# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sqtop
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sqtop
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install sqtop
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sqtop
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2015-02-08
- **Source summary:** Display information about active connections for a Squid proxy
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/paleg/sqtop>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/paleg/sqtop>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sqtop (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2015-02-08
## 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 Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- zypper - sqtop - 2015.02.08-1.35: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sqtop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | 'top' for Squid proxy process | https://github.com/paleg/sqtop


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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