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Install cql-proxy with Homebrew

DataStax cql-proxy enables Cassandra apps to use Astra DB without code changes. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install cql-proxy

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

DataStax cql-proxy enables Cassandra apps to use Astra DB without code changes

Commands and aliases

  • cql-proxy

history

Project history and usage

cql-proxy is DataStax's CQL traffic proxy for Cassandra-compatible clients that need to reach DataStax Astra DB through a local proxy endpoint.

Project history

The project was published by DataStax as a small Go command-line service. Its README describes the tool as a local listener that securely forwards application CQL traffic to an appropriate database service, with Astra support as the main use case.

Adoption history

cql-proxy is niche infrastructure glue rather than a general Cassandra client. Its packaging matters most for teams with legacy DataStax, community Cassandra, gocql, or Rust CQL drivers that cannot speak directly to Astra's secure connection model.

How it is used

Operators run the proxy locally, in Docker, or as a Kubernetes sidecar, then point an existing Cassandra application at the proxy address. Configuration can be supplied as flags, environment variables, or a YAML file.

Why package nerds care

As a Homebrew formula, cql-proxy turns a cloud-database compatibility sidecar into a normal CLI install, useful for local testing and migration work without requiring developers to build the proxy from source.

Timeline

  • 2022: v0.1.0 GA release was published on GitHub.
  • 2022: v0.2.0 examples in the README documented Docker-based local use.

Related projects

  • cql-proxy sits between Apache Cassandra or DataStax Enterprise applications and DataStax Astra DB, complementing native DataStax drivers when older or community drivers are in use.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/path/to/proxy.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cql-proxycliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.2.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.2.0

https://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cql-proxy
Version0.2.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cql-proxy
Homepagehttps://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy
Repositoryhttps://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy
Upstream docshttps://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/datastax/cql-proxy/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecql-proxy
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

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Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • apache-geodeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database.
  • arcadedbShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database.
  • astraShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database.
  • automysqlbackupShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment