# Install mitmproxy with Homebrew Cask

Intercept, modify, replay, save HTTP/S traffic. Version 12.2.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-05-12. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#mitmproxy.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:mitmproxy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask mitmproxy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:mitmproxy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Version:** 12.2.3
- **Source summary:** Intercept, modify, replay, save HTTP/S traffic
- **Homepage:** <https://mitmproxy.org/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T20:21:31Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mitmproxy (binary)
- mitmdump (binary)
- mitmweb (binary)
- mitmdump (alias)
- mitmproxy (alias)
- mitmweb (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 12.2.3
## Project history and usage

mitmproxy is a free and open-source interactive HTTPS proxy created by Aldo Cortesi, Maximilian Hils, Thomas Kriechbaumer, and contributors. The project's citation entry dates it from 2010 onward and describes it as an interactive HTTPS proxy, while the project homepage identifies the same authors and the contributor-maintained core team.

### Project history

Technically, mitmproxy grew into a suite of related interfaces: `mitmproxy` for the interactive console, `mitmdump` as a command-line/tcpdump-like interface for HTTP traffic, and `mitmweb` as a web UI. The official documentation describes its practical uses: intercepting and modifying HTTP and HTTPS requests and responses, saving conversations for replay and analysis, replaying clients or server responses, reverse-proxy and transparent-proxy modes, generated interception certificates, and Python addons for scripted traffic changes.

### How it is used

Its ecosystem role is between developer debugging tools and security testing proxies such as Burp Suite or Charles Proxy, but with an open-source Python extension model and a terminal-first workflow. The Homebrew cask packages the prebuilt macOS tarball and exposes all three executables, making it a convenient install path for API debugging, mobile traffic inspection, privacy research, and test fixtures built from recorded flows.

### Sources

- <https://docs.mitmproxy.org/stable/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/mitmproxy>
- <https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy>
- <https://www.mitmproxy.org/>
- <https://www.mitmproxy.org/publications/>


## Security Notes

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



## 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: ~/.mitmproxy/config.yaml

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.mitmproxy/mitmproxy-ca.pem
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - mitmproxy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: mitmproxy from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - mitmproxy - 8.1.1-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mitmproxy from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SSL-capable man-in-the-middle HTTP proxy | https://mitmproxy.org
- apk - mitmproxy - 11.0.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mitmproxy from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy | https://mitmproxy.org/
- apk - mitmproxy-pyc - 11.0.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mitmproxy-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for mitmproxy | https://mitmproxy.org/
- pacman - mitmproxy - 12.2.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: mitmproxy from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | SSL-capable man-in-the-middle HTTP proxy | https://mitmproxy.org
- Chocolatey - mitmproxy: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: mitmproxy from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','microsoft-windows-terminal'
- Scoop - extras/mitmproxy: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mitmproxy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - mitmproxy.mitmproxy: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: mitmproxy.mitmproxy from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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