# Install gau

Open Threat Exchange, Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl URL fetcher. Version 2.2.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gau
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gau
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gau
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gau
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:gau
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gau>
- **Version:** 2.2.4
- **Source summary:** Open Threat Exchange, Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl URL fetcher
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lc/gau>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lc/gau>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/lc/gau#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/lc/gau/archive/refs/tags/v2.2.4.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- gau (cli)
- gau (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.2.4
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/lc/gau
- Upstream latest detected: v2.2.4 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - gau: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ga/gau/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - gau: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/gau/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related Links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [favirecon](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/favirecon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, reconnaissance, security.
- [subfinder](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/subfinder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [amass](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/amass/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [theharvester](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/theharvester/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [bbot](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/bbot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [recon-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/recon-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [observerward](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/observerward/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [uncover](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/uncover/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [csprecon](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/csprecon/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, discovery, reconnaissance, security.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph