# Install tinyproxy with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

HTTP/HTTPS proxy for POSIX systems. Version 1.11.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install tinyproxy.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tinyproxy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tinyproxy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install tinyproxy
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add tinyproxy
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tinyproxy
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install tinyproxy
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tinyproxy 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#tinyproxy
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S tinyproxy
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install tinyproxy
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:tinyproxy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.11.3
- **Source summary:** HTTP/HTTPS proxy for POSIX systems
- **Homepage:** <https://tinyproxy.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tinyproxy (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.11.3
## Project history and usage

Tinyproxy is a lightweight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems. The official site describes it as designed to be fast and small, with particular value for embedded deployments or older machines where a full-featured proxy is needed but resources are limited.

### Project history

The project is written in C and distributed under GPL-2.0-or-later. Its public GitHub repository was created in December 2015, while the official site and README describe the long-standing design goals: small footprint, straightforward source code, KISS-style modifiability, and a minimal POSIX build and runtime environment.

Tinyproxy's features expanded beyond a simple forwarding proxy into a configurable daemon with HTTP CONNECT support, transparent proxying, reverse proxying, access control, header filtering/anonymizing, upstream proxy rules, remote statistics, BasicAuth, and optional build-time features. The 1.10.0 GitHub release notes call that version a new stable release and list major changes such as BasicAuth, SOCKS upstream support, reverse proxy behavior, shipped manpages, and build simplification.

### Adoption history

The official download section documents installation through EPEL, Fedora, Debian-derived distributions, openSUSE, Arch, BSD package tools, and MacPorts, while warning that many distributions may ship outdated versions. The batch input records packages across Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE, showing unusually broad OS-package coverage for a small proxy daemon.

### How it is used

A typical Tinyproxy deployment uses /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf or a file passed with -c, then runs the daemon as a foreground test process or a service. The official quickstart shows a minimal localhost proxy on port 8888 and a curl test using the http_proxy environment variable; the configuration manual covers listening, binding, logging, PID files, access rules, upstream proxies, filters, BasicAuth, reverse paths, and transparent operation.

### Why package nerds care

Tinyproxy is the most established package in this batch. Package maintainers care about it because it is small, POSIX-oriented, daemonized, security-sensitive, widely packaged, and useful in constrained systems, routers, local development networks, CI sandboxes, and simple reverse/forward proxy setups where Squid or larger stacks would be excessive.

Its package history also illustrates a classic distro-maintenance problem: the official site explicitly notes that packaged versions may lag and asks users to contact maintainers when OS packages are outdated. That makes Tinyproxy a recognizable example of a small infrastructure daemon whose upstream release cadence and downstream package freshness both matter.

### Timeline

- 2015: Public GitHub repository created.
- 1.10.0: GitHub release notes described a new stable version with BasicAuth, SOCKS upstream support, reverse-proxy changes, shipped manpages, and build simplification.
- 1.11.x: GitHub releases continued with bug-fix and security-oriented maintenance.
- 2026: Official and input package data showed broad packaging across Linux, BSD-oriented, macOS, and Homebrew-style channels.

### Related projects

- Tinyproxy is commonly compared by role with larger HTTP proxy daemons such as Squid, but its official materials emphasize small POSIX deployments, embedded systems, transparent proxying, reverse proxying, and custom modification.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/tinyproxy/tinyproxy>
- <https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy#readme>
- <https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/releases>
- <https://tinyproxy.github.io/>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## 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: /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - tinyproxy - 1.11.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tinyproxy from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- Debian apt - tinyproxy-bin - 1.11.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tinyproxy-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy (executable only) | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- Nix - tinyproxy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ti/tinyproxy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - tinyproxy - 1.11.1-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tinyproxy from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - tinyproxy-bin - 1.11.1-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tinyproxy-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy (executable only) | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- apk - tinyproxy - 1.11.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tinyproxy from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight HTTP proxy | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- apk - tinyproxy-doc - 1.11.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tinyproxy-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight HTTP proxy (documentation) | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- apk - tinyproxy-openrc - 1.11.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tinyproxy-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight HTTP proxy (OpenRC init scripts) | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- dnf - tinyproxy - 1.11.3-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tinyproxy from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A small, efficient HTTP/SSL proxy daemon | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- pacman - tinyproxy - 1.11.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: tinyproxy from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A light-weight HTTP proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- zypper - tinyproxy - 1.11.3-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tinyproxy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Minimalist WWW proxy | https://tinyproxy.github.io/
- MacPorts - tinyproxy: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/tinyproxy/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/tinyproxy.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tinyproxy.yml)


## Sources

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