# 使用 Homebrew 安装 launch_socket_server

查看 launch_socket_server 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:launch_socket_server
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install launch_socket_server
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:launch_socket_server
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.0.0
- **来源摘要:** Bind to privileged ports without running a server as root
- **主页:** <https://github.com/mistydemeo/launch_socket_server>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/mistydemeo/launch_socket_server>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- launch_socket_server (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 2.0.0
## 项目历史与用法

launch_socket_server is a small macOS utility for accepting connections on privileged ports without running the application server as root. It sits between launchd and an unprivileged server, proxying launchd-activated sockets to a Unix-domain socket or local TCP port.

### 项目历史

The upstream repository was created on 2014-11-07 under Sam Stephenson's GitHub account and later appears in Homebrew metadata through Misty De Meo's maintained repository URL. The README is direct and narrow: the problem is binding ports below 1024 on OS X without root; the solution is to run the server through launch_socket_server.

### 采用历史

Adoption appears niche and macOS-specific. Homebrew packages it as a single executable for users who want launchd socket activation to front an unprivileged development or local service process.

### 使用方式

Users create a launch daemon plist that has launchd listen on a privileged port, then configure launch_socket_server to start the real server as a less-privileged user and pass the socket path through LAUNCH_PROGRAM_SOCKET_PATH.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

The package is interesting because it exposes a native macOS service-management pattern as a tiny command-line utility. It packages policy separation: let launchd own privileged binding, while application code runs without root.

### 时间线

- 2014: GitHub repository created on 2014-11-07.
- 2014: Repository pushed activity recorded through 2014-11-10.
- 2020s: Homebrew metadata packages the tool as launch_socket_server.

### Related projects

- Related technologies include launchd, launch_activate_socket, Unix-domain sockets, local TCP proxying, and macOS launch daemon plists.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/launch_socket_server>
- <https://github.com/mistydemeo/launch_socket_server>
- <https://github.com/sstephenson/launch_socket_server>


## 安全说明

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

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

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