# Install zrok with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Geo-scale, next-generation sharing platform built on top of OpenZiti. Version 2.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#zrok.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:zrok
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zrok
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#zrok
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/zrok
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/zrok.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:zrok
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.4
- **Source summary:** Geo-scale, next-generation sharing platform built on top of OpenZiti
- **Homepage:** <https://zrok.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/openziti/zrok>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T21:51:00+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- zrok (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.0.4
## Project history and usage

zrok is a sharing and tunneling platform built on OpenZiti. It gives developers and operators a CLI-first way to expose local web apps, TCP/UDP services, files, and private resources without opening inbound firewall ports.

### Project history

The project grew out of the OpenZiti ecosystem, whose core idea is programmable zero-trust networking. The public GitHub repository was created on 2022-07-18, and the README describes zrok as an OpenZiti-native sharing platform with both hosted and self-hosted deployment paths.

zrok evolved around the `zrok` CLI and a service model: users enable an account or environment, create shares, reserve named shares, and access those shares through public frontends or private OpenZiti access. That makes it closer to a packaging-friendly tunneling product than a single-purpose port forwarder.

### Adoption history

Adoption has followed the broader developer-tool pattern for secure tunnels: local development demos, webhook testing, temporary file sharing, remote access to internal services, and self-hosted teams that want a tunnel without delegating trust to a closed SaaS network.

Its package-manager footprint matters because the CLI is the normal entry point. Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop packaging make zrok convenient for developers who need the same command on macOS, Linux, and Windows while the network service runs elsewhere.

### How it is used

Typical usage starts with `zrok enable`, then `zrok share` for an ephemeral share or `zrok reserve` plus `zrok share reserved` for a stable endpoint. The docs cover public shares for browser-accessible endpoints and private shares for OpenZiti-backed access between enrolled peers.

Package users commonly install it as a local CLI, authenticate it to a zrok service, and use it to expose development servers, APIs, files, or private service targets without editing router/firewall rules.

### Why package nerds care

zrok is package-nerd interesting because it packages a modern networking service as a developer CLI: the local binary is tiny compared with the trust, identity, and overlay-network machinery behind it.

It also shows how tunnel tools have moved from ad hoc SSH reverse tunnels toward managed or self-hosted zero-trust overlays. For package databases, zrok belongs next to ngrok-style sharing tools, OpenZiti components, and other CLI-first remote-access utilities.

### Timeline

- 2022-07-18: The openziti/zrok GitHub repository is created.
- 2023: zrok documentation presents both hosted sharing and self-hosted operation on top of OpenZiti.
- 2026: The repository remains active, with current development still centered on the zrok CLI and OpenZiti-backed sharing model.

### Related projects

- Related projects include OpenZiti, ngrok, Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale Funnel, SSH reverse tunnels, frp, and localtunnel.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/openziti/zrok>
- <https://docs.zrok.io/>
- <https://docs.zrok.io/docs/concepts/sharing/>
- <https://docs.zrok.io/docs/getting-started/>
- <https://github.com/openziti/zrok>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openziti/zrok/main/README.md>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for zrok. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - zrok: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zr/zrok/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/zrok: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/zrok.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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