install

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gixy

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gixy

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gixy/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

NGINX configuration static analyzer focused on security

Project links

Commands and aliases

gixy

history

Project history and usage

Gixy is a static analyzer for NGINX configuration with a security focus. It parses server configuration and reports misconfigurations such as SSRF patterns, HTTP response splitting, host header spoofing, alias traversal, header problems, TLS weaknesses, and other risky NGINX patterns.

Project history

Gixy began in the Yandex GitHub organization, where the official README described the goal as preventing security misconfiguration and automating flaw detection for NGINX. The original public repository dates to 2017 and documented a Python tool tested mainly on GNU/Linux.

A maintained GetPageSpeed-oriented fork under dvershinin/gixy extended the project after the original lineage slowed. That fork keeps the same basic analyzer shape while documenting Python 3.6 through 3.13 support, expanded checks, Homebrew installation, RPM packaging through GetPageSpeed, AUR packaging as gixy-ng, PyPI distribution as gixy-ng, and auto-fix options.

Adoption history

Gixy gained attention because NGINX configuration bugs are often security bugs hidden in ordinary deployment files. The original Yandex README presented a set of named plugins for SSRF, HTTP splitting, origin validation, header redefinition, host spoofing, referrer rules, multiline headers, and alias traversal.

The maintained fork broadened the checker catalog into injection, forgery, known CVE, TLS, path traversal, header security, access control, DNS, and config-performance categories. Package metadata in this batch shows Homebrew and Nix packaging, while the fork documents RPM, AUR, and PyPI channels.

How it is used

Practitioners run gixy against /etc/nginx/nginx.conf or another explicit NGINX configuration path. The tool prints findings with severity summaries and plugin names, making it useful during review of server blocks, reverse-proxy rules, and security headers.

The maintained documentation also supports skipping selected checks and previewing or applying fixes for many findings. That lets operators use Gixy as both a linter in CI and a local investigation tool before editing production web-server configuration.

Why package nerds care

Gixy is notable to packagers because it packages NGINX security knowledge as a command-line static analyzer rather than a runtime module. It can be added to build, CI, or audit workflows without changing the running web server.

Its fork history is also instructive: the package ecosystem continued to need a Gixy-like tool after the original repository slowed, so a maintained fork carried the package name and expanded distribution.

Timeline

2017: The Yandex gixy repository is created on GitHub and the v0.1.1 release is published.
2019: The dvershinin/gixy fork is created on GitHub.
2023: The maintained fork publishes v0.1.21 in its GitHub releases feed.
2026: The maintained fork documents Python 3.13 support, expanded checks, Homebrew installation, and gixy-ng distribution.

Related projects

NGINX is the configuration language and deployment target analyzed by Gixy.
The original yandex/gixy repository is the upstream lineage for the maintained dvershinin/gixy fork.
PyPI, Homebrew, AUR, RPM repositories, and Nix are documented or packaged distribution paths.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gixy. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime 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: /etc/gixy/gixy.cfg~/.config/gixy/gixy.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gixy`	cli	global 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 generated2026-07-25

manager version0.2.50

manager updated2026-07-17

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://gixy.getpagespeed.com/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gixy.getpagespeed.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gixy
Version	0.2.50
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gixy
Homepage	https://gixy.getpagespeed.com/
Repository	https://github.com/dvershinin/gixy
Upstream docs	https://github.com/dvershinin/gixy#readme
License	MPL-2.0
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e2/d0/e2f4f7c7f32a42504f8523b3d79e199833bb934c59b33804a8b4dbb5465e/gixy_ng-0.2.50.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-17T09:19:09Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	python@3.14
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gixy
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

gixy

nix profile install nixpkgs#gixy

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gixy

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package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gixy.yml

Used sources

Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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