6-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: river from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Non-monolithic Wayland compositor | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- dnf - river-classic - 0.3.17-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: river-classic from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Dynamic tiling Wayland compositor | https://codeberg.org/river/river-classic
- dnf - river-protocols-devel - 0.4.6-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: river-protocols-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Protocol files for river, a non-monolithic Wayland compositor | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- pacman - river - 0.4.6-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: river from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | a non-monolithic Wayland compositor | https://isaacfreund.com/software/river/
- zypper - river - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- zypper - river-bash-completion - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for river | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- zypper - river-contrib - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river-contrib from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Helper files for making river easy to use | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- zypper - river-devel - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for river | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- zypper - river-fish-completion - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for river | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- zypper - river-riverctl - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river-riverctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Command-line interface for controlling river | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- zypper - river-rivertile - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river-rivertile from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tiled layout generator for river | https://codeberg.org/river/river
- zypper - river-zsh-completion - 0.3.12-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: river-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for river | https://codeberg.org/river/river
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/river.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/river.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph