# Install brook with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Cross-platform strong encryption and not detectable proxy. Zero-Configuration. Version 20260101 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:brook ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install brook ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install brook ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/brook/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#brook ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/br/brook/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S brook ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: brook from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:brook - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 20260101 - **Source summary:** Cross-platform strong encryption and not detectable proxy. Zero-Configuration - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - brook (cli) - brook (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 20260101 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/txthinking/brook - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Brook is TxThinking's cross-platform programmable network tool, packaged as a Go-based proxy/VPN-style command-line program with clients for desktop, mobile, Linux, and OpenWrt. Its public positioning has shifted from a simple encrypted proxy toward a broader programmable network layer. ### Project history The official GitHub repository describes Brook as a cross-platform programmable network tool and documents a basic server/client workflow around commands such as `brook server` and `brook link`. Its tag history includes date-stamped releases starting in 2017, showing a long-running release model rather than a one-off proxy experiment. The current official product page emphasizes system-level networking, TCP/UDP/IPv4/IPv6 coverage, client-side and server-side programmability, DNS and routing control, packet capture, MITM HTTP/HTTPS capabilities, and cross-platform clients for iOS, macOS, Android, Windows, and Linux. ### Adoption history Brook's adoption is strongest in the privacy, proxy, and programmable-networking niche. GitHub shows a large open-source audience with thousands of stars and forks, while the input package facts show distribution through Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and other Unix-like package channels. ### How it is used Common use starts with a Brook server listening on a port and a client or generated link carrying connection parameters. Later Brook workflows extend into system-wide routing, DNS policy, destination rewriting, application-level controls, and OpenWrt or mobile clients. ### Why package nerds care Brook is notable in package-manager history as one of several post-Shadowsocks-era Go networking tools that package cleanly into a single binary while covering a wide surface area: proxying, VPN-like routing, mobile clients, DNS policy, and traffic inspection. Its date-based release tags also make it recognizable in rolling-release packaging. ### Timeline - 2017-03-16: Earliest public release tag observed in the official Git repository. - 2017-2020s: Brook evolves through frequent date-stamped releases. - 2025-12-31: GitHub lists v20260101 as the latest release at the time researched. ### Related projects - Related networking packages include Shadowsocks, V2Ray/Xray, sing-box, gost, WireGuard, OpenVPN, and OpenWrt proxy tooling. Brook differs by combining proxy transport, programmable policy, and cross-platform commercial-style clients around the same project. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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:** brook - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - brook: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/br/brook/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - brook - 20240214-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: brook from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A cross-platform proxy/vpn software | https://github.com/txthinking/brook - MacPorts - brook: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/brook/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [connect](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/connect/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [dante](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dante/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [geph4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geph4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [ghostunnel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghostunnel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [gost](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gost/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [hysteria](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hysteria/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [libproxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libproxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [mihomo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mihomo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [sing-box](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sing-box/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, platform, proxy. - [v2ray](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/v2ray/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, platform, proxy. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/brook.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/brook.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph