# Install connect with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget Provides SOCKS and HTTPS proxy support to SSH. Version 1.106 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:connect ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install connect ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#connect ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/connect/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/connect ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/connect.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Adobe.AdobeConnect -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Adobe.AdobeConnect from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:connect - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.106 - **Source summary:** Provides SOCKS and HTTPS proxy support to SSH - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - connect (cli) - connect (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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.106 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/gotoh/ssh-connect - Upstream latest detected: 1.106 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage connect, upstreamed as ssh-connect/connect.c, is a small proxy relay intended for OpenSSH ProxyCommand use. It lets SSH cross SOCKS and HTTP CONNECT proxies without embedding those proxy mechanisms in OpenSSH itself. ### Project history The official README explains the origin plainly: OpenSSH delegated proxying to the ProxyCommand mechanism, and connect.c was made for that purpose. The tool stayed intentionally small, portable, and independent from OpenSSH. ### Adoption history The package persists because corporate and campus networks still put SSH behind SOCKS or HTTPS proxies. Input metadata lists it for Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop, which fits its cross-platform C design. ### How it is used Users normally compile or install the single connect binary and reference it from ~/.ssh/config with a ProxyCommand line. The README documents SOCKS4, SOCKS4a, SOCKS5, HTTP CONNECT, proxy credentials, debug mode, and local socket relay behavior. ### Why package nerds care connect is packaging old-school Unix glue: one C file, one binary, and one exact job. Its significance is that it packages an OpenSSH extension pattern rather than a standalone network service. ### Timeline - 2000s: README-era revision strings and tags show a long-lived single-purpose C utility. - 2026: Input package metadata still lists connect in multiple package managers. ### Related projects - OpenSSH ProxyCommand is the interface connect is designed to serve. - SOCKS and HTTP CONNECT proxies are the network mechanisms it relays through. ### Sources - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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: ~/.ssh/config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** connect - **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 - connect: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/connect/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/connect: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/connect.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Adobe.AdobeConnect: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Adobe.AdobeConnect from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - winget - CyberHive.Connect: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: CyberHive.Connect from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [corkscrew](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/corkscrew/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, ssh, tunneling. - [dante](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dante/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks. - [gost](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gost/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks. - [gotun](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gotun/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, ssh, tunneling. - [proxychains-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/proxychains-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks. - [proxytunnel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/proxytunnel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, https-proxy, networking, proxy, ssh. - [pwnat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pwnat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, tunneling. - [sshuttle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sshuttle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, ssh, tunneling. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/connect.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/connect.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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