# Install dante with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper SOCKS server and client, implementing RFC 1928 and related standards. Version 1.4.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dante ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dante ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dante ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/dante/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dante ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dante from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dante ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dante from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dante ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/dante/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dante ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dante from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dante-client ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dante-client from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install dante ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dante from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dante - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.4.4 - **Source summary:** SOCKS server and client, implementing RFC 1928 and related standards - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-Inferno-Nettverk - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:30:05-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sockd (cli) - socksify (cli) - sockd (alias) - socksify (alias) ## Uses from macOS - libxcrypt ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.4.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.inet.no/dante/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Dante is Inferno Nettverk's SOCKS client and server package, implementing RFC 1928 and related standards for proxying and network access control. It includes the sockd server, the socks client library, and the socksify wrapper for already compiled dynamic binaries. ### Project history Inferno Nettverk describes Dante as a complete source-available SOCKS client/server product rather than a single daemon. The documentation covers server configuration, client routing, authentication methods, commercial modules, and operational topics such as capacity estimation and fault-tolerant deployments. The public site shows a long production history. Its copyright footer begins in 1998, advisories go back to 2005, and recent news records major 1.3.x and 1.4.x maintenance, performance, and security work across the 2010s and 2020s. The development roadmap updated in December 2025 describes the 1.5.x line as under testing with planned improvements to server-chaining scalability, monitoring, and client IPv6 support. ### Adoption history Dante earned durable Unix adoption because it supplies both a network service and a compatibility trick. The official site says it is used by Fortune 100 companies and large international organizations as both a forward and reverse proxy server. The socksify wrapper is a major part of that adoption story: it can make many dynamically linked networking programs use SOCKS by setting LD_PRELOAD to libdsocks, so older programs can be proxied without source changes or recompilation. The documentation is operator-oriented rather than tutorial-only. It covers access-control rules, authentication methods such as PAM, GSSAPI, username, and ident-style checks, client route selection, logging, and stress testing for production capacity. ### How it is used Operators normally configure sockd.conf for server rules, routes, access control, logging, and authentication methods. The sockd.conf manual separates client-rules, which decide whether a client may connect, from socks-rules, which evaluate the actual SOCKS request. Client-side use is controlled through socks.conf routes or through environment variables such as SOCKS_SERVER and SOCKS_CONF. The socksify command can prefix an existing program, for example socksify ftp ftp.example.org, and route its networking calls through the Dante client library. ### Why package nerds care Dante is a classic infrastructure package: daemon, client library, preload-style wrapper, manpage-heavy configuration, and real production tuning material. For package nerds, it represents the kind of Unix network plumbing that remains valuable because it can sit under applications rather than asking every application to grow its own SOCKS support. ### Timeline - 1998: The official Dante site copyright range begins. - 2005-01-28: Inferno Nettverk records an early Dante advisory. - 2011-06-14: The site records the first full 1.3.x release. - 2013-11-18: The site records the full 1.4.0 release and configuration upgrade material. - 2015-03-11: Dante capacity-estimation documentation was added. - 2017-11-08: Fault-tolerant and load-balanced deployment documentation was added. - 2024-12-15: Dante 1.4.4 was announced with a security fix. - 2025-12: The official roadmap describes the 1.5.x line as finished and under testing. ### Related projects - Dante sits beside SOCKS-aware applications, firewall and proxy setups, LDAP/GSSAPI/PAM authentication infrastructure, LD_PRELOAD client wrappers, and older applications with no native SOCKS support. ### 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: /etc/sockd.conf, /etc/socks.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dante - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dante: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/dante/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - dante-client - 1.4.3+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dante-client from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SOCKS wrapper for users behind a firewall | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - Ubuntu apt - dante-server - 1.4.3+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dante-server from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SOCKS (v4 and v5) proxy daemon (danted) | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - Ubuntu apt - libdsocksd0t64 - 1.4.3+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libdsocksd0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SOCKS library preloaded in user applications | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - Ubuntu apt - libsocksd0-dev - 1.4.3+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsocksd0-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development files for compiling programs with SOCKS support | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - Ubuntu apt - libsocksd0t64 - 1.4.3+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsocksd0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SOCKS library for packages built using libsocksd-dev | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - apk - dante - 1.4.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dante from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dante is SOCKS server and a SOCKS client | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - apk - dante-dev - 1.4.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dante-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dante is SOCKS server and a SOCKS client (development files) | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - apk - dante-doc - 1.4.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dante-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dante is SOCKS server and a SOCKS client (documentation) | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - apk - dante-server - 1.4.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dante-server from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dante is SOCKS server and a SOCKS client | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - apk - dante-server-openrc - 1.4.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dante-server-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dante is SOCKS server and a SOCKS client (OpenRC init scripts) | https://www.inet.no/dante/ - dnf - dante - 1.4.4-10.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dante from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A free SOCKS v4/v5 client implementation | https://www.inet.no/dante - dnf - dante-devel - 1.4.4-10.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dante-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development libraries for SOCKS | https://www.inet.no/dante - dnf - dante-server - 1.4.4-10.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dante-server from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A free SOCKS v4/v5 server implementation | https://www.inet.no/dante - pacman - dante - 1.4.4-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dante from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | SOCKS v4 and v5 compatible proxy server and client | https://www.inet.no/dante - zypper - dante - 1.4.4-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dante from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A SOCKSv4 and v5 client implementation | http://www.inet.no/dante/ ## 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. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [connect](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/connect/) - 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. - [nylon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nylon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, server. - [proxychains-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/proxychains-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks. - [brook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. - [dsocks](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dsocks/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks. - [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. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dante.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dante.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