# Install mongoose

Web server build on top of Libmongoose embedded library. Version 7.21 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-07.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mongoose
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mongoose
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mongoose
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install mongoose
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mongoose
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mongoose from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mongoose
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:mongoose
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mongoose>
- **Version:** 7.21
- **Source summary:** Web server build on top of Libmongoose embedded library
- **Homepage:** <https://mongoose.ws/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://mongoose.ws/>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/archive/refs/tags/7.21.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-07T21:06:34-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- mongoose (cli)
- mongoose (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 7.21
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-07
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose
- Upstream latest detected: 7.21 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mongoose
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - mongoose - 1:7.10.1+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mongoose from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | transitional dummy package for suitesparse-mongoose | http://suitesparse.com
- Nix - mongoose: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mongoose/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - mongoose - 1:7.6.1+dfsg-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mongoose from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | transitional dummy package for suitesparse-mongoose | http://suitesparse.com
- dnf - mongoose - 3.1-30.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mongoose from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | An easy-to-use self-sufficient web server | http://code.google.com/p/mongoose
- dnf - mongoose-devel - 3.1-30.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mongoose-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Header files and development libraries for mongoose | http://code.google.com/p/mongoose
- dnf - mongoose-lib - 3.1-30.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mongoose-lib from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Shared Object for applications that use mongoose embedded | http://code.google.com/p/mongoose
- MacPorts - mongoose: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/mongoose/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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