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Install sqtop with Homebrew, zypper

Display information about active connections for a Squid proxy. Version 2015-02-08 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install sqtop.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install sqtop

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install sqtop

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · sqtop · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Display information about active connections for a Squid proxy

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

sqtop

history

Project history and usage

sqtop is a console program for watching active client connections on a Squid proxy, using a terminal UI when built with ncurses and a one-shot mode when used like older squidstat-style tools.

Project history

The project appeared publicly on GitHub in 2015, with its first tagged release published in February 2015. Its README reflects a traditional Unix build style around GNU autotools, optional ncurses UI support, and optional resolver support.

Adoption history

The official README documents Debian/Ubuntu package downloads, FreeBSD ports, and Homebrew installation. The input package-manager facts also list Homebrew and zypper, placing it in the small ecosystem of Squid-adjacent admin tools distributed through OS package systems.

How it is used

sqtop talks to a Squid proxy, defaulting to 127.0.0.1 on port 3128, and can filter by hosts or users, change detail levels, run interactively, or print statistics once. The README notes that Squid cache manager access must be allowed in squid.conf for the tool to work.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because sqtop fills the familiar top-like monitoring niche for Squid: a small packaged binary, ncurses UI, man page, and command-line flags rather than a larger dashboard stack.

Timeline

2015: GitHub repository created.
2015: v2015-02-08 release published.
2020: Repository metadata records later maintenance activity.

Related projects

Squid, squidclient, Squid cache manager, ncurses monitoring tools.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/paleg/sqtop
https://api.github.com/repos/paleg/sqtop/releases
https://github.com/paleg/sqtop#readme
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`sqtop`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version2015-02-08

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:sqtop
Version	2015-02-08
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/paleg/sqtop
Repository	https://github.com/paleg/sqtop
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

zypper95%

sqtop 2015.02.08-1.35

'top' for Squid proxy process

https://github.com/paleg/sqtop

sudo zypper install sqtop

License: GPL-2.0+
Category: Productivity/Networking/Web/Proxy
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: sqtop
5 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Sqtop

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

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/sqtop.yml

Used sources

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